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Too Bad the Ranger wont stick around to see it.

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Old Oct 19, 2010
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Too Bad the Ranger wont stick around to see it.

All Ford vehicles to feature EcoBoost technology - Detroit Autos | Examiner.com

Sure would be nice to see a ecoboost go into the ranger from the factory
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010
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Don't remind us.

The first person to swap a twin turbo ecoboost V6 into there ranger gets my pinky finger.
 
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why the pinky, i cant do anything with a pinky.
 
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Who wants a weakoboost. I'd rather build a real turbo motor for it from a forged 2.3 dohc.
 
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why the pinky, i cant do anything with a pinky.
what do you want then? can't have my thumbs, or anything farther up. or lower for that matter.

how about a cookie?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2010
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Who wants a weakoboost. I'd rather build a real turbo motor for it from a forged 2.3 dohc.


I'd be embarrassed to say i had a 2.3 in my truck. **** that. Don't care how much gay horsepower it makes. It'd be super awesome to need 7000 RPM just to tow a jetski around cause all hp no torque.
 
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so its been verified that Ford is discontinuing the Ranger ?
why on earth would they do that ?

as far as I can tell, it has to be one of their bigger sellers.... (I see 3-4 rangers for every other small/mid sized PU)
 
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Originally Posted by Red_Ak_Ranger
I'd be embarrassed to say i had a 2.3 in my truck. **** that. Don't care how much gay horsepower it makes. It'd be super awesome to need 7000 RPM just to tow a jetski around cause all hp no torque.
I'm sorry you don't have experience with the kind of turbo engines I do, I've got +500 ft lbs of wheel torque with less than 2.3L.
 
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Originally Posted by d0sitmatr
so its been verified that Ford is discontinuing the Ranger ?
why on earth would they do that ?

as far as I can tell, it has to be one of their bigger sellers.... (I see 3-4 rangers for every other small/mid sized PU)
it pretty much official.

i see a ton of rangers as well but i see more pre-03s than 04+s. there sales have dropped considerably since like 2006.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2010
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Who wants a weakoboost. I'd rather build a real turbo motor for it from a forged 2.3 dohc.
do you have any idea of just how well built those motors really are?
 
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do you have any idea of just how well built those motors really are?
Yes, I've tuned 3 of them and did extensive testing on 2.
 
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i can't trust a motor until i see it ten years later with 200k+ miles on it. even then I do a bunch of research. hence why i hate new cars.
 
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