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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Smile more power for 2.9

dose any 1 know where i can find info on rebulding a 2.9 or mabe just add power to mine i have a 90 ranger 4x4 and i dont want to change my motor
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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There is little you can do to add extra power. The best choices are turbochargers. Better exhausts will help, but only add a modest amount of power, nothing much. A motor swap is more cost effective. If you don't want to go that route, you will just have to live with the 2.9L , because aside from tuning, there is little that can be done to increase the power substantially without spending a lot of money.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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Best bet is to get a tuneup if you didn't do that already.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:37 AM
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The only real bolt on that will help are gears. A set of 4:10's or 4:30's will feel like 30 more hp.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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well i know a few years back i was on a web site that told about how to motfied the 2.9 and i was kinda hoping someone would know that web site
 
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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We'll you could do the old school stuff, like port and polish the heads, raise the compression, they make an aftermarket cam for it, and jba makes headers. It maybe cheaper to transplant a 4.0 in there.
 
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