Questionnsss... Seats

[knucksfirst]

How does it work for seats... Im thinking about going to the scrap yard ripping out some seats for my truck.... Mine are kinda torn and messed and id prefer the single seats then the seats with the middle compartment like I got now. Ok wat I was wondering do any seats just bolt down and fit into the same holes????? Cause if so then I can just look for nice seats and take them. Or does it have to be from another ranger or explorer etc.. Thank you

 

[frankserrano]

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Seats.html

check your local yards

 

[ranger_mclaren]

Well I know when you go from bench to buckets you half to modify but I belive bench will bolt right in place of buckets. But you'll half to figure out a away to fill in the holes for the second set of bolts that wont be used my friend used 9mm shells and a hammer to put them in place.

 

[frankserrano]

my friend used 9mm shells and a hammer to put them in place.

that's ingenuity, right there.

 

[knucksfirst]

frankseranno

Do you have a link like that but for the engines that can be swapped in a
4.0L b4000/ranger??? I heard you can put an rb20 in there, be nice to have a list of what can fit in there, would like an engine that has more HP and gets better MPG

 

[ranger_mclaren]

Yea it looked cool too! I was proud of him for that it's usually me coming up with those cool ideas. I can use anything for something thats why I save all the little things i'll find a use somewhere.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

Do you have a link like that but for the engines that can be swapped in a
4.0L b4000/ranger??? I heard you can put an rb20 in there, be nice to have a list of what can fit in there, would like an engine that has more HP and gets better MPG

Cheack out the tech library at the top of the page lots of info to behold.

 

[adsm08]

would like an engine that has more HP and gets better MPG

Lets examine this roughly self-contradictory statement.


Horsepower, or power of any sort, needs to be generated by burning fuel. The more power you want to make, the more fuel you need. The more fuel you use while in motion (since ostensibly your power in this situation will be used as motivation for your truck), the lower your MPG.

Now, in certain cases, a higher POTENTIAL HP engine will net better economy since it doesn't have to use as much of it's potential to produce the same power, thus somewhat lowering it's fuel needs.

Tuning and the design of the engine factor into this as well. A 5.0 is obviously larger than a 4.6 and most people equate that with more power. The 4.6 however has a better power to weight ratio and gets better mileage. Better tuning, lighter engine, and such cause that.

Within the realm of easily done, more power and less fuel consumption is not going to happen for your truck. Frankly, the 4.0 is plenty of power for your truck. If you are trying to pull things that you can't, well your brakes aren't gonna stop that load, and your suspension won't handle it.

If you want to go faster, you don't need to. If you are unsatisfied with your overall "feel", maybe you are in the wrong vehicle. As was said to me earlier this week "It's a Ford, not a Ferrari".




If you haven't tuned up lately, do that. Filters, fluids, spark plugs, wires, coil pack, and a top-engine cleaner. If you have and you still aren't getting what you want, the most easily done option for you, go 5.0.