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motor swap from mustang

Old Mar 7, 2008
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motor swap from mustang

Im planning on doing a 5.0 swap soon to a ranger. i dont have the ranger yet but it will be a mid 90's model. i have a 88 stang with a 5.0 and manual trans and i was wondering if its worth pulling the motor and trans from the stang or just sell the stang and get more money and just buy a explorer 5.0 engine. any input or info would awesome.thanks
 
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Old Mar 7, 2008
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D just let the cat out of the bag??? kinda.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2008
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i already know my stang engine and trans are in good shape so ill pull it from there. i wouldnt want to go through buying another engine and find out its trashed
 
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how difficult is it to wire a 5.0 in?
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008
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depends on how much you want to work in the ranger when yer done. Like D said, there will be a few explorer parts or stang parts you will need to mod to get the little things workn like gauges, abs if you have it etc
 
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i had to change a clutch in a 95 exploder with a 302 5 spd and work one day.....
 
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