Over the last month or so i've been planning on doing a 5.0 swap into my 2000 extended cab 4X4 4.0 ford ranger. When i started out i was going to try and find an engine from at least a 98 explorer so i could keep PATS in my vehicle and not have to have new keys made. But after searching all of the junk yards in the area i came home with an engine out of a 97 Mountaineer. This has its ups and downs:
Pro's: No PATS system
Con's: Fuel system requires running a return fuel line
here's a list with prices of everything i have so far:
Engine- complete including alternator, power steering pump, high pressure power steering hose, a/c pump and lines, throttle cable, cruise control cable, starter, batter cable harness, evap control and hose, fan shroud and ecu paid $493 to picknpull which included core charges. Came out of a 1997 Mercury Mountaineer
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Transmission- MD50R2 out of a 1997 F-150 4.2L V6 4X4 $400 from salvage yard
Transfer case- BW 4406 with electric shift out of a 1997 f-150 $200 same salvage yard as tranny- 107k miles on them
Flywheel- 164 tooth with 50 oz of imbalance from autozone $53 listed as flywheel for 1995 f-150 with the 5.0 p/n FW9710
SCT tuner from moreperformancetuning.com that came with 3 free custom tunes- to delete the automatic transmission out of the ecu $380
11 inch clutch kit from summit racing $120
Manual transmission starter from ebay -$35
Front drive shaft from 97 f-150 from salvage yard -$75
Ujoint adapter from autozone for front drive shaft -$8
Rear drive shaft from 96 f-350 measured 51" from salvage yard -$100
Ujoint adapter from NAPA for rear drive shaft to fit 8.8 rear axle -$26 P/N 448
Gaskets from Autozone- intake manifolds, oil pan, $30
Spark Plug wires from summit racing
Exhaust peices from summit header back- 2.5" pipes, magnaflow muffler, high flow cat, $200 going to be side exit single in front of the rear tire
So Total is a little over $2k- turned out to be more than i wanted it to be but in the end i have the manual transmission still and 4wd on the fly since the shift motor from the ranger bolts right onto the 4406, plug and play basically.
So i'm planning on doing the swap next weekend -the 16th of Feb, as i am still waiting on a few essential parts to get delivered. Going to document it all how it fits, things i had to change- like the wiring- going to take pictures of what exactly i changed about the alternator and a/c compressor and anything else that needs to be changed.