anyone ever put a 440 in a 2nd gen ram?well I got one with matching 727 tranny for 100.00.needs to be rebuilt.just wonderng if the stock motor mount plates on the 440 will work onthe stock frame mounts n the ram?also will th 440 power steering pump work with the stock ram steering and lines?and the 440 ac conpressor be adapted to the sock as system?

 

Mounts will be different. Pump may or may not work..... same for the a/c compressor....

It's gonna be an exercise, and a fair bit of fab work will be required..... Also, all the cluster gauges are driven by the PCM...... You will have to figure out something for that as well. Not to mention that the stock trans is electronically controlled, where the 727 is not.... that will annoy the PCM.

 

basically......good luck.

 

Nothing will work...

If you plan this, you'll have to go to a carb or a standalone with a custom EFI manifold to fit the 440 block

Custom engine tranny & mounts, drive shaft, front suspension, steering, after market gauges, fuel system....etc etc.

Other than that, piece of cake, take pics!

 

Getting it in and running shouldn't be too hard, just build the mounts and 'members, and then trash your stock gauges and run mechanical ones. Who needs heat/ac anyway....

 

it really isnt that hard to put a 440 into a 2wd...basicly leave the carb on there and away you go...its a project you could have running in a weekend.. i helped a buddy drop a 440 out of a 2wd 70's ram charger into a efi 2wd 90's ramcharger and it took a long weekend to have it up and running even with the majority of the gauges working if you have any questions just ask

 

that is totally different. about all the v8 dodge trucks up to 93 had the same motor mounts so a truck 440 would just drop in and the wiring would be simple enough to make work. since the OP has a 99 he would almost have to get the instrument cluster and wiring from a older truck 2nd gen and modify it to work. not impossible but not really worth it unless he has lots of time and fab skills.

 

Big blocks and small blocks never shared motor mounts. I still say do it, and just run mech gauges. A/C can be addressed later if the OP really wants it.

 

cars and trucks never shared motor mount. to stick a truck big block in another truck that had a small block is easy. now if the big block cam out of a car or something else you you can buy a kit. now magnum motors used from 94 and up had completely different motor mounts.

now i think if he could find gauges out of a 94-96 dodge ram he could probably get all the gauges to work without a computer

 

The conversion parts for trucks are out there, and make it easy, yes, but they are not the same mounts...

http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/BPEtruckKit.asp

I think I might have gotten that link from you actually... That's for a 1st gen obviously, but cutting and welding in new custom mounts would be a piece of cake.