Ram 3rd Gen 1500 5.0 Engine swap

[SteveMcLoud]

Hello dodge fam! This is my first post here and I'm brand new to the community.

I have a 2002 3rd Gen Ram 1500 RWD with a 4.7l and an automatic transmission. But alas at 350000km The engine caved on me.

Anyways I have a fuel injection 5.0 In a 1990 Mercury that I'm going to swap into the truck.

But why not just get another 4.7 you may ask? Cause I'm cheap, and I have the 5.0 already, it's a chance to increase my michanical skill, and I think it would be pretty cool; This is happening, and it's gonna be fun!

This is my plan thus far, take the flex plate from the 5.0 into the local machine shop and get holes drilled for the dodge torque converter. Fabricate a transmission adapter plate and farricate motor mounts in my shop. Then it should only be a matter of fastening the 5.0 ecu to the fire wall and plugging everything in.

Any suggestions?

 

[Johnnymac2k6]

LOL subscribed.

 

[chrisp2493]

No suggestions, and I would be really surprised if anyone else does either. Sounds pretty ambitious

 

[WhiteExpress]

A 1990 5.0 is a dog of a motor. Why on earth would you swap that in?

Go get a junkyard LS, twice the power and WAY more aftermarket support.

 

[HemiLonestar]

 

[Hemipower392]

Good luck and welcome to the forum

 

[charonblk07]

Crazy Canadians, always doing weird things. You may very well run into trouble with getting the 545 to electronically behave with the PCM. You should have a separate TCM but getting the computers to communicate may prove difficult. If you had a manual it'd be easy but the electronically driven 545 could cause you grief.

 

[ric3xrt]

you'll have an easier time replacing the truck than you will with installing the 5.0 ****(ford) motor .
being an 02 you have a few MOPAR options.

or just sell the truck and get an F150