Ax15 swap?

[nicholasdances]

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.

 

[jpnjake]

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. 

[nicholasdances]

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.