i gotta say, from being a actually 2.9l owner, dont see the guys talking about them owning them.
they arent that bad. its a reliable engine. its hard to kill, and you can drive it hard as hard can be. my truck has over 340,000 km on it, and i do a 100km cummute every day not including other random driving. thats not flat driving either, thats me driving up mountain roads the whole time.
the head cracking thing.. yeah if you have the old ones maaaybe, but even then. not as common as spoken about. ive taken apart 4 of these engines and never found any.
its not a bad engine, but its also not a power house.. but none of the ranger engines are (except for the 4.0 SOHC) the old 4.0 and even the 2.3 suck just as bad. the 4.0 obviously a bit better then the 2.9l so yeah get the 4.0 if you can, but if youre stuck getting a 2.9 get it.
ive heard of 2.9l going up to 400-600,000 miles on the orginal build, not rebuilds.
as for the noise.. its not that noisey. its actually really quiet, which is why you hear ticking, most the ticking people here is the injectors firing not the lifters or valves!
id buy another 2,9l in a heart beat if thats what the truck i wanted had in it with no regrets.
id only ever do the 4.0l swap if the engine ever dies.
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Originally Posted by Das Guzman
what is the difference between the twin traction beam system and the torsion bar system? I was looking at anything in the 90's but nothing 2000 and up because where I live the prices for those seem to go through the roof. I'm hoping to find something that is good with power, easy to work with, plenty of oem/aftermarket part support, and will be able to get me back home safely after a weekend afternoon of off-roading
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the TTB is a great axle, agian very misunderstood. but its as strong as a Dana 44 soil axle, minus the stub arm on the short axle which can be swaped over and build a dana 44/35 ttb hybrid and be stronger then the dana 44. obviously the fact that their are more moving parts means more things to break. but if done right its gonna last, and if youre not mashing it doing stupid rock crawling or getting stuck in a mud pit youll be fine. my stock dana 35 ttb has been off road numerious times.
not fimilar with the new IFS but id assme its farm weeker then the TTB. CV joints arent as strong as U joints.
plus they sound like a pain in the ass to lift properly without making the front end wear itself out every 100km. but i really dunno tbh.