2002 Ram 1500 5.9 questions

[2bad]

Well a friend of mine ended up almost positivly breaking a connecting rod on his 2002 ram 1500 5.9. hole in the oil pan on one side, and dent in the other, dumped the oil all over the road etc. etc.

Well he wants to rebuild it, and wants to rebuild it better if its not too horribly expencive. I was looking it up online and a fully rebuilt motor can be found for 2k and under. But he wants to rebuild the current, I was thinking and if he broke the connecting rods wouldnt he have prety much mauled the cylinder wall and a lot of other things too much for a rebuild (opinion.. as he hasnt even gotten the motor out of the truck yet) If so wouldnt it end up cheaper picking up a rebuilt motor, or crate motor?

I know its a lot of questions that are hard to answer without knowing the extent of the damage, but a couple more are, where could you find a crate motor that'd work for it? or where would be a good place to get a rebuit motor? this is the site i found one for 2195 which seems decent, but i wouldnt know. http://usengine.us/domestics.html#dodge

Thanks for all the help

[Northwest outlaw]

pull the pan or motor and see what damage there is thats the only way to tell. Mite not have did that much damage.

[2bad]

okay, makes sense. I'm just trying to get an idea for him, as he wants to do it a tad modified, but doesnt want to end up spending a ton more. I figure if he has to replace parts he might aswell replace them with upgraded parts.

[Hilly]

If he broke it bad enough to put a hole in the pan then the crank and block are more than likely junk as well. Just remember that there was a broken rod swinging around in there. If he wants to be done for as short a time as possible then a used motor is a good way to go. If he wants to upgrade then take the existing longblock to get done, they will most likely have to replace the block and crank.

[sefus]

unless it was some rare 340 block or something i wouldnt ever chance rebuilding the same engine that tossed a rod. Rather start from something "fresh" to rebuild than something that went all crooked once before. 2k for a ready to toss in and run is a pretty good price. a crate would probably go for around twice that but and if you rebuild with performance parts to your specs, after time and money you're above $5k for something that is still just barely better than stock. Ask me how I know.

-Sefus

[Jetblack]

unless it was some rare 340 block or something i wouldnt ever chance rebuilding the same engine that tossed a rod. Rather start from something "fresh" to rebuild than something that went all crooked once before. 2k for a ready to toss in and run is a pretty good price. a crate would probably go for around twice that but and if you rebuild with performance parts to your specs, after time and money you're above $5k for something that is still just barely better than stock. Ask me how I know.

-Sefus

It sounds like there's a really sucky story behind that....

I'd ask for forged internals, to start and maybe heads, to begin my dream car, for the Mustang.

[2bad]

If he broke it bad enough to put a hole in the pan then the crank and block are more than likely junk as well. Just remember that there was a broken rod swinging around in there. If he wants to be done for as short a time as possible then a used motor is a good way to go. If he wants to upgrade then take the existing longblock to get done, they will most likely have to replace the block and crank.

Yeah he didnt think it'd be too bad, but if you think about the broken piece flying around, along with the rod on the crank flying around, and how it put a hole in the pan.. it probably took chunks out of the block and cyl. walls.. thats why i looked up remanufactured motors. for 2100 bucks.. fully rebuilt, not bad at all.