Most economical Engine swap?..

[Ozmiander]

What's the easiest/cheapest swap for a 2.3/m5od '97 ranger? A friend tells me a 5.0 is a weekend job even a retarded monkey could do, but i'd want to keep EFI. Opinions?

 

[5.0B2]

It is if you have a 97 Explorer 5.0 donor to swap everything over from. if not, it's going to take quite a while. A 4.0 swap is easier due to the wider availability of donor vehicles.

 

[PickupMan04 FX4 L2]

Go pickup a efi 302.. there are tons of manufacturers making swap components.. ie adapter plates, headers, brackets.

just my .02

The 4.0's go in easy too..

 

[Rico]

If a person were to take the efi out of an Explorer are there any that have a manual that can be swapped too? If not and they're all autos, can I take the auto off and add a manual without a computer problem of not sensing the auto there anymore?

 

[Ozmiander]

Go pickup a efi 302.. there are tons of manufacturers making swap components.. ie adapter plates, headers, brackets.

just my .02

The 4.0's go in easy too..

I'm not really worried about physically getting the 5.0 engine in there since i don't have/don't want A/C, PS, etc. I'm mostly interested in how hard it is to do the wiring since a single stored code will keep me from getting inspected in NY


What's involved with the 4.0? Mounts/computer/harness from the donor?...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

You could always go with a carb'd 302... easy to wire up... you only have like three or four wires...

But I'm not sure if they'll let you go from a vehicle that originally had EFI to Carb...

 

[PickupMan04 FX4 L2]

I'm not really worried about physically getting the 5.0 engine in there since i don't have/don't want A/C, PS, etc. I'm mostly interested in how hard it is to do the wiring since a single stored code will keep me from getting inspected in NY


What's involved with the 4.0? Mounts/computer/harness from the donor?...

you hit the nail on the head.. If you can find a complete donor..

But the 4.0's arent necessarily the highest mpg achievers i think a 302 would be a better bang for the buck and deliver some pretty damn good mileage.

 

[Ozmiander]

you hit the nail on the head.. If you can find a complete donor..

But the 4.0's arent necessarily the highest mpg achievers i think a 302 would be a better bang for the buck and deliver some pretty damn good mileage.

It just figures all the writeups are for carbed engines or pre obdii trucks
Oh well, i guess as long as i have wiring diagrams and pinouts for both ends, i should be fine.