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Swaping Engines - 2/9/2007 11:57:50 PM

Mr.47

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Hi

is it possible to swap a 1984 300SD both Transmission & Engine for a Dodge Sprinter transmission &engine. Any sites or advice will help.

Thx

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RE: Swaping Engines - 2/11/2007 10:35:40 PM

Its_Puddin!

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that would be interesting. I have no idea. What drivetrain is going where?300SD in a Sprinter or vice versa.

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RE: Swaping Engines - 2/12/2007 1:33:32 AM

ForcedInduction

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ANYTHING is possible if you have enough money!

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RE: Swaping Engines - 2/12/2007 9:48:49 AM

Mr.47

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Hi

My dad and i might plan to do this for a summer time project.

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RE: Swaping Engines - 2/12/2007 11:55:22 PM

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Unless your dad has an inside source, it will probably cost you upwards of $5000 for a sprinter engine, tranny, and all the electronics/accessories it needs to run. After that, you have the many hours it will take to adapt everything to work with the car. Engine control/management, speedometer, tachometer, coolant temperature, intercooler, tranny cooler, EGR, driveshaft, engine/tranny mounts, and oil pan-crossmember interference are just some of the problems you will run into.

In other words, you will quickly spend 2-4x the value of the car on this conversion. It's not really worth it.

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