nicholasdances Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Hello, I just got back into the Comanche game after a 10 year hiatus. I have a 2WD 88' with the 2.5 unfortunately it has the automatic. Id like to swap a 5 speed into it. Is the ax15 the best option? Or is it just easier to go with whatever the factory 5 speed that came with these was? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjake Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, nicholasdances said: Hello, I just got back into the Comanche game after a 10 year hiatus. I have a 2WD 88' with the 2.5 unfortunately it has the automatic. Id like to swap a 5 speed into it. Is the ax15 the best option? Or is it just easier to go with whatever the factory 5 speed that came with these was? Thank you. It’d be somewhat difficult, but not impossible to put an ax-15 behind a 4cyl, first you need to find a dodge Dakota bell housing since the 4cyl has a different bolt pattern to the 4.0 (in some Dakotas they put AX-15’s behind the 2.5l), then you’ll probably have a bit of difficulty finding a 2wd ax-15 to bolt to it, or you could do a 4wd swap, but you would need all the parts that associate with that, so yes you could but you’ll probably spend a lot of money or time trying to get all the parts you need. You could go with the ax-5 (5speed from a 4cyl) but those are pretty weak to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasdances Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, jpnjake said: It’d be somewhat difficult, but not impossible to put an ax-15 behind a 4cyl, first you need to find a dodge Dakota bell housing since the 4cyl has a different bolt pattern to the 4.0 (in some Dakotas they put AX-15’s behind the 2.5l), then you’ll probably have a bit of difficulty finding a 2wd ax-15 to bolt to it, or you could do a 4wd swap, but you would need all the parts that associate with that, so yes you could but you’ll probably spend a lot of money or time trying to get all the parts you need. You could go with the ax-5 (5speed from a 4cyl) but those are pretty weak to begin with. I'm honestly not really worried about performance, so I may just go ahead and look for an ax-5. I don't want to spend a ton of time hunting down parts on this. Thank you for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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