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Hi all,
I recently rescued a coil sprung 2000 2.5L ranger regular cab headed to the junk yard because it needed a clutch job.
Now the truck is running pretty good, I originally was thinking this is just going to errand truck, but it’s kinda spiraling in to a little tinker toy for me.
My last Ford was my first car, a 85 cougar with the 302(TBI), and that thing was horribly detuned from the factory.
I have mainly been messing with Subaru’s the last 2 decades, which many know are the most lego like cars with interchangeably. Which I see the ranger has quite a bit of interchangeably as well, and the pick-the-part junkyards are now fun for me again finding neat cheap upgrades for the ranger.
I’m pretty handy with the wrench and computer so, ultimately I think I’m going to 00/01 expo 5.0L swap the ranger, probably not til the Lima get tired or let’s go. However, I intend on completing a CA BAR legal swap, it’s always something I’ve wanted to pull off and the ranger seems “relatively easy”, famous last words right? Although, right now I’m just in the research and feasiablity planning phase. I have a little knowledge of what lies ahead from when I was looking to STi swap an 90s impreza coupe.
I recently rescued a coil sprung 2000 2.5L ranger regular cab headed to the junk yard because it needed a clutch job.
Now the truck is running pretty good, I originally was thinking this is just going to errand truck, but it’s kinda spiraling in to a little tinker toy for me.
My last Ford was my first car, a 85 cougar with the 302(TBI), and that thing was horribly detuned from the factory.
I have mainly been messing with Subaru’s the last 2 decades, which many know are the most lego like cars with interchangeably. Which I see the ranger has quite a bit of interchangeably as well, and the pick-the-part junkyards are now fun for me again finding neat cheap upgrades for the ranger.
I’m pretty handy with the wrench and computer so, ultimately I think I’m going to 00/01 expo 5.0L swap the ranger, probably not til the Lima get tired or let’s go. However, I intend on completing a CA BAR legal swap, it’s always something I’ve wanted to pull off and the ranger seems “relatively easy”, famous last words right? Although, right now I’m just in the research and feasiablity planning phase. I have a little knowledge of what lies ahead from when I was looking to STi swap an 90s impreza coupe.
