Hey I have a 96 ford ranger and am needing to rebuild the 2.3 engine that is currently in the truck. I alike most people on here can't just put it back in stock.
I was considering doing some improvements to a NA 2.5L block that I have. I started adding up the cost with block work, new pistons, piston installation, rings, gaskets, decking head, new adjustable cam gear and such. For the little improvement I would make for the money how cost effective is it to just swap in a whole 2.3t block and all? Here are a couple engines I found on the local Craigslist:
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/pts/4971297956.html
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/pts/4992565314.html
I realize that if I had a good NA 2.3l crank I could swap all the internals since the large journal 2.3t crank won't fit my 2.5 block. Anyone have any experience doing a budget turbo build/ swap? Any thoughts are appreciated just trying to figure out if any of this is worth my time vs just putting a stock engine back in. Thanks.