Anyone ever swap in a V6 into their Abody?

4mulas said
I just don’t understand why you would. If you’re doing the swap anyway a V-8 is a must. It just makes no sense to swap a 6 for a 6. You won’t feel the extra 100 lbs on the front end vs the 6 cylinder. No offence intend to those who have or who are contemplating it.

Of course some of us are poor and gotta use what’s on hand and that might be a V6 out of a Dakota!

“4mulas said
Seems to me that most of those 3 litre ish 6 bangers don’t really get good economy either. With efi available nowadays and things like gear vendors or AOD trani’s you can get both exception mileage out of a v-8 and still have 400 horsepower with basically a camshaft and heads...

Mostly agree - the 3.9 Magnum in our 93 Dakota gets 21 on the highway less around town but then again it’s a 4WD. Where I disagree: the 3.6 that was in our 2013 got 30MPG with its 300 HP.

“4mulas said
Another big reason for using a v8 swap is also residual value and recouping some of or all of your money when done. Put an340 in a car and now you’ve hit a Car! Put a 6 into a car and now you have a car competing with millions of other cars for sale...

My 2 cents....

True but then again some of us gotta work with what we got!

dano said
Swap the V6 then drive a V8 car and you'll return to your V6 disappointed. A mild 250-300hp 318 would be fun, get decent mileage, be cheaper to swap in, as reliable and have more torque, which is what makes them "funner". Find a 5.2 mag, swap the pan, pickup and intake and enjoy. Newer engine swaps become far more complicated and most loose interest before its completed as they're pioneering new ground on how to retrofit all the systems required to run it and the transmission.

Again, some of us have to work with what we have in hand.