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Cost. I actually wanted go run a jeep liberty 2.8L as it's a much heavier duty engine. But I found a cheap BHW passat motor first. So I went that route.
Yes, if you look closely, the bellhousing is notched for the starter pinion. No problems since.
Depends on the year. Mostly just swapping over sensors for the temp and oil gauges. If the speedo runs off a cable, or if newer truck the rear axle, no problem. Not sure what can be done if the transmission is swapped and the truck has an electronic speedo drive in the transmission. There are work arounds if you have a tachometer and want to keep it. A search should turn up the various ideas to make it work.
I see yours is a 93 which would be before OB2, since OB2 most clusters are controlled thru CANbuss (twisted pair wire) into a IPC module that communicates with gauges, easy for programmers to decider, nightmare for wrench monkies
Mine is a 2001 and OBD II didn't go in effect until 1996 in the US. All of my sensor are independent of the PCM in my 2001 and the one I helped V8 swap. My speedo runs off the rear axle, tach runs off the alternator, oil/temp direct off the sensors. I've already done a 5.0 swap on another 2001 Ranger and other than the tach which needed a wire repined for the V8 as mentioned in the Explorer V8 swap guide, every thing else just worked.
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