Diesel Swapped Ranger EXPLAINED! 

Thanks! :)

It makes a great motor for a vehicle! Few little bugs that we have had to chase down, mostly struggling with exhaust temps, but it runs buttery smooth

After looking it over I think I'm going with a vw tdi motor in mine

K -Ford dope little truck ain't it! Just cummins swap them 4bt

No problem 👍🏼

U can use stock suspension

Thanks! Here’s your cookie 🍪

Custom motor mounts, the brake booster isn’t vacuum, I believe it’s from a Detroit diesel. It just has two extra pullys, I don’t believe much else was changed on the belt other than the length.

We had doubtful days too, but it’s been a fun journey to get to this point. Very rewarding.

😂😂😂

Ship man in my cummins ram 3500 lifted with 37 inch tires I smoked a Corvette with my chip in it

If you do, we don’t recommend getting “LT” rated tires as the truck does not need them, it’s just extra weight and they cost more.

Surprisingly we didn’t have to get an e test, it was still valid for this year. We will have to figure it out this October. Previous owner switched the fuel type before we bought it. Worst case scenario we just put it as a farm truck and don’t have to worry about e tests.

What do you mean dude of course he did

She rolls coal pretty good, if anything we think it’s a little over fuelled. A bigger turbo would probably have the biggest impact.

Shifted Interests - Chris Boot that's exactly where I'd start! I had the same problem, so I cut the exhaust housing side and intake side to take bigger wheel. Couldn't hardly reach 1250. Bit pricey so I would just look into getting one with little larger wheels and housings.

That’s a K03 off a 1.8T Passat, the factory upgrade is a K03S, which has a larger compressor housing. A K04 might also help. I’m running an IHI rhf5 off a UK 2.5 diesel Ranger. There’s a forum on dieselbomber.com discussing all the different K03 specs and what everyone is running on their conversions.

Thanks for the info, we will have to look into it.

Pretty sure the connector worked for almost all of the lights for us. We only had to wire a few of the led’s and the fog light, we used existing wiring and made the wiring work with plugs we had laying around. This is how all aftermarket lights work in our experience, the plug only powers the essentials that were previously used for the stock lights.

It didn’t need emissions the first two years of it being on the road, but this upcoming year it will need to be tested. We might try to get it to pass, but it might end up getting farm plates and being exempt.

Roughly 2,600 rpm

It’s a clutch between the two, no splines. It has a different flywheel, and adaptor plate. But uses the stock ranger clutch.

Thank you :)

Shifted Interests - Chris Boot my right ear haha

Sick little truck! Love the diesel swap! Maybe if you go bigger exhaust it will help keep those egts down I'm going from 3 inch to 5 inch on my 6.6 lbz duramax

3 inch should be plenty big enough for this little motor, might have to upgrade the exhaust side of the turbo though...

Shifted Interests would he sell it? I want to buy it

Anything is for sale for the right price

At full turn, they touch the sway bar a tiny bit. But it’s nothing to worry about.

Id drive that over a regular gas ranger any day.....take care of it dude....from rust haha

The ownership actually says diesel. Previous owner that did the swap had the ownership changed. Insurance doesn’t care because it doesn’t make the truck faster or more dangerous to drive.

Shifted Interests - Chris Boot nice :)

U should do ont on a newer body explorer too 02+ before they went FWD :) .... Just a thought

Due to the egt problem, we have not towed with it. It would be a challenge to keep the temperature down while towing and wouldn’t be a good experience. If it wasn’t for the egt’s it might be decent at light towing.

@@ShiftedInterests thanks for the response reallly cool build.

Thanks!

Bought it with the swap already done

It’s still on the list, although it’s been a challenge to find good looking smaller bumpers. We don’t want big bulky bumpers.

Shifted Interests - Chris Boot I totally understand and could black out the top can lights

That would look sharp 👌🏻

Shifted Interests - Chris Boot yep

I believe it’s a 410 rear end 100km/h is over 2,000 rpm

with 0.79 5th gear ratio(M5R1) and 4.10 final drive you'll be running ~2200rpm on 31.6" tires. Some people got good results with 3.73 gears. It may lower your EGT if the torque is enough ....

... you are good at math, want to calculate our smart car top speed? What numbers do you need to figure it out?

Assuming it reaches redline in top gear: - redline (let's just assume it maxes out there, alternatively and more honestly especially in top gear rpm@max power) - top gear ratio (let me know what transmission you have I may be able to take it from there) - final drive ratio (Stock smart should have 4.530:1) - tire info (to calculate outer diameter)

I see. You guys hooked the FZ1 transmission output to the rear axle. I need the sprocket teeth count for transmission-output and axle input(aka. the big sprocket). FZ1 transmission ratios is dependent on year. Also, does top gear still make enough power to make top speed with the weight of the smart?

