rwd 2.4L?

Just because the Dakota trans bolts up, doesn't mean it's a good choice. IIRC the ratios are 3.83-2.33-1.44-1.00-.79od.... With splits of .61-.62-.69-.79. That's a truck trans for a torque monster V6,lol,I mean compared to a 4-pot. It has a low gear, suitable for motivating 4500 pounds off the line.
You'll be grabbing second about 30ft off the line and that 2.33 second will likely bog your 4 banger right into next Sunday. And don't even bother trying to grab third before 50 mph. One good thing is with 3.23s out back, 65=2320rpm with 24" tires. Now that is one gear that the 4 can pull. To run that trans, your 4 will need a very wide powerband, so as to not fall flat on the first two shifts. Those ratios are just about too far apart, for a non-VVT 4cylinder..
At 30mph with 3.23s out back, and 24" tires, your rpm will be 5200 in first,3200 in second, 1960 in third; meaning when you floor it at 30, you will be married to second. You know of many non-VVT4s that got pull at 3200?
FYI; Chevy makes a very nice all aluminum and plastic, direct injected, DOHC 2.4 VVT, with a 6 speed automatic transaxle.Mine shows 220psi cranking cylinder pressure, and it pulls real nice in a 3600pound Orlando. And the whole thing is mounted on an aluminum cradle... which you can unbolt with just 4 bolts I think.
Oh I forgot, that's a Canadian only vehicle,bolts
But wait!
The countdown to Armageddon could start tomorrow, giving you just 42 months to finish this;but you'll be dodging 100pound hailstones in semi-darkness while the Earth is shaking pretty much all the time, and you will be battling your neighbors for food, water, shelter, and firewood.. If perchance you do get it done, there will not be any roads to drive it on nor gas to run it on, nor electricity for that matter.
Just ship that Arrow to me, and I'll take care of it....... lol