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Swapping a 2.3 for a 5.0 in a ranger

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Old 09-15-2009, 05:09 AM
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Question Swapping a 2.3 for a 5.0 in a ranger

I HAVE A 93 RANGER WITH THE WEAK 2.3 5 SPEED, I JUST BOUGHT A RUNNING 86 302 OUT OF A GRAND MARQUIS, I GOT THE WIRING HARNESS AND COMPUTER AND ALL THE ACCESSORIES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS SWAP WORK, I KNOW SUMMIT HAS A ENGINE MOUNT KIT FOR THIS SWAP, THE MEAN THING IS TRANS AND WIRING HOOK UPS. I WAS TOLD THE TRANS I HAVE IN THE TRUCK NOW WILL BOLT TO THE 302 AND THAT 5 SPEED TRANS I HAVE WAS THE SAME AS IN THE MUSTANG BEING A T5 TRANS, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS. ANY HELP OR SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
 
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Old 09-15-2009, 06:05 AM
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The transmissions are different animals. The manual tranny in your 93 Ranger is a Mazda M5OD-R1 while the Mustangs used a Tremec T-5.
 
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