midnightoil
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2013
- Location
- Minnesota
- TDI
- researching for a TDI highway driver and occasional tow pig
So I remember reading before, and browsing randomly it again came to my attention, that apparently the Dodge 2.5L 4cyl in the Dodge Dakota is just an upsized VW 1.6 and thus a Dodge bellhousing can be used in a RWD application.
Since I was back to considering minitruck swap options this leaves me a few questions...
Does this apply to all Dodge 2.2/2.5 engines in general (right back to 1980's K-car stuff) or is it specific to the Dakota RWD application? Like could you bolt a VW 1.6 or TDI 1.9 right in place of any K-car 2.2 or 2.5 too including FWD transmissions of their time auto and stick? (this is more for curiosity's sake than a specific plan)
Then I guess the RWD/4WD Dakota bellhousing would let you connect to even the later NV3500 or AX15 and all v6/v8 dodge automatics I assume? (since I see listings of 31RH thru 46RH)
Since I was back to considering minitruck swap options this leaves me a few questions...
Does this apply to all Dodge 2.2/2.5 engines in general (right back to 1980's K-car stuff) or is it specific to the Dakota RWD application? Like could you bolt a VW 1.6 or TDI 1.9 right in place of any K-car 2.2 or 2.5 too including FWD transmissions of their time auto and stick? (this is more for curiosity's sake than a specific plan)
Then I guess the RWD/4WD Dakota bellhousing would let you connect to even the later NV3500 or AX15 and all v6/v8 dodge automatics I assume? (since I see listings of 31RH thru 46RH)