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'84 Little blue Ranger in Oregon - Mild off-road project




DrewNukesEm

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very clean =) nice engine btw
Thank you! I intend to make it a nice, clean looking engine bay.

looks like fun. looking at the pics of the motor reminded me that i learned how to rebuild a motor with a 2.3L. good luck with the build.
Thanks, I’m looking forward to starting everything for sure. I definitely love how simple and well designed these engines seems to be. Simple inline engines are my favorite!

Haha, yeah maybe eventually if I can find some deals on good parts… I don’t have the money for that right now though. I think what I have in mind will suffice.
 

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i think a 94 2.3l have a header like exhaust manafold on it (dont judge the spelling) and i know there is a advance cam gear for the 2.3l that run i think about $75 to $125 bucks. that could give you a little hop up you might be looking for.
 

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i think a 94 2.3l have a header like exhaust manafold on it (dont judge the spelling) and i know there is a advance cam gear for the 2.3l that run i think about $75 to $125 bucks. that could give you a little hop up you might be looking for.
Thank you for the suggestions, I have already bought a '96 Ranger header, and plan on going with a ranger roller cam, and possibly the adjustable cam gear.
 

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Haven’t posted in a while, so I thought I’d update…

I ordered the rest of the parts I think I’ll need to get it running, and a few extras…

Parts include:

-Oval port cylinder head with roller cam

-Motorcraft/Autolite 2100 .98 carburetor with 1” spacer, and all necessary gaskets

-“Superflow” triangle air cleaner

-Ignition coil

-Head gasket

-Intake manifold gaskets

-Exhaust manifold gasket

-Valve cover gasket

-Oil pan gasket

-Back timing cover

-Front and rear crankshaft seals

-Fuel pump

-Front brake pads, rear shoes, and hardware

-Skyjacker hydro shocks

-3.5° adjustable caster/camber bushings

-2” aluminum spacers

-Belltech 6400 shackles

-Polyurethane bushings from James Duff:

-Coil spring seats

-Shackle bushings

-Radius arm bushings

-Had intake manifold and valve cover powder coated

-I’m also thinking about picking up a stock appearing adjustable cam gear, but haven’t ordered it yet.

I think that is everything…? :icon_confused:

The intake and valve cover came out pretty sweet - Dark steel grey pearl metallic (Think it was one of the longer names out of all the colors... Haha)










I also pressure washed the engine bay and cleaned it up a bit…:D

Before:



After:



If everything goes as planned I should finally be able to start putting it together this weekend! :yahoo:
 

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looks good!

i had the same air filter that you ordered on my very first ranger(1988 base model with 2.0)
 

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Alrighty guys, finally found some time to get back on here after too long of a break, thought I would update on my Ranger. It is now up and running and my daily driver. Quite a difference from when I got it to now. I'm pretty happy with it, there are still a few things I need to get worked out, but pretty much done with all the major stuff. Thought I would share some recent pictures.







 

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James Duff bumper with KC Slimlites & HF Badlands 9000LB winch



Rear bumper custom made for Toyota, re-purposed and fit to my Ranger by my buddies at RJ Chassis Dynamics.





Great in the snow.





One of my favorite additions, a canopy. :icon_thumby:



Awesome in the sand as well.

 

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