Will a 5.0 mount to my stock '03 Rangers 4x4 manual trans?

[TonkaMan]

I am glad you are working on this still...but ecoboost swaps are out there...and shit canning pats and turnkey systems are readily available.

Do you have HP Tuners?

Do you know who hot wires are? Mars?

Problem I am seeing with the big 6 ecoboost and rangers is packaging and airflow alteration... Then tuning for airflow.

The tuning is fickle on them.

4 cylinder otoh... is pretty good..

I'm looking at an untuned 2.3L crate motor designed for a Mustang, with the Ford Performance standalone control pack. Packaging on the V6s looks to be too difficult, like you said. It's been done before, but not anything I'd like to attempt. It took a professional shop hundreds of hours to do it, and with the 2005 being CAN based the instruments worked without the modification my 1997 will need. Fat Fender Garage in Arizona was able to fit the V6 from a F150 Raptor into a 2005 Ranger.

2005 Ecoboosted Ranger vs 2018 Ecoboosted Raptor - YouTube

Ford Ranger Ecoboost Swap Update (IT FITS!!) | Fat Fender Garage - YouTube

 

[mikkelstuff]

Mirage775: I see you are located in Huntsville, AL. If you need help with a swap, go see AAron Automotive in Grant - 256-728-5650. Great custom vehicle work. They sorted out the EFI (Holley Sniper) problems with my '75 Ranchero.

 

[adsm08]

I would love the idea of a 2.7 EcoBoost swap, but I am not finding anything out on the interwebs about that. Can you provide some guidance bobbywalter?

The 2.7 is an unmitigated shitshow. The timing drive is retarded. The plastic one time use oil pan is sealed to the metal block only by silicone, which causes leaking issues. Newer units are being equipped with a belt driven oil pump inside the engine, a system that has already been shown to be prone to failure on other engines.