Dodge Shadow - Engines

Engines

The Shadow offered a variety of four cylinder engines, all either of 2.2 or 2.5 L, some turbocharged. Naturally aspirated versions were, except in Mexico, fuel injected. The engines were tuned for torque rather than horsepower, resulting in numbers that appear to be reversed from the Honda Civic - for example, 93 hp (69 kW) and 122 lb·ft (165 N·m) of torque from the base 2.2 L engine. A Mitsubishi-built 3.0 L V6 was added later, which led to the demise of the turbo option. All were available with a five-speed manual transmission. A 3 speed automatic based upon the Chrysler Torqueflite was optional on the 4 cylinder equipped cars and a 4 speed automatic 41TE was optional on the V6 powered cars. In 1990 the manual transmission was modified to make shifting into reverse easier; a number of other incremental improvements were also made.

Shadows came with the following engines, although not all engines were available each year

• 2.2 L I4 - 93 hp (69 kW) and 122 lb·ft (165 N·m) of torque
• 2.5 L I4 - 100 hp (70 kW) and 135 lb·ft (183 N·m) of torque
• 3.0 L V6 - 142 hp (106 kW) and 171 lb·ft (232 N·m) of torque
• 2.2 L turbocharged I4 - 146 hp (109 kW) and 170 lb·ft (230 N·m) of torque
• 2.2 L turbocharged I4 - 175 hp (130 kW) and 175 lb·ft (237 N·m) of torque (Shelby T2)(87 CSX)
• 2.2 L turbocharged I4 - 174 hp (130 kW) and 210 lb·ft (285 N·m) of torque (CSX-VNT)
• 2.5 L turbocharged I4 - 150 hp (112 kW) and 190 lb·ft (258 N·m) of torque
• 2.5 L turbocharged I4 - 151 hp (113 kW) and 210 lb·ft (285 N·m) of torque (High Torque ECU 91 only)