Chrysler egh v6?

So I can pick one of these up for free from a 2000 town and country van. Should I? And if I do what can I do with it?

EGH? IIRC, that is a 3.3 Pentastar engine. Honestly, you won't be able to do much with it. It shouldn't make more than 180 hp and 210 ft lbs of torque on a good day. We're also talking about zero aftermarket support for it. Plus, as far as I know, it doesn't mate to any RWD transmissions unless it has the same bellhousing configuration as the EGG engines found in 300's and Chargers. I don't know why it took so long, but I don't think any of Chrysler's V6's except for the current 3.6L (which has proven to be an amazing engine) has the same bellhousing pattern as the Gen III Hemi's (which is practically the same as the Chrysler small blocks). I would probably just leave the engine alone.

IIRC it has the same pattern as the Mitsubishi 3.0l.

I don't know what you'd do with one, though. They work fine in their as-installed application but they aren't enthusiast engines in the least. Much better engines to choose from for the same effort.

Any chance it would work in an older fwd dodge?

Like a Ram 50 or Colt? I'm not sure if it will mate to the transmissions. But if you're going to use either of those, I'd rather go small block. A 904 transmission, as I recall, fits in the tunnel of a Ram 50 with little to no modifications. I know there are quite a few SRT4 powered Colts out there, running the 904 transmission, but those require some custom manifolds.

When I was in elementary school for some reason we learned the "Native American" word (no clue what tribe) "Pizwat" which meant "good for nothing".

The Chrysler EGH V6 is Pizwat.

Thanks for the info. Looks like ill just take a few parts off and thats it

It was used in the short-lived Shelby Can Am race series

http://www.allpar.com/racing/shelby-dodge-canam.html

and it was one of the few engines to survive from the Iaccoca era

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/33.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_3.3_%26_3.8_engine

The EGH is apparently the 3.8 liter, so it's a little less wimpy in the power department. And they put them in Wranglers for a few years (07-2011), so using one for a RWD project is possible if desired. If it's cheap enough, I don't see why not. Especially considering there are supercharger kits on the market for the Wrangler version, so it's not totally hopeless for getting more power.

Y'all are funny. They make low peak power numbers because they shifted at 4800-5500 rpm (depending on vehicle) and are cammed, plenum-ed, throttle-bodied as such. They have good headflow and low piston speeds/accelerations. Factory windage tray, TINY external packaging for the displacement, will run on megasquirt, have RWD transmissions, and are EXTREMELY reliable compared to anything equivalent from GM or Ford (plus some Toyotas...). They are WAAAY less junky than the 3.4L GM ohv 60* v6 people used to swap into LBSCs. They make similar n/a power to the Buick 3800 but are packaged much smaller/lighter.

In other words, if you are looking for something that's just going to slam together and work because 1000 other people figured it all out for you, pass. If you're the kind of person who can swap a cam in, build a plenum, and get it running on Megasquirt, it's a totally viable engine that has several advantages over similar engines from other manufacturers.