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jaromir04
01-11-2005, 02:08 PM
Has anyone tried to swap a computer from Dodge Caravan to Dodge Spirit? Any coments are appreciated. Thanks, Jerry.

theFREAKnasty82
01-11-2005, 02:27 PM
It might work, not 100% sure. If the caravan has a 3.0 with the 60-pin SBEC module and doesn't have the 4-speed automatic, I believe it could; though not totally sure, I've never module swapped, just replaced and reprogrammed.

jaromir04
01-11-2005, 04:55 PM
I thought that this way I could get the same power out as Caravan, without reprograming anything. I already have tranny in my Spirit from the Caravan. I am talking V6 3L.

theFREAKnasty82
01-12-2005, 12:22 AM
which tranny is it? The 3-speed or 4-speed?

jaromir04
01-12-2005, 06:10 PM
which tranny is it? The 3-speed or 4-speed?
I am not sure, but it feels like prety close gear ratio. This is a rebuilt tranny from a Dodge van.

theFREAKnasty82
01-13-2005, 12:50 AM
best way to tell which tranny you have is to open the hood and look for a square, metal object with wires coming from it. If that's what you have, you have the 4-speed transmission. If not, and you see like a rod going from the throttle body to the transmission, you have the 3-speed unit. The reason why I ask which transmission you have, the 4-speed unit is electronically controlled and has its own seperate computer. Most of the time, those transmission computers aren't interchangeable.

jaromir04
01-14-2005, 11:40 AM
best way to tell which tranny you have is to open the hood and look for a square, metal object with wires coming from it. If that's what you have, you have the 4-speed transmission. If not, and you see like a rod going from the throttle body to the transmission, you have the 3-speed unit. The reason why I ask which transmission you have, the 4-speed unit is electronically controlled and has its own seperate computer. Most of the time, those transmission computers aren't interchangeable.Thaks for reply! It is a three speed unit. The reason I couldn't remember right away is the this linkage is removed. However, my problem is that by swaping the CCU I hope to get the same power as the same year Caravan. But, nobody seems to know if this would be feasible. Jerry

theFREAKnasty82
01-17-2005, 11:09 PM
I used to own a '92 Dodge Spirit 3.0, had decent power, but I'm not quite sure if you can get more power from a computer out of a caravan then you can from a spirit. You can, but you would have to do some mods to it, but just pop & swap, I don't believe that there's going to be much of a significant power difference.

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