I have the 4.0 in mine and I have 4.10 gears. My mileage (city driving) is usually between 15 - 17 and trust me, my foot is always in the gas! lol

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look at the years he is looking at the new duratec is NOT in any of those years. so read again my post and i am right. the 2.3 2.5 20-25mpg the 4.0 OHV 17-22mpg not a huge change and a lot more power

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so i looked at this 99 mazda b2500 and it ran ok and shifted well but had this tick that he called a "typical ranger tick" but he couldnt explain it to me what it was.. any ideas? he said it was a 2.5 4cyl with 8 spark plug wires, kinda strange

The 'typical Ranger tick' actually refers to the 2.9L engines that did have a tendency to develop a ticking sound.

8 plugs would be the twin plug motor.... quite normal.

Do yourself a favor and don't drive a 4.0L truck or those 3.0L's and 2.3/2.5L's will seem totally doggy by comparison.

I would go with the 3.0 or 4.0... personally from experience I prefer the 3.0. My Ranger gets about 26/28 and it is a 3.0 auto. It also does some great pulling. For towing it has done about 6000 lbs and the engine is still ran great. It's your choice but again the 3.0 is a good choice.

thats pretty good gas mileage for a 3.0, i didnt even think the 2.3's got that much, but ill keep that in mind, i just want to buy this 99 b2500 and get it over with, but that ticking sound is just not normal to me

anybody who says that a "tick" is normal is just trying to sell it... and get rid of it. Either way Mazdas are ok... and Fords run like train in my experience... we are a ford family and the only car that isn't a for is our impala and we HAVE to have that because it my grandpa's company car... Just keep shopping around and you will find the right thing.

I love the 2.3's for the practicality and every day driving. I have a 3.0L Vulcan in my 2004 and it got the truck around before I started caging it but it's a complete dog now. The 4.0 makes a huge difference, but it can't stop the craving for a V-8 swap.

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You will have a 2.3 four cylinder manual forever! I bought mine when i was 16 as my first car im going to be 22 this august, ive put it through the test that any kid with his first car does, and its still my car today. Its so reliable that im going to be dishing in money to fix it up visually.

Actually, there are 2 different versions of a 3.0L V6 used in the Taurus. One is the Duratech 30 3.0L dohc V6 like they used in the Escape/Mariner/Tribute/Fusion/Five Hundred and a few others I'm probably forgetting and then there is the same old tried and true 3.0L Vulcan V6 that is in the Taurus and Ranger.

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K&N FIPK
Flowmaster 40 series single in/dual out with Magnaflow 3 1/2" stainless slash cut rolled edge tips
Zoom Kevlar Clutch
5 Spd. Manual
Leather Seats
Big sound system.

My 1991 2.3 Automatic went 292,000 miles on the transmission with filter changes and 3.5 quarts every 25k miles. If I had adjusted the bands in there(I didn't know it had them) it would have went longer. Still it didn't let me down it just wouldn't shift into overdrive any longer. Got it fixed for $800 (total rebuild). 18 years old and still going. (399,500 miles)

My son's 2000 Ranger automatic has 280,000 miles on it. No work has been done on this tranny except filter changes.

Personally, I prefer an AUTO. I gotta be able to eat my snoball while driving and I need both hands.

Good luck man !!

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2000 Ranger, 3.0L (280K miles)

Foxxyfiveo made a good point. I bought mine new with the 3.0. I also drive my wifes Explorer with the 4.0. The difference is the gearing. The 4.0's in the ranger are geared lower for some reason. I average 20 mpgs street and highway (even when I was driving to work in Louisiana). You can tow light trailers and haul 500 + lbs without pushing it. I have 122000 miles and the only issue I had with the tranny (auto) was slipping in the winter time. I had the fluid changed and a new filter put in and the problem went away. I would buy another 3.0 in a heartbeat.

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I had a friend with a Trailhead that had 3 liter with the ticking. He took it back and they swapped the engine under warranty. It's not supposed to do that but several during that time frame developed the ticking and they are still running. I wouldn't buy it.

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well my brothers ranger has a pretty good tick, but his 2.9L has like 240,000 on it i think, and holy cow is it a DOG compared to my 4.0L! I couldn't ever drive his truck, EVER... but my truck has a bit of a tick at cold start, just the lifters but i've run synthetic through it before and that solved the problem, but i've also got a quart of Marvel Oil in it, and that seems to help out with the tick. I've only got 165,000 on my truck with an auto, shifts fine and everything, been getting better mileage than i thought too about 17(hwy/city mix) with the lift and tires. but i really wouldn't mess with any of those 4 bangers unless it has 4 spark plugs. I had a buddy who needed to replaces his plugs... 5 hours later, yeah 5 HOURS LATER, I finally got 7 of em out, the 8th wouldn't come out cause the socket would catch on the block when it would come out. I had to take the whole in take off all the way to the manifold and even then it was damn tricky to get those three out.

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No problem getting all the plugs out of my 1991. I love the 8 plug version, mine had allot more pep the my daughters 1996 4 spark plug verson (I think that was the year )

The biggest pain for me is getting the plug wires off the plugs.

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1991 Ranger, 2.3L (400K miles)
2000 Ranger, 3.0L (280K miles)