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george

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:19 pm
Post subject: How hard to put a 96 5.2 into my carbed 87 318 truck? Get Alert
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I have an 87 W100 pickup with a carb and would like to get fuel
injection. I can get a 96 van with a 5.2 that runs great for next to
nothing. How hard to change everything over? Will the engine mate up
with my tranny/transfer case? or what's the chances of the new tranny
matching up with the transfer case? How hard would the wiring be?
Motor mounts match up? Anything else I should consider? I'm hoping
to improve my 11mpg I am currnently getting with an Edelbrock carb/
manifold/cam by switching to fuel injection. Any help is greatly
appreciated.
George

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:24 am
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"george" <luvtosnoski.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have an 87 W100 pickup with a carb and would like to get fuel
> injection. I can get a 96 van with a 5.2 that runs great for next to
> nothing. How hard to change everything over? Will the engine mate up
> with my tranny/transfer case? or what's the chances of the new tranny
> matching up with the transfer case? How hard would the wiring be?
> Motor mounts match up? Anything else I should consider? I'm hoping
> to improve my 11mpg I am currnently getting with an Edelbrock carb/
> manifold/cam by switching to fuel injection. Any help is greatly
> appreciated.
> George

i have a 97 1500 ram 4x4 with a fuel injected 360. it gets 11 mpg. you
will pick up some driveability improvements but i doubt there will be enough
of an increase in fuel mileage to make it worth the expense and effort.
just my 2 cents.
michael

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Intrepidacious

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:36 pm
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Agreed that fuel economy won't improve much, unless he ends up with an extra
forward gear with the swapped automatic.

But drivability improvements, especially torque and horsepower, will
probably be significant.

"nunya" <nunya DeleteThis @nunya.net> wrote in message
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> "george" <luvtosnoski DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:74ebbc90-40cf-4e3c-a2ee-3c196bf4394b@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>>I have an 87 W100 pickup with a carb and would like to get fuel
>> injection. I can get a 96 van with a 5.2 that runs great for next to
>> nothing. How hard to change everything over? Will the engine mate up
>> with my tranny/transfer case? or what's the chances of the new tranny
>> matching up with the transfer case? How hard would the wiring be?
>> Motor mounts match up? Anything else I should consider? I'm hoping
>> to improve my 11mpg I am currnently getting with an Edelbrock carb/
>> manifold/cam by switching to fuel injection. Any help is greatly
>> appreciated.
>> George
>
> i have a 97 1500 ram 4x4 with a fuel injected 360. it gets 11 mpg. you
> will pick up some driveability improvements but i doubt there will be
> enough of an increase in fuel mileage to make it worth the expense and
> effort. just my 2 cents.
> michael
>
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:00 pm
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"Intrepidacious" <m.RemoveThis@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Agreed that fuel economy won't improve much, unless he
> ends up with an extra forward gear with the swapped
> automatic.
>
> But drivability improvements, especially torque and
> horsepower, will probably be significant.

I wish it was easier to go the other way. I've got a '69
440 out of a GTX that would make my '97 Dakota very
interesting!

Ken
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