A little 2.3 eye candy
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Yeah, this is all temporary and aside from the air cleaner is all stuff I had lying around. I'm yanking this oil-puking thing as soon as I can find a suitable replacement. Something diesel, or v8 most likely. Now back to the reality of me being broke-
I just couldn't bring myself to spend $35 and a few hours "fixing" the Craptachi pile they called a carburetor on these things. Never met a Hitachi anything that worked right, especially after 30years.
I did have to rework the throttle linkage and it's very obvious driving it that it's a direct rod linkage, but it's a huge improvement over the original.
I just couldn't bring myself to spend $35 and a few hours "fixing" the Craptachi pile they called a carburetor on these things. Never met a Hitachi anything that worked right, especially after 30years.
I did have to rework the throttle linkage and it's very obvious driving it that it's a direct rod linkage, but it's a huge improvement over the original.
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How well does that set-up run?......We are going to do the same thing on a buddy's 83 Ranger 2.3.........It came stock with that miserable 1 bbl motorcraft, and put out less hp than a pinto (79hp vs 88hp) We have a Holley/weber 32-36 we are going to drop on and a header off a 2.3 Mustang.............See any difficulties?
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Well, it runs better than it has since I got the truck. It's smoother, since the outer cylinders get the same mixture as the inners now all the time- The old Craptachi had the primary bore towards the outers, and the secondary towards the inners, where the mixture had to make a nearly 180º turn to go to the outers.
You can see what I'm talking about in this pic:
You have a lot more room between the frame and engine on a Ranger than I do, my frame rails are very close there. This engine only fits because Mazda mounted the starter off the transmission towards the rear like a Subaru.
You can see what I'm talking about in this pic:
You have a lot more room between the frame and engine on a Ranger than I do, my frame rails are very close there. This engine only fits because Mazda mounted the starter off the transmission towards the rear like a Subaru.
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