Going the turbo rebuild route on my 2.3 ranger with either lima block or 97 duratec block
Question is I Found a good c4 and the specific special 2.3 bell housing aftermarket thru jeggs "VERY EXPENSIVE" that mates to the 2.3 Ford's.
Are the bell housing Pattern the same on either block before I choose which to rebuild? They made that c4 2.3 bell housing but it was rare and haven't found on Google which make model cars had them

 

No, the Lima SOHC 2.0l/2.3l/2.5l are the same, but the Mazda L 2.3l DOHC Duratec has different bolt pattern

"C" series transmissions were used on the Lima engines in the 1970's and 80's

C3 was used on these vehicles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_C3_transmission

C4 on these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_C4_transmission

C4/C5 was usually for 6 or 8cyl engines, C3 for 4cyl like the Lima series

 

All I'm saying is there's credibility to Ford running a 2.3L and c4 in some vehicle or vehicles at some point it wasn't a modified bell housing they offered so I was curious to which vehicle this may have been people are noted to have purchased these online as a rare find . And They make this 2.3 bell housing for a c4 aftermarket for sum 900+$

 

Ford may have used the C4 on some of the turbo charged 2.3l's in the 1980's, although don't know that for sure
These made about 175HP which the C3 should be able to handle but..........maybe they used C4 on some