Good news! The smashed outlander owner is a motivated seller! Seems like a deal I can't refuse for the engine and tipm. Now just to find the 6spd transmission and wander into a Mitsubishi dealer tomorrow to see if they can confirm same harness or not.

I don't know how this is happening but everything is falling into line for the first v6 3.0l swap onto subframe for patriot.

Now another thing to ponder is should I try messing with gearing in any way? This transmission otherwise will be the same 6spd as the 2.4l patriots. Seeing as it will be a second vehicle needing it to be daily driveable isn't a worry of mine.

 

since chrysler likes to make everything difficult, I'm willing to bet the harness is different. Just grab EVERYTHING from the outlander, including instrument cluster.

 

outlander or outlander sport. I know the sport is basically the same car, but the outlander is different isn't it?

 

Outlander is the same thing(at least up here in Canada) The only issue with the outlander gearing, is that its not anything special from an offroad perspective, but really who cares, just getting a V6 into a patriot would be kinda sweet. I think its around a 14:1 crawl ratio

What year is the vehicle.

 

17:1 first gear overall ratio with the V6 should be loads better!epper:

*Swap the gears out of Tyler's compass when he is travelling...he'll thank you for the better gas mileage
...maybe

 

Well I thought about the cvt2 but then some serious programming I think would need to happen for the 3.0l to work with that transmission. But if a person was to play with the gears in the 6spd, that could open some doors I think.

 

Research, if the rear diff gears are the same in a 6 spd and a FDI then I would assume that the front diff should be. Then you should be able to drop in the FD2 gear set. But I wouldn't be surprised if I'm completely wrong.

 

Interesting proposition, I'll be keeping a eye on this one.....

 

V6 Patriot... I've waited so long to hear those words.

Damn, did it get misty in here? I think i have some allergies...

 

I'm doing this for pretty much that reason right there. /\

The motor and transmission combo I'm choosing is just because I think this is going to be the most "plug and play" so to speak lol swap.

A bit more research I've got the engine code I'm after 6B31 and looks like 2010+ had a higher compression at 10.5:1 vs. 9.5:1. The 2010+ engines had a bit more pep to them so I guess I'll back out on that wrecked 08 I found. Might as well get as much as I can, while I'm doing it. Don't worry I'll find it and everything else. Told buddy of my project today, he offered his heated garage for the winter. That will help a lot.

Once I get this 2008 patriot this weekend I'll start a build thread. Gonna be looking for a good project name...

 

Do you have any idea of what kind of power figures to expect once its all put together? Do you think there will be issues with the esp, steering, etc. with the new power. This should be pretty awesome though, very interested to see how it all works out

 

the Newest 3.0L are 227hp and something around 215lb/ft of torque, that's a decent increase for sure. I can't see a single issue with any of the drivetrain stuff since it's pretty much the exact same as what the outlanders have. Now, put the same cvt behind it, and i'm sure you'd see it blow up. Whats happening with the engine out of the 2008...........maybe i'll buy it?

 

Project FrankenPat

 

FrankenRiot?

 

I'm not sure I like FrankenRiot too much. The vehicle is white and being that colour it's gonna be completely whited out lol. I was almost thinking "Project ******" or "Snowflake" something involving white in the name lol

I go to pick it up in the morning though.

This vehicle was a great find tho for me. I did a local vin search which showed no accidents. Then Tyler was generous enough to use a vin search service he had an account with and this vehicle showed a completely clean history.

I'm pretty excited for this honestly. I can't wait to out wheel a FDII lol.

 

"Snowflake"

Oh yeah, there it is. Thats the one.

Hopefully you are prepared to invest some serious money toward this, because today even compatible engine swaps get expensive fast.

Aint like the good 'ole days where a small block chevy could be bolted into anything, lol.

 

Out wheel a what haha bring it. This will be a fun vehicle for sure when it's done. I suggested last night that this patriot be the test mule for all the stupid things that haven't been tried. If I cam track down a fdii ecm, we could try swapping that in. I think I also have dibs on the ac system as well of mine ends up being trashed. Srt wheels might look good on it too.