I've been researching a swap into my supercab 4x4 ranger in comparison to removing and rebuilding the 4.0 and the 5speed Mazda transmission. I'm not looking to do a ton of fabricating as this will be my daily driver with little off-road action for now. As with everyone else, I'm on a pretty extreme budget and would like to not have to buy a bunch of other parts but I understand some will be needed to make this work. So in short what vehicle(year/model) can I use that is as close to a direct swap as possible? In researching here and on other websites it appears the 96-97 Explorer would be ideal but what about a power/drivetrain from a 5.0 F150? I just want to be able to search out a vehicle that I can use as a donor and move on from there. Any help would be great. Thanks everyone.
