ontheocean
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- Palm Beach Florida
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- 2009
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- 4.7 - v8
Hi, Thanks for reading. Here goes my dilemma: Can I put a custom rebuilt older Dodge engine in a new Dodge ram pickup truck? Yes I will fabricate whatever mounting and adapting hardware, etc. is required, the reason I want to do this is I want the plushness and safety of the new truck with a non computerized engine, with minimal to no sensors etc. It will be naturally aspirated via a carburetor. My problem is - how will the computer in the new truck work with no engine signals? Someone told me that things like the anti-lock power brakes might look for engine manifold pressure, which will be there but with no sensor, and not find it and not work properly? Also will the heating and AC still work with no engine sensor signals? I will of course have an AC compressor on the replacement engine but none of the sensors of the original engine will be there so how will the cab computer work? Can it be programmed, flashed, tricked, somehow? Thanks!
Thanks for the answers, I have decided to build a horseshoe pit instead!
Thanks for the answers, I have decided to build a horseshoe pit instead!
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