v8 in a 2004
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Originally Posted by TXranger4x4
i was always woundering if i can just swap the V8 out of a 98-00 explorer....i can find them here for adout 600 or less....i was woundering if they are a stright drop in or i have to mod it alil?
For you yes yes yes! Very easy. Search member "tmsoko" he made a thread about it. Easy easy easy. Need engine + tranny + tcase + driveshaft. Easiest option is rolled explorer.
Aaron
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Originally Posted by Red_Ak_Ranger
Find a rolled 98-00 Ford explorer (eddie bauer edition believe).
Then swap in engine.
Commit suicide before you turn the key. It'll be better knowing you put a V8 in your truck and it could have run then turning the key and having to deal with PATs.
Aaron
Then swap in engine.
Commit suicide before you turn the key. It'll be better knowing you put a V8 in your truck and it could have run then turning the key and having to deal with PATs.
Aaron
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Originally Posted by bwester04
it's also a very wide engine, the heads on those 4.6L's take up some serious room..isnt there a law that states that you have to have the same year engine or newer as a replacement?
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Originally Posted by rwenzing
The only late model Ford V8 that fits easily into a Ranger is the 302. It went out of production in 2001. FRPP sold the leftover Explorer 302's as crate engines but those are long gone.
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It's possible to put the motor into the truck, but to get through emissions, it's nearly impossible. They test vehicles from 98 on up through your on-board computer. At least in maryland, I think it's like that in most states. You can get around that by programming the vehicle computer to give false codes to the emissions computer, if that's possible.
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OR figure if there's a way to bribe someone. My plan if i moved up back north was if ever pulled over I would tell the cops i am driving through, even though I was a college student..
It really really pisses me off that it is illegal to mess with engines in a lot of places. So what? I can see if you put a 70s engine into a truck how that could be bad, but honestly, "take an engine out, put an engine in" doesn't magically increase emissions. That 5.0 explorer was once zippin around polluting too, as well as my 3.0.
Aaron
It really really pisses me off that it is illegal to mess with engines in a lot of places. So what? I can see if you put a 70s engine into a truck how that could be bad, but honestly, "take an engine out, put an engine in" doesn't magically increase emissions. That 5.0 explorer was once zippin around polluting too, as well as my 3.0.
Aaron
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Originally Posted by Red_Ak_Ranger
OR figure if there's a way to bribe someone. My plan if i moved up back north was if ever pulled over I would tell the cops i am driving through, even though I was a college student..
It really really pisses me off that it is illegal to mess with engines in a lot of places. So what? I can see if you put a 70s engine into a truck how that could be bad, but honestly, "take an engine out, put an engine in" doesn't magically increase emissions. That 5.0 explorer was once zippin around polluting too, as well as my 3.0.
Aaron
It really really pisses me off that it is illegal to mess with engines in a lot of places. So what? I can see if you put a 70s engine into a truck how that could be bad, but honestly, "take an engine out, put an engine in" doesn't magically increase emissions. That 5.0 explorer was once zippin around polluting too, as well as my 3.0.
Aaron
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Originally Posted by sawred
Doesn't the likes of summit and jegs still sell 302 crate engines? or beings that they aren't explorer 302s make it a more complex install?
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