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- Aug 7, 2007
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- Location
- Vancouver,Wa
- Vehicle Year
- 1984
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3Turbo
- Transmission
- Manual
I'm in the proccess of puting a turbo 2.3 engine in my '84 Ranger. It's been quite a learning exprience. The first thing I learned is that I shouldn't have listened to a lot of the experts who advised me. Here's what I now know;
Fuel tank: My truck is a 4X4 short bed. No other tank will fit. The old engine was carbed. The replacement engine is EFI. An EFI tank to fit my truck is almost impossible to find. I had to cut a large patch with the pump/sending unit hole in it out of an '85 EFI truck tank. I then cut a hole in the carb tank and glued and screwed the patch onto the carb tank.
Fuel lines: Again, switching from carb to EFI means changing the whole fuel system. And again my truck being a 4X4 shortbed created problems. Looked at a lot of trucks in the wrecking yards and bought 2 complete systems. My truck doesn't have enough room to mount the external fuel pump. I went with an '85 T'bird V8 in tank pump. Those nylon tube fuel lines had me stumped for a while. After a lot of asking and searching I stumbled across a discussion about pressing the fittings into the tubing. I still had to braze together a couple of metal tubing ends to connect the the nylon tubing ends together.
I'll have to finish this later. My hands are cramping from working on the truck for 6 days.
Fuel tank: My truck is a 4X4 short bed. No other tank will fit. The old engine was carbed. The replacement engine is EFI. An EFI tank to fit my truck is almost impossible to find. I had to cut a large patch with the pump/sending unit hole in it out of an '85 EFI truck tank. I then cut a hole in the carb tank and glued and screwed the patch onto the carb tank.
Fuel lines: Again, switching from carb to EFI means changing the whole fuel system. And again my truck being a 4X4 shortbed created problems. Looked at a lot of trucks in the wrecking yards and bought 2 complete systems. My truck doesn't have enough room to mount the external fuel pump. I went with an '85 T'bird V8 in tank pump. Those nylon tube fuel lines had me stumped for a while. After a lot of asking and searching I stumbled across a discussion about pressing the fittings into the tubing. I still had to braze together a couple of metal tubing ends to connect the the nylon tubing ends together.
I'll have to finish this later. My hands are cramping from working on the truck for 6 days.