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May 4, 2006 | 03:12 PM

bloodhound51

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i am extremely new to rangers so i am doing a little research before i start my project i want to know what it will take to put a 302 out of an early 90's mustang into a 1997 ranger my uncle gave me one that he hit a deer with and while the front is off of it me and my dad are throwing around the idea of swapping the motor for something more fun. i know its going to need a rearend and stuff. any sites or places where pre-fabbed motor mounts or conversion headers would be nice or any old posts that someone has left from there conversion. the motorhas been changed from fuel injection to carbuerator so i wont need much electronic help but any help at all is appreciated.

May 4, 2006 | 05:13 PM

dono

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Welcome! The conversion you speak of has been done many times. I would suggest you post in the Engine Swaps forum and do a search. Good luck.
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May 4, 2006 | 05:19 PM

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James Duff makes a conversion kit to swap a 302 into a ranger, so does advanced adapters, I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of them off hand, I hope this helps.

May 4, 2006 | 05:35 PM

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From: Durant, OK (SOSU)

Yeah...302 is a VERY common swap, not too difficult. Your rear-end, provided you have an 8.8" and not the 7.5", can stand up to even a modded one. With your front end off, it'll be pretty easy actually.

RP
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May 4, 2006 | 08:56 PM

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From: Abilene Kansas

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May 5, 2006 | 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bloodhound51

You will be better off ditching the Mustang drivetrain and finding a rolled 96-01 5.0L Exploder drivetrain.

Pretty much plug and play in a 4x4 Ranger and you need only different engein mounts for a 2wd non-Edge Ranger.

It will de difficult at best to run an OBD2 Ranger with a carbie and get anything like a speedometer to function at all, since it's looking for that input from thw computer.

If it's a drag race truck, do what you want. If it's a daily driver and you want things to go easily, get the Exploder drivetrain. How hard can it be to snap a few matching harness plugs together anyway? I've done harness jobs, so EFI ain't hard after some thought.

May 20, 2006 | 10:17 PM

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sorry havent posted back i have been busy
now i am tossing around the idea of putting a big block in the thing i rode in a late 80's 302 ranger about a week ago its pretty mean but i want to be able to run with the local stangs and camaros i have a completly stock 460 with c6 and a 9 inch rear out of a 78 f-150 i think i can make it work if any info is available on big block swaps let me know.