Motor compatability

Asked by Robert Mar 30, 2017 at 11:27 AM about the 1989 Dodge Dakota RWD

Question type: Car Customization

Can I take a Magnum V8 motor out of a 2000
model Dakota and put it into my  1989 Dodge
Dakota

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

You would need the transmission for it also and totally rewire the engine bay, switch out computers, transmission control module, the whole nine yards.

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