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Easily a 2.3T motor (duh) or a 302. I'd lean towards the 2.3l turbo motor only for ease of install compared to a V8.
But you know what they say, you can do whatever you want to your car with the only limit being your wallet. I imagine you could put a 502 Merlin in a Ranger. Expensive? Yes. Practical? Maybe not. Traction? Definately not.
But you know what they say, you can do whatever you want to your car with the only limit being your wallet. I imagine you could put a 502 Merlin in a Ranger. Expensive? Yes. Practical? Maybe not. Traction? Definately not.
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2.3T's are fairly easy to come by, in fact, i know of about six complete motors for sale locally.
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91 ranger, 88 tc 2.3 turbo, stroked, bored, 5.5" crower connecting rods, wiseco 8.0:1 dished pistons, total seal .030 rings, fully ported iron big valve head, racer walsh turbo roller cam, bobs log, holset wh1c, fmic, full 3" exhaust. not really a whole lot left to do.
93 explorer 4x4
91 ranger, 88 tc 2.3 turbo, stroked, bored, 5.5" crower connecting rods, wiseco 8.0:1 dished pistons, total seal .030 rings, fully ported iron big valve head, racer walsh turbo roller cam, bobs log, holset wh1c, fmic, full 3" exhaust. not really a whole lot left to do.
93 explorer 4x4
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from what i hear, in regards to the a/c, if you use the heater core and all the a/c stuff from the thunderbird, you can cut a certain part off and flip it and still be able to run a/c. I just didn't feel like going throught all the trouble, and the extra weight.
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91 ranger, 88 tc 2.3 turbo, stroked, bored, 5.5" crower connecting rods, wiseco 8.0:1 dished pistons, total seal .030 rings, fully ported iron big valve head, racer walsh turbo roller cam, bobs log, holset wh1c, fmic, full 3" exhaust. not really a whole lot left to do.
93 explorer 4x4
91 ranger, 88 tc 2.3 turbo, stroked, bored, 5.5" crower connecting rods, wiseco 8.0:1 dished pistons, total seal .030 rings, fully ported iron big valve head, racer walsh turbo roller cam, bobs log, holset wh1c, fmic, full 3" exhaust. not really a whole lot left to do.
93 explorer 4x4
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i think its a fairly simple process but i'm not too sure, i wasn't going to use a/c so i didn't really do a whole lot of research on it but if you want to know more check out rangerpowersports.com and go to the 2.3T board there's quite a bit of info one the swap.rangerpowersports.com
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91 ranger, 88 tc 2.3 turbo, stroked, bored, 5.5" crower connecting rods, wiseco 8.0:1 dished pistons, total seal .030 rings, fully ported iron big valve head, racer walsh turbo roller cam, bobs log, holset wh1c, fmic, full 3" exhaust. not really a whole lot left to do.
93 explorer 4x4
91 ranger, 88 tc 2.3 turbo, stroked, bored, 5.5" crower connecting rods, wiseco 8.0:1 dished pistons, total seal .030 rings, fully ported iron big valve head, racer walsh turbo roller cam, bobs log, holset wh1c, fmic, full 3" exhaust. not really a whole lot left to do.
93 explorer 4x4
