cummins swap...any info?

[99ranger4x4]

hey guys i get diesel power magazine, and this month they had a 98 ranger with a 4btcummins swapped in. the truck was lifted and was packing a dodge fullsize tranny and a ford 9inch rearend. i currently have a 99 with a 3.0 but i dont wanna use this for a swap. im thinking of getting a 95-97 extended cab 4x4 4cylinder or 6 with either a high mileage or blowen engine. i want the old style so i can lift the ttb front end easily and cheaply. im looking to find a 4bt cummins out of a frito lay delivery van or so, along with the turbo 400 tranny with it. i think the turbo 400 tranny which was used with the engine should be able to hold up. i can also get my hands on a 9inch for next to nothing. does this sound like a bad idea? i think i can get around $5000 for my truck, and this would be my budget for the new project. any comments? better ideas on parts etc. lets hear em...

 

[kunar]

this is the first place i would look

http://4btswaps.com/forum/index.php

 

[99ranger4x4]

i already checked that out but thanks kunar, i was wondering if anyone here had done a specific ranger swap. or any info

 

[kunar]

i know there is somebody, but i cant remember who. he is a member on 4btswaps.com and hes a member here on TRS.... but i cant for the life of me remember who it was.

 

[99ranger4x4]

lol its alrite. i thought this thread would have had more takers.i cant wait to do this im saving my pennies and gettin parts together

 

[alaskan155]

nissan diesel swap
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May04/index.htm
4bt swap in explorer
http://www.therangerstation.com/galleries/Explorers/DieselExplorer.htm

 

[Simple_serf]

While the 4bt interests me, I have a greater interest in either alternative fuels in a spark ignition engine (wood gas, though it can be run in a diesel, too), or a Onan swap.

If I was to do a diesel swap, it would be to make something unique. And an Onan is sort of a cummins.... (Cummins owns Onan).

I should aslo add that it would go over well in my local area... I live 2 miles from the Cummins Jamestown plant... we mostly make the ISX line here.

 

[wahlstrom1]

I'm collecting parts for the swap, already have the ZF tranny and an 01' 4BTA. I'm looking to do the swap possible this winter or early spring.

-andrew

 

[ZMan]

this is one thing I'm interested in doing to my Bronco 2. I already have an extra frame to box, and a pair of D60s, but since I have so many projects already I haven't gotten farther than that, haven't even really researched it.

 

[baddis]

i know there is somebody, but i cant remember who. he is a member on 4btswaps.com and hes a member here on TRS.... but i cant for the life of me remember who it was.

his user name was mooktank. he has since parted out his truck.

 

[kunar]

his user name was mooktank. he has since parted out his truck.

yeah, i had just remembered mooktank. i dont think he was a member on trs though. i also think he sold his truck on ebay.

 

[baddis]

nope it didn't sell and he was parting it out on his website

 

[igiveup]

Hey Andrew

Let us know when its done and we will setup another meet and greet in Red Dear.

igiveup

 

[wahlstrom1]

For sure, lol.....might be a while though......

-andrew

 

[99ranger4x4]

dude you gotta keep me updated, im lookin at doing it next winter. where did you get your bta? is it a rotary pump or an inline? and how much did it set you back? what is the transmission out of if you dont mind me asking? thanks alot