it really worked!

[badmts]

This is just a quick post to say thanks to whomever compilied all the good parts compatability info and to say what a great site this is ! I used this section to take my 1986 90hp 2.3 up to a 137rwhp 2.55L using 2.5 crank and a 2.3 block with the correct journal size and .040 overbore and to keep the swap simple we reworked the original head and added a DELTA CAMS reground cam !! All the haters said "Do a v8" or made fun but now with almost twice the power and even better fuel mileage I love my little RANGER

 

[jhammel85]

Awesome! Did you do pics of your build?

 

[badmts]

yes but I have to get them onto photobucket

 

[Duane867]

You have 47 more hp doe doe. Not twice the HP.


Nice to hear you got it built though

 

[badmts]

Thanks for setin' me straight Duane ! I had no idea crankshaft hp and wheel hp were = and the word "almost " has no meaning . We all know 90 net crankshaft hp is close to 74 wheel hp so I was thinking 137 wheel hp on the dyno is "ALMOST" = to 74+74 (148) measured at the crankshaft in 1985 . The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is the flightless bird -"doe" is a female deer . Anyway thanks for reading my post.

 

[katoranger]

Going from 90 to 137 I am sure it feels like twice the power.

That is a big jump.

 

[Duane867]

Thanks for setin' me straight Duane ! I had no idea crankshaft hp and wheel hp were = and the word "almost " has no meaning . We all know 90 net crankshaft hp is close to 74 wheel hp so I was thinking 137 wheel hp on the dyno is "ALMOST" = to 74+74 (148) measured at the crankshaft in 1985 . The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is the flightless bird -"doe" is a female deer . Anyway thanks for reading my post.

HA HA HA HA HA !! that was funny I don't care who your are LOL !
Well played sir. But still ridiculous on labor plus cost = gain basis.
You should have just boosted it or swapped a V8 in. Even a 4 liter.

 

[Mark_88]

This is just a quick post to say thanks to whomever compilied all the good parts compatability info and to say what a great site this is ! I used this section to take my 1986 90hp 2.3 up to a 137rwhp 2.55L using 2.5 crank and a 2.3 block with the correct journal size and .040 overbore and to keep the swap simple we reworked the original head and added a DELTA CAMS reground cam !! All the haters said "Do a v8" or made fun but now with almost twice the power and even better fuel mileage I love my little RANGER

Cool...sounds like something I might try...but I do think I'd throw in the forged pistons just in case I want to add turbo later...that's a pretty good gain~!

 

[Duane867]

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Where were you when we were proding him ? LOL !

 

[badmts]

You are spot on on the cost thing -$1100.00 for less than 50hp is pretty stupid I admit but the thought of going back with a 2.3L just KILLED ME -It was like I was channeling TIM "The Tool Man" or something -It took 2 junkyard engines and the 1 in the truck to come up with that EXTRA .15 litres (how sick is that) but now when I tell people "YEAH, we put in a new engine,it's a STROKER!"

 

[Duane867]

So did you go forged and steel crank or not ?

 

[badmts]

no, I used the stock crank from a 2.5L ($300.00 for junk yard engine threw rest away) then I went to Pull-a-Part for something and found a 1994 2.3 with the proper crank journal size and paid $85.00 for the engine and paid 2 hispanic guys who hang out and pull parts for lazy people like me $40 to pull it,kept block and oil pan and some small parts then threw that away,next day we(hell who am i kiddin!) I mean the techs pulled the 2.3 from the truck and we sent head,block and crank to a small machine shop in Tacoma where the guy was a wiz at PINTO RACE MOTORS! I got lucky ,he knew EXACTLY what we wanted -a cheap SOHC PINTO ENGINE- he picked out the cheap pistons and the right gasket sets and called the DELTA CAM people and picked a good grind -Let me say I love this little engine but it will NEVER have any BOOST or NOS or any other power adder if you copy this engine be happy with 135-150 wheel hp (I AM ) and enjoy the extra torque of a stroker. With the low speeds and low gears of wheelin this engine flat works and since we have to drive 40-60 miles one way to wheel around here the fuel economy that the higher compression and RV cam give are MOST welcome -some tips-find that damn 2.5L crank and rods FIRST,get an old school machinist that knows pinto engines ,at first i was going to change the injectors but my friend said that old design (1985) were on the "DIRTY" or rich side anyway so we reused all that stuff-this thing starts ,idles,and runs like a stocker but has a little more umph in the dirt -thanks for reading!

 

[flaminranger]

who was the engine guy? I live in sumner and I am looking for some one to help me do the same sort of thing. I was going to do a 4.6 swap but it will cost way more and I still want the mileage. also what cam did you go with. I got the 260 dur. with the .412 lift on intake and exhaust but I haven't put it in yet as I am still trying to get the weber carb I put on running good.

 

[Nater]

hmm....time to start collection parts for the spare 2.3 I have...

 

[Duane867]

no, I used the stock crank from a 2.5L ($300.00 for junk yard engine threw rest away) then I went to Pull-a-Part for something and found a 1994 2.3 with the proper crank journal size and paid $85.00 for the engine and paid 2 hispanic guys who hang out and pull parts for lazy people like me $40 to pull it,kept block and oil pan and some small parts then threw that away,next day we(hell who am i kiddin!) I mean the techs pulled the 2.3 from the truck and we sent head,block and crank to a small machine shop in Tacoma where the guy was a wiz at PINTO RACE MOTORS! I got lucky ,he knew EXACTLY what we wanted -a cheap SOHC PINTO ENGINE- he picked out the cheap pistons and the right gasket sets and called the DELTA CAM people and picked a good grind -Let me say I love this little engine but it will NEVER have any BOOST or NOS or any other power adder if you copy this engine be happy with 135-150 wheel hp (I AM ) and enjoy the extra torque of a stroker. With the low speeds and low gears of wheelin this engine flat works and since we have to drive 40-60 miles one way to wheel around here the fuel economy that the higher compression and RV cam give are MOST welcome -some tips-find that damn 2.5L crank and rods FIRST,get an old school machinist that knows pinto engines ,at first i was going to change the injectors but my friend said that old design (1985) were on the "DIRTY" or rich side anyway so we reused all that stuff-this thing starts ,idles,and runs like a stocker but has a little more umph in the dirt -thanks for reading!

Thats cool, but I really think I would have put in a steel crank and forged pistons in case I wanted to boost it later. Then you would have already been more then half way there to start with if / when you did.
Because you will eventually boost it. Your already stroking, the next step will be boosting. Mark my words LOL !