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Need help on engine swap
So I'm looking to swap my v6 3.0L stock engine with a automatic transmition for hopefully something a lot faster. I need some ideas and advise on what engine to choose and what the pricing would be. Also what other things I would need to make it run properly. I will probably be doing this project with some friends so please nothing to hard. Thanks any advise will be appreciated.
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What year?
Seeing how you are in California you are severely limited on your options
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Re: Need help on engine swap
It's a 97 2wd long bed that is completely stock
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Re: Need help on engine swap
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Re: Need help on engine swap
How easy would that be to install plus do I need to get like a parts car for all the wiring or any thing. Sorry I'm kind of knew to working on cars.
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Re: Need help on engine swap
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How easy would that be to install plus do I need to get like a parts car for all the wiring or any thing. Sorry I'm kind of knew to working on cars.
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yes a donor vehicle makes it a lot easier. but first it sounds like you have a lot of research to do my friend
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Re: Need help on engine swap
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yes a donor vehicle makes it a lot easier. but first it sounds like you have a lot of research to do my friend
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I don't really want to have to buy a whole nother vehicle so is it really that much harder or more expensive without one
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Re: Need help on engine swap
The ranger station has a lot of good technical information on 5.0 swaps.
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech...nversions.html
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Re: Need help on engine swap
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I don't really want to have to buy a whole nother vehicle so is it really that much harder or more expensive without one
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yes.
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Re: Need help on engine swap
You don't need to the whole vehicle but if you have the vehicle you have almost everything you need.
you will every emissions component off that vehicle and then get the swap signed off by a state smog referee(not a smog shop) to reflect the engine swap on your registration and title.
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At places like pick n pull 97 explorers are common, if you go to a you pull it ask if they will sell one complete, sometimes they will sell complete vehicles.
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Re: Need help on engine swap
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You don't need to the whole vehicle but if you have the vehicle you have almost everything you need.
you will every emissions component off that vehicle and then get the swap signed off by a state smog referee(not a smog shop) to reflect the engine swap on your registration and title.
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At places like pick n pull 97 explorers are common, if you go to a you pull it ask if they will sell one complete, sometimes they will sell complete vehicles.
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Wow this is starting to seem like a lot more work than my friend said it would be. So I have to go through a bunch of legal stuff to.
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Wow this is starting to seem like a lot more work than my friend said it would be. So I have to go through a bunch of legal stuff to.
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oh yes. and then there is the fact that your ranger is 2wd. most of the 5.0 explorers were AWD. some were just 2wd but they arent as common.
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Re: Need help on engine swap
I've read a lot obout people putting a 4bt cummins in their rangers would that be any harder or better than a explorers 5.0
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I've read a lot obout people putting a 4bt cummins in their rangers would that be any harder or better than a explorers 5.0
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A LOT harder. custom motor mounts, transmission sourcing, wiring,
that may not even be legal in california
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Re: Need help on engine swap
Ok so then that's out of the question is the explorers engine the fastest I could put in my ranger with out having to go over the top with expenses and everything else
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