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- Seattle
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- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Drive
- 4WD
- Engine
- 3.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
I am looking into options for replacing my clutch and am trying to sort out what my options are.
I drive it like I stole it, regularly deal with starting/reversing on steep hills, have a camper built out in the back, will be towing a boat, and doing some forest road adventuring this summer. Additionally, I'm hoping to swap in a slightly beefed up TDI once my current engine gives up (could be a year, could be 3, who knows). As such, if I'm going to put in the effort to swap the clutch, I want to make sure it's the stoutest option (reasonably) possible.
Looking at these two:
3.0 stage 4
4.0 stage 4
The clutch for the 4.0 is larger and has a ~10% higher hp/torque rating, so I'd like to make it work if possible.
Is this feasible? If so, what mods would be necessary? A 4.0 flywheel and starter? Am I overthinking it?
Replaced the master and lines a couple weeks ago, though I think it may still have a small bubble trapped as it occasionally (maybe 5% of the time) gives a soft pedal.
Other similar threads on here seems to launch into a bunch of tangential debates without a real definite answer so I'm hoping someone can sort me out.
I drive it like I stole it, regularly deal with starting/reversing on steep hills, have a camper built out in the back, will be towing a boat, and doing some forest road adventuring this summer. Additionally, I'm hoping to swap in a slightly beefed up TDI once my current engine gives up (could be a year, could be 3, who knows). As such, if I'm going to put in the effort to swap the clutch, I want to make sure it's the stoutest option (reasonably) possible.
Looking at these two:
3.0 stage 4
4.0 stage 4
The clutch for the 4.0 is larger and has a ~10% higher hp/torque rating, so I'd like to make it work if possible.
Is this feasible? If so, what mods would be necessary? A 4.0 flywheel and starter? Am I overthinking it?
Replaced the master and lines a couple weeks ago, though I think it may still have a small bubble trapped as it occasionally (maybe 5% of the time) gives a soft pedal.
Other similar threads on here seems to launch into a bunch of tangential debates without a real definite answer so I'm hoping someone can sort me out.
