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Merkur Engine swap


Joined
Sep 27, 2009
Messages
7
City
SoCal
Vehicle Year
1984
Transmission
Manual
I have an 84 2.3 ranger with california smog carb. I have been struggling to get the emissions stuff sorted out. I looked to see if anyone had done a merkur swap. I have been following an ad locally for a guy selling a merkur XR4ti with a 5 speed. It is an 89' and I am thinking about buying it and doing a full engine and trans swap.

Does anybody have any idea what I am in for? I have done a V8 swap on an old datsun and some other crazy stuff, so fab work is not my issue, but I do not know turbo or fuel injection stuff that well.

Any input would be great. I think I can get this car for a song.
 
If you can get it cheap i would highly recomend the motor. I just recently got my 2.3 Turbo running. Mine was out of an 87 T-bird that was intercooled. The turbo however is out of an 86 merkur. The swap was as easy as they come. I used the new motor but my old Ranger 5spd tranny which bolted right up. If u choose to use the merkur tranny, if it is the same T-5 from the tbirds then you will have to modify the crossmember to fit the triangle bolt pattern on the tranny. My truck was an 86 EFI so most of the wiring was there and we added 2 wires and moved 3 wires. Since yours is carborated im not sure how that compares. All the plugs and everything from my stock harness plugged strait on to the new motor except the 02 sensor which had a different connector. i would recomend reading this first:

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Turbos.html
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/TurboInstall.html
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/turbo_swap_wiring.htm
 

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