Ayyub Ansari
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- Vehicle Year
- 1983
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- Ford
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- Manual
Hello all,
I am hoping to get a bit of advice on a project that I am looking at taking on involving placing my rebuilt 2.2L perkins diesel from an '83 ranger into my '99 Ranger 4x4. I have had my '83 for a very long time and the shell has met the end of its useful life, however the motor is still going very strong (since it's rebuild in '08. I added a turbonetics turbo to it with 5.5lbs boost and it really seemed to bring it to life. I recently came across a '99 Ranger 4x4 with a head gasket issue and I just could not pass it up for the price. Everything is in great to pristine shape on it, sans the engine and I figured this would be a great opportunity for a transplant. I have an old 2.2l perkins that is in need of a rebuild that I figured I would use as a template in order to fab an adapter to the existing automatic transmission. Here are the questions that I have for any and all enthusiasts and professionals out there:
1) Will the auto trans hold up to a 2.2l diesels torque?
2) Should I change the gear ratio? Only need to go 70mph tops
3) Can I still use the majority of the wiring besides engine harness?
4) Is there a universal diesel tach pickup to work with my guage cluster?
5) Key is a transponder,will that mess with anything?
I am a decent fabricator and I have a good shop to do this in, plus I have good connections with other fab shops to assist in anything that is beyond my ability in that regard. I am not concerned about emissions or such on this new of vehicle as I never plan to sell it, nor do I live in an area that has or will have emission in the near future.
Thanks for reading the post. Any responses would be greatly appreciated.
I am hoping to get a bit of advice on a project that I am looking at taking on involving placing my rebuilt 2.2L perkins diesel from an '83 ranger into my '99 Ranger 4x4. I have had my '83 for a very long time and the shell has met the end of its useful life, however the motor is still going very strong (since it's rebuild in '08. I added a turbonetics turbo to it with 5.5lbs boost and it really seemed to bring it to life. I recently came across a '99 Ranger 4x4 with a head gasket issue and I just could not pass it up for the price. Everything is in great to pristine shape on it, sans the engine and I figured this would be a great opportunity for a transplant. I have an old 2.2l perkins that is in need of a rebuild that I figured I would use as a template in order to fab an adapter to the existing automatic transmission. Here are the questions that I have for any and all enthusiasts and professionals out there:
1) Will the auto trans hold up to a 2.2l diesels torque?
2) Should I change the gear ratio? Only need to go 70mph tops
3) Can I still use the majority of the wiring besides engine harness?
4) Is there a universal diesel tach pickup to work with my guage cluster?
5) Key is a transponder,will that mess with anything?
I am a decent fabricator and I have a good shop to do this in, plus I have good connections with other fab shops to assist in anything that is beyond my ability in that regard. I am not concerned about emissions or such on this new of vehicle as I never plan to sell it, nor do I live in an area that has or will have emission in the near future.
Thanks for reading the post. Any responses would be greatly appreciated.