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Old Nov 1, 2013 | 10:47 PM
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has anyone had experience putting a chevy 400 /turbo 400 into a ford ranger crewcab ? yep that's what I"M doing this is for baja racing and I'm open to suggestions !
 
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Old Nov 3, 2013 | 02:54 PM
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Doesn't look like anyone has. Cause from personal choice, I would never let a chevy touch my ford. Lol. If you are gonna dump that much, might as well stay Ford. Lol.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2013 | 07:35 PM
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Yep, you gotta go to a generalist automotive website to get much positive discussion on cross breeds.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2013 | 07:53 PM
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I just dislike Chevy's personally. Lol. I am currently working on a build in my 98 Ranger and I will be just upgrading the 4cyl, but I intend on getting every bit of 500RWHP out of it. I have no hate for crossbreeds as I am also building an 84 fiero with a Eagle Talon 2.0 turbo motor. xD
 
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Old Nov 5, 2013 | 08:07 PM
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I just dislike Chevy's personally. Lol. I am currently working on a build in my 98 Ranger and I will be just upgrading the 4cyl, but I intend on getting every bit of 500RWHP out of it. I have no hate for crossbreeds as I am also building an 84 fiero with a Eagle Talon 2.0 turbo motor. xD
yep love it or hate it , the truck was cheap and the power train was free so I find it hard to not do ! and I'll be putting about 550 hp into this bitch ! for free !
 
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 06:48 PM
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There is a sub-forum over at Ranger Forums that deals with this:
8-Cylinder Tech - Ranger-Forums - The Ultimate Ford Ranger Resource
 
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Old Nov 9, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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There several who have done similar swap over at "The Ranger Station", one long post with all kinds of info.
just plain stupid, doing a sbc swap w/blackwidow - The Ranger Station Forums
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Old Nov 9, 2013 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Frozen_Joker
I just dislike Chevy's personally. Lol. I am currently working on a build in my 98 Ranger and I will be just upgrading the 4cyl, but I intend on getting every bit of 500RWHP out of it. I have no hate for crossbreeds as I am also building an 84 fiero with a Eagle Talon 2.0 turbo motor. xD
Sounds like a cool build, a buddy I use to work with has a GTP motor in a Fiero
 
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Old Nov 9, 2013 | 10:15 AM
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GTP motor swap into the fiero is among the easiest swap. Nearly a straight swap. Not much modding to do. My fiero took a total different twist however. Its getting a 4G63 from a 94 Talon. Lol.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2013 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by landshark69
has anyone had experience putting a chevy 400 /turbo 400 into a ford ranger crewcab ? yep that's what I"M doing this is for baja racing and I'm open to suggestions !
Two or Four wheel drive? If Four wheel drive what Tcase are you going to run? And unless you already have the sbc 400 I wouldn't run it, I'd look into the LS series motors or find a 4 bolt main 350 and build it up a lil and put some vortec heads on it, them 400s have bad cooling problems unless you drill out the steam ports but then you need to watch out for the cyl walls, Just my two cents
 
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Old Nov 9, 2013 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Frozen_Joker
GTP motor swap into the fiero is among the easiest swap. Nearly a straight swap. Not much modding to do. My fiero took a total different twist however. Its getting a 4G63 from a 94 Talon. Lol.
6bolt or 7bolt? My 92 had a 6bolt and my 93 had a 7bolt? They started putting the ****ty 7bolts in the cars in 1992.5
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 05:23 PM
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2 wheeel drive is always the best for baja ! even the big money teams have a hard time running 4x4 ! to heavy and to complicated !
 
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Its a 6-bolt 4.9L.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 09:25 PM
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2 wheeel drive is always the best for baja ! even the big money teams have a hard time running 4x4 ! to heavy and to complicated !
Isn't that the truth, ask Robby Gordan lol
 
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