Rock buggy driveline... - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

kee_xj · 11-14-2001, 11:43 AM

I found a '96 Dodge 2500 Passenger van at a boneyard that seems to have a complete drivetrain including a F.I. V8 that doesn't seem to have been touched. I'm looking into engine options for a rock buggy I'm building from a Jeep YJ frame. I would like to use an automatic and if possible use no expensive adapters to hook a tranfercase or transmission up.

Is this engine a good find or should I keep looking?

What other drivetrain components should I look for to make this engine work?

Thank you,

Jeremy
http://kee.dnsq.org/

Patman · 11-15-2001, 02:25 PM

Not a bad choice.

You could run a 727 tranny from any smallblock dodge, with the Jeep tailhousing and bolt a Dana 300 or Atlas right on, without expensive adapters. Could make for a stout and cheap setup.

txs · 11-20-2001, 05:37 AM

It could have a 727, the full size vans were the last chryco vehicles to have the three speeds, they were available up through about the 97 MY.

11-14-2001, 11:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
kee_xj Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Member # 7991 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 6	Rock buggy driveline... I found a '96 Dodge 2500 Passenger van at a boneyard that seems to have a complete drivetrain including a F.I. V8 that doesn't seem to have been touched. I'm looking into engine options for a rock buggy I'm building from a Jeep YJ frame. I would like to use an automatic and if possible use no expensive adapters to hook a tranfercase or transmission up. Is this engine a good find or should I keep looking? What other drivetrain components should I look for to make this engine work? Thank you, Jeremy http://kee.dnsq.org/

11-15-2001, 02:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Patman Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 236 Location: Hollister Ca. Posts: 667	Not a bad choice. You could run a 727 tranny from any smallblock dodge, with the Jeep tailhousing and bolt a Dana 300 or Atlas right on, without expensive adapters. Could make for a stout and cheap setup. __________________ You mean your not supposed to work 18 hours a day, 7 days a week???

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11-20-2001, 05:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
txs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Member # 1846 Location: bf ind Posts: 276	It could have a 727, the full size vans were the last chryco vehicles to have the three speeds, they were available up through about the 97 MY.