Ranger/Mustang crossover

[PDXRyan]

Howdy! So I looked into swapping a 95 2.3 into a 93 but it looks like they changed too much to make it doable for me.

So, I found a guy with a nice 92 Mustang 2.3l. It looks like it will swap easily and from what I've found around here it looks like it's an easy switch where I may have to just change the oil pan.

I could use a little bit of confidence in feeling that it's a plug and play operation here from a 92 stang to a 93 (no egr) Ranger. If you know please let me know so I don't buy this motor only to find out I need a whole lot of other things to make it work.

Shoot, already bought one engine that is going to do me no good (pitted cyl walls from sitting water), don't need 3 boat anchors!!!!

Thanks for your time! Ryan-

 

[scotts90ranger]

Assuming it's a distributorless engine (I don't know when they switched on the mustangs, I know it was after the ranger but I think it was in '91) it should be pretty close, some of the brackets may be different but you can just swap stuff around to get what you need.

 

[PDXRyan]

Yeah, it looks really similar with the two coil packs. The alternator is in a different spot but yeah that's an easy move with the old brackets. I'm just worried about the electrical hookups, as in I wouldn't want to have to buy a new computer or anything expensive or complicated like that......mechanical I'm fine with, the electronics I border on phobia!

 

[scotts90ranger]

use all of the stock wiring and computer... all of the engine sensors will be the same