Beefin Up Engine

[Clay_95Ranger]

I got a 3.0 V6 in my ranger and I need to beef up my engine get more out oh it. I t already has a KnN Intake Charger but I want more life out of it more power. More Speed. So what can I do to make this work??? Thanks.

 

[milje]

Not too much you can do with a 3.0, they are able to be supercharged, but that's a lot of work (and expensive).

 

[odie1969]

Sorry to tell you this but the 3.0 is known as the cockroach, it slow and ugly but you will never kill it. it has also been said that if you kill a 3.0 that has oil and water in it. then you should not work with anything more advanced than you fridge. and yes that includes your microwave.

So all I can say is I feel your pain, both me, my dad, and grandfather have 3.0 in our newer rangers. hence why I did a 4.0 swap in my older ranger. but remeber this motor is a car motor don't be affraid to keep it tacked. When I go up north with hill climbs I usally keep the tack about 5-6grand, but man it sucks when you get a slow car in front of you. once you loose all power (it feels) but just keep your foot planted it will come back around.

 

[Mac]

If you mean by "speed", you want faster pick-up, then cheaply swap rear end to a lower gear.
Dave

 

[lil red]

would the throttle cable mod work with a 3.0?
if so try it, its in the tech section

 

[RangerRocker]

I know that jet performance modules makes a part that will give you about 43 extra horses. And maybe a new exhaust.


http://www.trsfabandoffroad.com/products/jetperformance.htm

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

I know that jet performance modules makes a part that will give you about 43 extra horses. And maybe a new exhaust.


http://www.trsfabandoffroad.com/products/jetperformance.htm

No chip is going to give you 43 horsepower. Regardless of what the manufacture says. It's simply impossible to gain 43 horsepower from a 150 horsepower engine simply by screwing around with the fuel and ignition curves.

The only way you're going to get a seat of the pants noticable difference in power out of any ranger engine (2.3, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0 whatever) is by blowing on it. And that takes a real supercharger or turbocharger, both of which are not cheap (the 60 dollar "electric" ebay supercharges don't work, if you were wondering).

You could port and polish the heads and intake, install high-comp pistons, a camshaft and have it professionally tuned and run on premium fuel and you might get 43 horsepower, but it will only be at such a high rpm that it wouldn't do you any good on the street. Plus by the time you spent that much you could have charged it.

So unfortunately, bolt ons are not going to get you much of anywhere in 1/4 mile times. Put the intake and exhaust on if you like the sound, but don't even expect it to change your 1/4 mile time by a tenth of a second. Either drive it for what it is: a tough, reliable, albeit somewhat anemic, pickup; or pony up the big bucks for real performance parts such as a V8, or a turbo/supercharger. You gotta pay to play, that's just the way it is.

 

[Clay_95Ranger]

Cool...Awsome...thanks guys...i guess my 3.0 power will have to do i just feel like im always on the gas but with what im told the engine will never die...Thanks again guys.

Claytorious

 

[hihoslvr]

hey, I'd like to hear more about this Jet Chip (might have to make my own thread), more power and increased mileage? How do they do it... can I install it myself, what does it to do the long term reliability of the engine?

 

[pocket-rocket]

If Ford tunes their engines anything close to what GM does, when my friend tunes my car for me, he adds a little timing advance and leans it out some depending on how the log read for what ever rpm range and load he is working on. Manufacturers let vehicles run rich because carbon is easier to clean then replacing pistons when it runs lean while still under warranty. TBH, running a new tune on your engine (as long as it is done right) shouldn't hurt the reliability of it at all, unless you constantly beat the tar out of it because it has better response/power/ect. I don't go buying chips from big companies because I was shown what Jet did to their FWD GM v6 chips. At WOT, they bumped the spark advance up some. That was it, fuel maps, power enrichment (the EFI version of an accelerator pump), VE tables all went untouched.