Cummins 4bt help

[gavin97]

I would like to know if its possible to get a conversion kit or something and bolt a fuller 18 speed tranny to a cummins 4bt and drop it in a 1997 Ford Ranger?

 

[wahlstrom1]

uhm, good luck.....

I had a 4bt to swap in (decided against the weight) and it's a bit of a squeeze. I work daily around the tranny you've suggested and can honestly say that the engine/tranny together are at or nearing the rangers WHOLE payload. Not to mention it'll barely fit between the frame rails, and you need an air supply to be able to split shifts.

 

[ATV24/7]

why would you want a a semi 18 speed tranny, behind a little bitty cummins diesel?

 

[1badexplorer]

You would be much better off with a NV4500 or NV5600 trans

 

[jaymegriffiths]

You would be much better off with a NV4500 or NV5600 trans

or a gas job

 

[85DANGERanger]

yeah, that would definetly be one heavy ass ranger. and finding the room for that tranny, makin a lot of custom brackets would be a pain. this would be cool, but would be a pain and a waste to be honest. and the torque produced by the low gears of the tranny would snap the rear axle like a twig.also, you probably woulnt even use the first 6 gears cuz there so short and the trucks so light..