Absolutely. Sorry I should have pointed that out, I kept ac and use the 46re. You won’t need that stuff. Tomorrow when I get to my shop I’ll snap some pics of the harness I made and I use on the test stand.
Awesome, thanks!
My nephew has a private dodge truck bone yard and he has a truck that is the same year that had a manual transmission that i plan to grab the computer from. He also has the complete 93 dodge truck that I’m getting the transmission from. Would I be better off taking the computer from the 93? Am I still fine using the wiring harness from the automatic truck?
I don’t think he has a 46re, at least not in a 2wd
Not if you’re using an obd2 ecu. If I was doing it and I had to have a 46rh then I would use an obd1 ecu and harness. It will be easier than changing sensors and modifying an obd2 set up to run with the 46rh.
I found one at pick a part and paid like $150 bucks for it on a half price Saturday. They’re all over the junkyards here.
Ok, so the truck I’m taking the transmission out of is a 93 2wd. Are you saying I would be better off using the existing and harness out of it since I’m using the 46rh transmission? If I do that, will the harness hook up to all the sensors on my 1999 360? Other thing I need to find out is what engine is in the 93. It might be a 318 which I’m guessing wouldn’t work.
Why do you need to modify the obd2 besides either a stick computer or reflashing the automatic one?
There are a few sensors that are not plug and play and must be swapped and re pinned. All of the wiring for the trans is different, as well as deleting all of the auto trans controls or using a manual ecu. Also the fuel systems between the two are different, including the injectors and fuel rails/regulator. Not entirely un doable but imo not worth the hassle. Especially if you have access to a buddy’s junkyard. Find a complete 2wd truck, and use everything from it. Engine, harness, pdc, ecu, and trans. If you do that it’s seriously like a 4 wire deal.
Lots of people have used the 5.2 and are happy with it in an A body. They run pretty hard and are great little engines. Do a search here.
I’m sure that would have been the easiest, but he really wants the 360. I’ve already got the engine pulled and cleaned up ready to paint once the oil pan arrives. I’ve got the harness and ecu from the donor truck. I’ll go back and get the pcm and the rest of the harness to the one plug. The 46rh is in good shape and free so budget wise I want to give it a shot.
Not necessarily. Ford trucks and MBZ used external inline pumps. Ford strapped it to a frame rail. MBZ hung it in a vibration insulated scrodum next to the fuel tank, the bigger motors got 2 in series. These Walbro pumps can be had for under $40 online. You will need a return line.
IIRC the trans needs to send the computer data for the timing and other stuff. I think there was work on a stand alone trans controller with dummy loads to the PCM. How are you gonna fit that trans in the car? I didnt catch what it was going in but the trans tunnel on an A is pencil thin where the output shaft is.
I can’t really answer your question sorry. But at the very least the Speedo won’t work and there may be some weird shifting problems with no speed signal. And it will throw codes and possibly trigger limp mode. Those are just my thoughts on possible problems. None of that is definitive.
Where did you get the surge tank fuel set up?
Good point, I mostly see complaints of burned up inlines, but don't hear about reliable cases.
I was just wondering if that was possible. So I could drop my tank and put the fuel pump from the donor trunk in my tank with a little fab work. Can I get more pics of your set up? Have you had any issues with it leaking?
More pics is going to be hard because I don’t have any. And the tank is sitting under a workbench at my shop covered in dust. But I bought a new tank, cut a big hole in the top, welded studs (3) to the top, and modified the spring loaded telescopic base for the depth I needed. I used a new tank because I knew I was welding to it and cutting on it and I wanted one that never had gas in it. Plus my tank was original to the car and had rust in it. If you weld to an old one, fill it with water and-or purge it with an inert gas. I used this setup with zero problems for a while stock and now it’s completely different for the turbo setup, needed a lot more pump.
