1995 2wd b3000 carb v8 swap

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My 3L in my 95 b3000 is weak as shit so I have a 78 5spd king cobra sitting in the field with a carbed 5L in it. What's going to be my best route? Use the tranny in the Mazda or the tranny from the car as well as the engine? And what goes into doing this particular swap? Thanks in advance....

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[RonD]

Up at the top of this page is the main banner, bottom part has links to Ranger info.
Tech Articles link will help you alot.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/index.shtml

Look in the Engine section, several V8 swap articles posted by members are there

3.0l transmission(M5OD-R1) won't bolt up to 302(5.0l) engine, and wouldn't last long in any case with the extra power.

'78 trans shifter will most likely not be in a good place for use in B-series floor pan, but can't say for sure.

M5OD-R2 transmissions from '97-'01 used in F-150's with 4.2l V6 will bolt up to 5.0l and has shifter near current B-series location, you of course would want a 2WD trans.

If you stay with carb and distributor wiring will be pretty basic.
You will need to lower the fuel pressure with a regulator.
'95 B-series also didn't use speedometer cable it used a VSS(vehicle speed sensor) on the transmission, so your speedo/odo is electronic, the trans you end up using will decide what the best way is to get signal to the speedometer.
If you have ABS then you may have a VSS on rear axle, and it can be used.