Got passed by a prius struggling uphill today. Anyone wanna give me a v6? Lol I'm actually thinking about buying a 4.0 ranger that's for sale by me though. 3k. Needs paint though

 

Was it powder blue and being driven by a guy with puppets ?

 

^lol thats classic...

 

If you lived in MA I have a 4.0 w/ 70K miles and new rebuilt trans, CHEAP… and take the vehicle which includes the Rear Axle… sorry.

 

Really? I have a manual 2.5L and I do fine on hills. I can be cruising at 40 in 5th gear at like 1800 rpms and accelerate up the hill. I am actually surprised at the ability. If I start losing speed I just down shift to fourth.

Is your auto?

And what axle gearing do you have? I have 373s so that might help me. Maybe you have like 314s or something really high.

An 8.8 swap might make a big difference.

 

When I started driving my new (to me) Ranger home on Monday, I couldn't hold 50 mph in 4th gear in the western Iowa hills. I was beginning to think I had been screwed! It only had about 1/8 tank of gas, so I stopped at a BP and filled with 87 octane (I don't do ethanol if I can help it). I started out of town and there was another hill to climb. I stayed in 5th at 55 mph and waited for the speed to drop...it didn't! The crappy gas (probably ethanol) was the only problem. If you've been running ethanol, try a tank or two of 87 octane unleaded. You just might be passing the next Prius.