AaronsVids2 that’s the oem ranger edge grill

We didn’t do the swap, so we can’t give an accurate cost of that. And the truck has too much money in it to make it worth selling at this time.

We hope to eventually put it on a dyno to know forsure. We don’t have any numbers other than guesses at this point.

My understanding of the matter is that it is not illegal to have extra lights (clearance lights in this case). But they are required for different reasons such as: 8’ wide, long trailers, high vehicles, high trailers, etc. My guess is that manufacturers include them on pickups because of the tow ratings that go with them, they are expected to be used for their full tow rating without modification or adding lights. I have never heard of clearance lights being illegal wherever they are not absolutely required. On the Kubota ranger, they are decorative.

We are unsure

We did the math before we bought them. They are slightly more offset than the stock wheels, the inside of the rim is the same distance as stock but it’s a wider wheel so the outside lip is wider than stock.

Definitely not the kid in the video.. he doesn't have a clue about it.

We are around an hour south west of Toronto We weren’t the ones to do the Kubota diesel swap, we bought it this way and fixed it and made it more reliable

That's cool!! I like the truck either way! Hoping to look into swapping within the next year or so. If I have questions, I'll know who to talk to. Do you have an Instagram page or anything for the channel?

Yup! Any questions, feel free to ask and we will do our best to answer. We have an Instagram @shiftedinterests where we do behind the scenes and more

If we find someone local with a similar truck but 4l then a race would be a cool idea! As for dyno numbers. We haven’t put the truck on a dyno yet, but we are guessing it’s around 100 horse and 300 ft/lb torque For gears, we guess it’s stock 410. But we have never checked. Limited slip. Stock axle.

Like the 83 ranger, right?

We weren’t the ones to do the actual swap, the previous owner did. So we don’t know what it cost him

But the torque is up around 300 ft/lb

@@ShiftedInterests How does it drive in terms of take off and roll on speeds?

It Dyno’d at 75.5

We should actually try that. It won’t solve the problem, but it may help a few degrees!

Motors are electric

Good question. The filler neck had to be cut wider on the inside to allow for the filler nozzle on a diesel pump to go in. I believe it uses the factory fuel pump.

Yeah right

Alot. By the sounds of it he did not build this truck he got shops to do it. Even building yourself a diesel swap is easily 5 grand for a small 4 cylinder diesel. He may know the shop or have got a good deal. But I wouldn't be surprised if he has over 15 grand in that swap.

Check out our first videos on this truck, you might be surprised. It was a cheap old truck that was falling apart when we bought it. But the swap was already done by the previous owner. there wasn’t much that went into the swap on our end, this project was mostly body work and accessories.

@@ShiftedInterests okay sorry this is the only video I've watched so I guessed that you had a shop do it. Did good buying a already swapped one much cheaper

It does not... the crossmember that ford designed to hold it was non existent when we first started the project. We just put a steel pipe in its place for strength. The lighter the truck is, the better though, so I doubt we would have a spare even if we could.

The previous owner did the swap, I’m sure he had his reasons (probably cost and ease of access) 4bt has better specs but it’s not always about the specs.

Shifted Interests I mean, the only reason to ever do a swap is to get better specs.

If that was true it would have a dd13 or something. It’s unique, it’s cool, that’s enough

It sure does! And hasn’t had any transmission problems yet

@@ShiftedInterests wow I would have upgraded the trans but who am I to talk your engine swap ranger looks a lot nicer than mine. Good job

Whys that?

Lol hard to watch

Because Ford didn't start making a FX4 Ford Ranger till 2002. They came out with the Level II in 2003.

Freddie Spadie that’s retarded. They made 4x4 rangers from the very beginning

@@BrianSmith-lo3mj I have an 01 and it's definitely FX4

We were considering lowering the gearing in the beginning. But it goes highway speeds in last gear, around 2,000rpm. If we lowered it any more, it would be revving a little too high and wouldn’t go highway speeds anymore.

Shifted Interests the vw 5speed tdi. Are almost at 3k@80mph

80 is at 2800, 85 is at 3000

That's with a roughly 4k Redline

I'm looking forward to my first diesel swap hopefully soon

The radiator is made for a 4l vs 2.2 that’s in it. It doesn’t have any coolant temperature problems 😂 We are guessing the turbo is the largest problem, that’s causing the high EGT’s. egts are a problem considering the previous owner melted the pistons on his first test drive because he wasn’t watching his gauge.

Diesels fun hotter but yeah your right about the turbo they run low psi factory

The turbo on here can push close to 30 psi