Now that we have the 3.0 v6 out of the 97 Ford Ranger, we can drop in our 5.0L engine, and start mocking up the engine mounts, transmission crossmember and header clearance.
It blows my mind how easy people make it seem on RU-vid. I've been doin my swap for over a year now. Props man .. goes to show how truly dedicated you are at what you do.
Hell man I used the factory 83 ranger master cylinder and an xj cherokee slave cylinder with a bracket from dazecars for my t5. Am going with an interal slave and bangshift billy clutch slipper setup once my faceplated tkx comes in
That sounds like a good setup. At the time I decided to go with the 240sx slave and f550 master, i was working in an industrial machine shop and had my coworker weld me up a bracket with a gusset. Works great. But ill look into the xj cherokee setup. Only downside being you have to drop the transmission to change slave in the event it leaks or fails.
@@SBS_Auto yeah. Having the external slave saved my butt on labor for sure. If I didn't have to have it for the slipper set up, I'd have kept the external
Cool man. My cousin got a race truck thats a ford ranger hes installed a LS in it with 8.8 and power glide trans. Where you located at? Im also a mechanic and motorcycle enthusiasts.
Mustang front drive accesories stick out too far. Explorer and ranger share the same basic framework to an extent. Explorer wiring plugs right into ranger 42 pin connector and fires right up with the change of one wire. 351 is possible, and you can use explorer accessories on the 351w which would make all the stock efi hardware work flawlessly. But the lower intake to fit the gt40 on a 351w is $1800. And you have to have headers custom made outside the frame and have to deal with the steering box and steering shaft. I used RickRangerz.com 's 97 ranger 5.0 swap engine plates with 4.0 ranger rubber mounts. And also Ricks raised transmission crossmember
And on top of that anything 351w has a premium price. If anyone were to attempt the 5.0 swap on a ranger, the very first thing would be to buy a 96-2001 ford explorer 5.0. They come in either RWD or AWD, the awd system doesnt have any electronics so they can be swapped easily to a 4x4 ranger. 95-97 ranger you would use a 96 explorer donor. Return style fuel system, GT40 heads, internal egr 98+ you would use a 99-2001 explorer Return-less fuel system gt40p heads, external egr.
I would stay away from the 97-98 because they were mid-body-style mismatched production. 96 is the unicorn, and 99 has the better exhaust manifolds and returnless fuel rail.
You can use a block from a mustang, but that's it. You would be way better off with a complete 5.0 explorer. You can pull literally everything out and put in the ranger. Complete interior and center console, gauges, overhead console, 8.8 LSD 3.73 rearend, tilt steering collumn, cruise control, literally everything. Bigger trans cooler and power steering coolers, dual core larger radiator, 4r70w RWD transmission, etc...
Mustang guys are always looking to install explorer gt40 lower and upper intakes for quick bolt on power, the explorer 5.0 is the most advanced 5.0 before they stopped being used and replaced with the 4.5 and 5.4. So you may as well get the better engine that literally plugs and plays, with the 5.0 explorer
Better for quick shifts most likely. I personally had the m5r2 in my 83 for about 6 months but swapped it for a faceplated tkx because I now have a 675hp 410 Windsor in it and the little mazda 5 speed barely liked the cam and spring only explorer 302.
I like having aftermarket accessibility. And better shifts. The m5odr2 would be great for a 4x4 setup. And would be easier to hook up a slave cylinder with stock equipment. But i didnt use the T5 for ease of install. I used it because i had a T5, and i wanted to make videos about rebuilding one.
Ricksrangerz engine plates, with 4.0 mounts. But this is specific to 95-97 rangers that are 2wd only. Rick makes plates for all years u will need the correct plates
@@SBS_Automan I have his radius arm relocation brackets, c notches, got my beams from him. His stuff and customer service is awesome. I am going to order the Johnny joints for the ibeams soon as my truck has graduated to a more track specific truck and I need the heim joints and track width adjustment.
@damianlindsey6177 yep, my next videos after my 2000 ranger 5.0 swap will be the install of the dream beams, sport trac rotors upgrade, radius arms, relocaters, bump steer kit, c-knotch etc
@@damianlindsey6177 im sending my dreambeams back to rick to throw the heims on, then the radius arms and bump steer kit all have heims. Gonna be a great setup.
