what kind of upgrades can i do to get more power

[rangerdanger9398]

i have a 1996 ranger 4.0

 

[np205]

Lower gears, XCal 2 programmer, cam, headers and exhaust, swap out to pistons from a 94 or earlier 4.0 for 10.1 compression. Our you could swap in a small block. I have the tuner, some exhaust and intake mods and mine runs pretty good. Someday I'll change out the pistons for more compression and a cam swap.

 

[Yellowsplash]

Install lower (numerically higher) differential gears. Ex...If you have 3.73 gears, upgrade to 4.10s.

 

[Rustydawg]

My '92 4.0 really picked up a pile of torque with a Borla cat-back and headers. I did the headers first and noticed a small gain, then installed the cat-back and it loved it. The stuff's been on the truck over 10 years, never even had to touch it - excellent quality, no regrets. And it sounds sweet too.

If you haven't touched the exhaust chances are any improvements will pay off with some bonus torque.

 

[NicoNO82]

buy a Corvette

 

[Evan]

Up the compression, do some head and intake work, put some headers on.

Lower gears wake a truck up pretty well, as the first gear ratio is lower and they move all your gears down into a more "competitive" range.

 

[Gotta_gofast]

buy a Corvette

Shhh, we don't take kindly to GM products around here...

 

[Ranger#1]

fukk id buy a vett over a stang any day

 

[Gotta_gofast]

If I had a budget big enough to afford a corvette, I'd take my money to the nearest GT 500 and sign some papers!

 

[Evan]

Shhh, we don't take kindly to GM products around here...

Well we don't take kindly to folks who don't take kindly.

(South Park quote)