So we rolled the durango into the garage yesterday to start the swap, after a long weekend working on the meryota one ton.
the truck came with a 5.2l(318) gasser and a bad 46re. the plan is a solid reliable daily driver to haul the family, capable of high MPGs and some somewhat light towing- maybe tow a small camper around the USA someday.
the truck got a whopping 11.2 MPGs according to the HUD before we started tearing it down. I hope for mid twenties, as i see that number on similar swaps.
last week we went and pulled the 3.9 out of its home in a 95 oshkosh fed-ex truck, this one had the ford adapter, rear mount turbo and some other things that may be a bit different than some...
I got the intercooler piping as well, maybe it'll even work....
heres the engine/47re bolted up-
man, it has some serious I beam mounts-
the truck came with a 5.2l(318) gasser and a bad 46re. the plan is a solid reliable daily driver to haul the family, capable of high MPGs and some somewhat light towing- maybe tow a small camper around the USA someday.
the truck got a whopping 11.2 MPGs according to the HUD before we started tearing it down. I hope for mid twenties, as i see that number on similar swaps.
last week we went and pulled the 3.9 out of its home in a 95 oshkosh fed-ex truck, this one had the ford adapter, rear mount turbo and some other things that may be a bit different than some...
I got the intercooler piping as well, maybe it'll even work....
heres the engine/47re bolted up-
man, it has some serious I beam mounts-