Engine Swap 2009 Journey SE

[Hoppingyak76]

Alright so I have a 2009 Dodge Journey SE, 2.4L il4, automatic transmission. Unfortunately, my motor blew up yesterday while I was driving along(i had just started moving after having stopped, and I had barely hit 20MPH @ 3k RPMs when my motor locked up and my crank case decided it wanted a new window). I'm debating on putting a new motor in it because it's my only vehicle at the moment and I can't afford a new one, which leads to my question: how hard would it be to swap out the old 4Cyl for the V6 that came in the higher trim models? Are motor mounts/wiring harness connections/etc. the same? I know that the Journey was more or less built for everything to be as cheap and cookie-cutter to assemble as possible, but I HATED how sluggish my 2.4L was, and would like to have some more power to work with.

 

At the end of the day, I'm on a SUPER tight budget and literally just need to be able to get to work, but if the price difference and amount of extra labor involved aren't too outrageous, I figure I may as well turn my Journey into something that I can actually stand driving. 

 

Any advice/information is valuable and appreciated, thank you in advance!

[larryl]

It would be outrageous if you have no money  as you would also have to change the tranny as they are different and the 09's had a 3'5 not a 3.6  so you'd be hard pressed to find one.

Basically a pipe dream look for a 2.4

[luzmina]

Is better to find a used 2.4 and put it there, but there is a difference between the 2009-2010 and 2011-2018 2.4 in the intake, probably they use a different PCM, so you will need the intake of the 2009 for the swap, I have a 2.4 and I am happy, I just need a transportation no a race car.