I was wondering if the tl engine bolts up to the charger transmission or do I just swap transmissions and ecu?

 

Ummm, quite literally, no chance in hell. Sorry.

 

One of these threads again?

 

the v6 charger is rear wheel drive. the TL is front wheel drive. the two engines are placed/orientated or packaged differently. the v6 chargers engine is placed longitudinally, while the TL's engine is placed transversally.

 

no

 

Try it and report back!

 

With enough time and money, anything is possible. Why would you want to do this though?

 

should be pretty much a direct bolt up OP, maybe need an adapter or two

 

Dodge 3.5 engine is shit when it comes to power I been doing some research on the Honda and Acura engines for more power

 

The 3.5 in the Charger has 250HP! You're trying to fit a round peg into a triangular hole for 36HP.

 

Ummm, why the trash talking? Maybe your research is faulty. I don't know, after your opening question, maybe your brain is faulty.

The thing is, the 3.5 liter Dodge motor was a very reliable and pretty much final design of the old late 1980s to early 1990s 3.3 liter minivan pushrod engine. That it put out 250 hp given its humble beginnings is pretty impressive. As for Honda J engines (a mid-1990s design), the various versions of the J35 as of 2006 the HP output was either 244, 247, 255, 265, or 286 (only in the RL), while in all cases, the torque numbers ranged from 240 to 256 were virtually identical to the 250 of the Dodge motor.

Funny thing though, fast forward a few years (2010 to be precise) and the new 3.6 liter engine available in the Charger was more than a match for any normally aspirated Honda J-Series engine produced so far.

Taking this discussion to its logical (if not absurd and silly) conclusion, if you really want an engine change, you would have far more luck dropping a 300 hp Chrysler Pentastar 3.6 into your Charger than any Honda motor ever produced.

 

286 was also the 3G TL-S number

or the 5.7 frankly, probably an easily swap than a honda j series....

 

Agreed, but not in 2006.

Agreed, if you're going to muck around with an engine swap, put in a REAL engine.

 

Hell. Good idea! 💡


Get a salvage 5.7 Charger or Ram and throw that bitch in there, run the wires and voila!


Mopar parts are chrap and readily available, probably some of the easiest engines to find at a junkyard.

 

Yeah should be plug and play

 

It won't be plug and play, but I think some people are forgetting that people us honda engines in rwd configurations quite frequently on many different platforms. You can find transmission adapter plates online for k series, J series, etc...Most of those adapter plates are meant to be used with GM transmissions, but it is doable.

Of course you would need custom engine mounts, wiring, ecu, etc...Then they is the issue of oil pan clearance & exhaust.

 

Sarcasm is a lost art

 

I personally try avoid sarcasm on forums, I would rather help some, regardless of how crazy their idea or question it, however I do enjoy seeing other people use it. lol

 

Be the change you want to see in the world.

 

The problem is, it's much more difficult to pick up on when it's simple text on a forum....you lose all the nonverbal cues like tone and inflection that make it obvious when you're just talking to someone in person.

But to your point, yeah, answering straightforward is more helpful lol. Forget the J series OP, do an LS1 swap!

 

Give it a few years..

after the one thousandth question of "will it fit" or "can i do it" with the OP never following through, you'll resort to sarcasm as well

 

Tell me about it.

OP probably just had access to a TL sitting around when his Charger blew up and wanted to make the J32 fit...

A basic J32 ain't making a Charger do anything cool, so it's not that...

It also shows OP would rather fix a Charger instead of a TL... @blasphemy

 

You forgot the Honda Horsepower Factor.

 

Yeah, but what about the torque factor?