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There is this clean little 1990 Ford Ranger for sale , I need a truck to carry crap now and then and the price is right . I am seriously thinking of purchasing it .

The truck is stock right now with the 2.3L 4 banger / A4LD automatic. Runs and drives excellent . It's a short bed / single cab model with very few body dent's , mostly lower and I could fix them . Curb weight is listed for this model at 2,820lbs , 1,600lb payload capacity .

I did a little searching and found the 1990 year model was the year Ford started putting the 8.8 rearend under them so that is a plus .


My goal with this truck would be just to have a truck in the fleet and I probably wont buy it unless a LSX engine / 4L60e will fit in it . I figure that would add some pulling power to it , make it more reliable etc. Whats your thoughts ?

S10xGN

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There's a swap kit out for a 429/460, so I'd guess it'll physically fit. Don't have a clue about oilpans, headers, etc. though... Take a good look at the crossmember, springs, and suspension pickup points.

Russ

5-0stank

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That would be a sweet swap...I seem to like the looks of the older rangers over the s10's...

TTLS1GP

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there are a couple around here that are running turbo 302's. Very respectable times and power in a small package.

Not sure about the LS1 however, i would hazard to think that some of the swap parts for fox body's might be adaptable to the ranger???

fast

iTrader: (24)

I picked up a 4.8 a long while ago with intentions of doing the swap into a '96 (wound up doing turbo 2.3 instead)

shouldn't be too hard to do