offroadranger
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Hey guys -
Some of you may remember my '99 ranger desert race truck. I was running a mildly built 2.5l 4 cylinder. Now I have come across a '99 3.0 w/ 100k miles for next to nothing. So heres what I want to do, any tips on how to accomplish this as cheap and smoothly as possible would be very welcomed!
Tear down, have head resurfaced and valve job, deck the block - easy
I'll port the head - no problem
Camshaft/lifters/springs - ???
headers - jba? I want a qaulity header that will last a long time
injectors - are they sufficeint? cant remember if they are 14 or 19lb stock?
maf - ?
After these are done I will get it dyno tuned - can you reccomend anyone in socal?
Now my main question regards the computer. This engine/computer is coming out of a 99 ranger auto. Im going to bolt up a manual trans. Will this be ok? Is it going to "trip out" the computer?
Also this is going into an off road race truck so I would like to eliminate EVERYTHING that is not necessary i.e. smog equip and most importantly WIRING. WHAT WIRES ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THE ENGINE RUN PROPERLY? Thats ALL I want hooked up. (and gauges of course, but thats easy)
Thanks! I'm going to get pictures of what I have going on shortly.
Some of you may remember my '99 ranger desert race truck. I was running a mildly built 2.5l 4 cylinder. Now I have come across a '99 3.0 w/ 100k miles for next to nothing. So heres what I want to do, any tips on how to accomplish this as cheap and smoothly as possible would be very welcomed!
Tear down, have head resurfaced and valve job, deck the block - easy
I'll port the head - no problem
Camshaft/lifters/springs - ???
headers - jba? I want a qaulity header that will last a long time
injectors - are they sufficeint? cant remember if they are 14 or 19lb stock?
maf - ?
After these are done I will get it dyno tuned - can you reccomend anyone in socal?
Now my main question regards the computer. This engine/computer is coming out of a 99 ranger auto. Im going to bolt up a manual trans. Will this be ok? Is it going to "trip out" the computer?
Also this is going into an off road race truck so I would like to eliminate EVERYTHING that is not necessary i.e. smog equip and most importantly WIRING. WHAT WIRES ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THE ENGINE RUN PROPERLY? Thats ALL I want hooked up. (and gauges of course, but thats easy)
Thanks! I'm going to get pictures of what I have going on shortly.