Did you finish this?

 

Not 100%. But it runs and drives. Put it away for the winter.. spring time will bring the lift, front end overhaul.. lift pump and all the other gadgets. I have the BCM controlling the cummins ECM.. have to make a cluster.. the Chev data bus interface for the cluster was a PIA without the stock ecm.. i have a whole bunch of pic's and could do a build write up but their wasn't a whole lot of interest on here. Also posting pictures never worked..

 

 

Pretty nice work.. im thinking of doing the same swap and i joined this forum as soon as i read that you were doing this exact swap. what gave you the most grief. im thinking of doinog it with a OBS chevy with no bcm ecu ... and my donor is a 1994 dodge 2500 with no complicated electronics aswell.

 

Sweet! Lol yah ironically this thread is the reason i signed up too!,
what kind of OBS cab do you have? what kind of ram?

Their are plenty of hurdles to get over but its worth it!

 

still on the hunt..! i currently have a 1994 dodge ram 2500 w/ 12 valve p-pump with a auto trans and 4x4

 

what is the dodge wheel base i ment, ext cab long box? You should find a 6.5 donor has IC and hydro boost provisions Ect..

 

haha im new to this!! its a regular cab long box. 137.4 whellbase. well according to wikipedia
and i wasnt lookin for a 6.5 only because out here in Quebec they rust faster than you can blink .. so the one thats decent that comes my way is the one to be parted.. i was thinking of doing it like you for the brake and all .. using the dodge master cylinder and brake booster..im comfertable with a welder and metal working so .. thats whay i was thinking of doing a body swap on the dodge instead of a cummins swap in a chevy.. might happen next who knows.!!

 

Oh haha i didn't notice your location! Yah the rust belt isn't very nice to any machine especially 16+ year old ones. But luckily back then chev and Chrysler shared the same parts suppliers for alot of stuff so it should be pertty close like mine. Originally i was going to do the OBS swap untill i came across free NBS parts. Plus my cummins ended up being a 24v insted of a 12v. Luck of the draw i suppose. So do you want to keep it a reg cab long box? If i recall years ago when i was doing my measurements for OBS swap you can do a EXT cab chev short box on that wheel base perfectly. The body perches and the chev are about 1.5 inches wider then dodge. A big challenge is gonna be getting the cab on the frame without looking out of place, the dodge frame has a longer front kick up so the cab will sit pretty high on the frame, i pushed my cab as far back as i could while maintaining some wheel well fitment. I have about an 1 1/4'' from the fan mount pully to rad and 3/8's clearance from the 4" down pipe.

 

awesome. sounds like they fit great together... i would sure love to find a good condition crew cab but the options are limited. mostly ext cab and regular cab are available.. but i keep good hope of finding a decent crew cab.. any how, i have more faith in making a cab fit that engine mounts trans mousnt and drive shafts.. my experience with truck isn't that advance..one day tho