comprehensive 2.3 info
#61
I have several LMC catalogs, but so far have not ordered anything from them yet, so I personally cannot vouch for them. I would think swapping in a 4.0 V6 or a 5.0 Ve would pretty much be the same thing. Except the V8 would give more power. However, if you had a donor vehicle for either swap it should be a piece of cake. The 302 would be a bit more expensive though since the exhaust would not fit, so you would need to get a kit from Duff, or somebody, also motor mounts would be different.
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Jim, the 4.0 is straight in swap since it was offered from the factory. The 5.0 takes a lot of fabrication to make work, and the wiring takes a bit of adaptation. There are certain clearance issues that have to be resolved as well. It's not a straight bolt-in swap (believe, me, I know! You've seen mine, it took a lot of work to get that thing in there...)
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It may have taken a lot of work to get it in there, but your swap looks like it was a factory deal. I was not aware of any fabrication involved in the 5.0 swap. I thought you bought a kit from Duff Enterprises, and just used parts from a donor car/truck. not having done this swap yet, I will defer to your expertise.
I was hoping to do this with my brother's Ranger, but I will not be gettign that since it has not been registered in Oregon, and was last registered in California over 10 years ago. I would not be able to pay the back due fines, and penalties on it.
I was hoping to do this with my brother's Ranger, but I will not be gettign that since it has not been registered in Oregon, and was last registered in California over 10 years ago. I would not be able to pay the back due fines, and penalties on it.
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Sorry, the 3.8 was a bolt pattern all by itself. 2.8, 2.9 and 4.0 all shared one pattern, 2.0, 2.3 and 2.5 shared another (with a minor variation in top bolts). The 3.8 may have shared its pattern with the 3.0, I'm not too sure about that, but I know it's not compatible with the 4-bangers.
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Originally Posted by Nighteyez
It may have taken a lot of work to get it in there, but your swap looks like it was a factory deal. I was not aware of any fabrication involved in the 5.0 swap. I thought you bought a kit from Duff Enterprises, and just used parts from a donor car/truck. not having done this swap yet, I will defer to your expertise.
I was hoping to do this with my brother's Ranger, but I will not be gettign that since it has not been registered in Oregon, and was last registered in California over 10 years ago. I would not be able to pay the back due fines, and penalties on it.
I was hoping to do this with my brother's Ranger, but I will not be gettign that since it has not been registered in Oregon, and was last registered in California over 10 years ago. I would not be able to pay the back due fines, and penalties on it.
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its a pretty good swap... you get around 20 mpg and more than double the power- especially if you get a hydraulic roller 302 and retrofit it with a carb (makes wiring, tuning, and everything else simple), fab some motor mounts and tranny mounts... throw a c-4 or aod in (either should fit the tranny tunnel ) you will have to customize the driveshaft, but as long as its 2wd and you make the engine carbed its a pretty simple swap. its when you try to make the switch with efi and a computer controlled tranny that you run into big issues. total parts cost was about 1000 dollars- including 300 dollars for a beat to crap 86 ltd that ran good... my friend and i did this to his ranger over the course of about a week.
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I wouldn't say that EFI causes big issues. The wiring is just a bit more involved but if you have decent soldering skills, it's not too bad. There are basically 15 wires that need connecting and some re-routing of wires. Even swapping EFI into a carbed truck isn't too bad, as there are some good aftermarket kits available. His truck is already EFI however.
And of course the heater box requires some modification. Several kits are availble, some kits include matched headers and mounts (if you wish to go with headers).
I chose to make my own mounts and modified some headers I already had (partly because of the heads I used and partly for steering clearence).
And of course the heater box requires some modification. Several kits are availble, some kits include matched headers and mounts (if you wish to go with headers).
I chose to make my own mounts and modified some headers I already had (partly because of the heads I used and partly for steering clearence).