Anyone ever consider placing a 2.3L turbo onto a Ranger 2.5L? Is this possible and does anyone know if the 2.3L turbo exhaust headers, etc, would be readily adapted to a 98 ranger 2.5L?? I'm not looking for massive boost just a bit more pepp in the midrange for a daily driver :)

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1998 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab, 2.5l, 5spd manual, 2wd, 3 inch cone filter intake, and a superchip

I believe the SVO 2.3L is the essentially the same block as the 2.3l/2.5l motors, except for some increased cooling and oiling passages. But externally they are very identical, so it should be close to a drop it, if the turbo doesn't get in the way.

The only thing to consider is how old is the 2.3l, and what type of condition is it in? No doubt it has to be pretty old at this point as I believe they were produce in the mid eighties. Replacement parts may be hard to come by, or just plain expensive. But they definitely were cool motors in the Ford SVO mustangs.

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Future:
Line-X Spray-in Bedliner, ARE LSII Tonneau, JBA Ceramic Headers, and possibly a 3" Body Lift.
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Actually I just want the turbocharger and required equipment installed onto the 98 2.5L engine. I'm hoping that this won't turn out to be as financially demanding as an engine swap or bringing the truck to a shop and having custom work done. Thanks for the help

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1998 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab, 2.5l, 5spd manual, 2wd, 3 inch cone filter intake, and a superchip

tried to find out about a turbo for the 3.0 but it is gonna be way to expensive so i think that i am just gonna save up and get a supra motor and max it out

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I'm curious Yoshtin, if a 3.0l turbo is too expensive, how much are you getting a Supra motor for? I hope you are good with wiring...

On the 2.3l turbo, This is a bugger of an upgrade, but from what I can tell the exhaust manifold/turbo should bolt up. However you will probably also want to get the computer, which means you will do some serious rewiring.

http://ubb.turboford.org/cgi-bin/ult...c;f=2;t=024559
http://www.coolcats.net/tech/general/23turbo.html
This is a chromed out Merkur 2.3 engine, but it's shows how the turbo 2.3l resembles the ford 2.0/2.3/2.5l engines.

Here's a good list of all the differences:
http://www.therangerstation.com/Turbos.html
Sounds like your block will work, but you need to make an oil drain for the turbo.

I've got some engine interchange literature at home that may offer more.

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Proud owner of a Black 2003 Ford Ranger EDGE . Regular cab, 3.0l, 5spd manual, 2wd, 4.10's. Added Security, tint, step bars, Gibson SS Cat-Back exhaust, adjusted bumper, fog light mod, Jensen 75x4 watt amplifier, (4) Polk Audio EX368 Speakers, 200W MTX Amp driving a Sony XS-L101P5 10" sub in a custom box.
Future:
Line-X Spray-in Bedliner, ARE LSII Tonneau, JBA Ceramic Headers, and possibly a 3" Body Lift.
-= PICS OF MY TRUCK =-

The 2.5 is derived from the 2.3...bore & stroke different(i think). Some work may have to be done to match exhaust man to head. Like 2k3Edge said...you'll probably want to use SVO Turbo computer.
Why not just drop a 5.0 in there!? All the power upgrades you'd ever want with that.

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Oh no, they are both the Pinto derivative motor. Actually it's a pretty nice motor, it just needs a little more refinement to equal the HP the import 4 cylinders are making. But the SVO turbo motor? It could hang with a 5.0l (back in 84 and 86). Combine that with less front end weight, and better handling, it was quite a car. The same motor was also found in the turbo coupe thunderbirds. But the exhaust manifold should bolt right on, but you'll have fun routing all the oiling/cooling lines. I've got a haynes manual for 79-93 mustangs and the bolt patterns are all the same, but the torque and bolt order can vary.

Sound like a fun project.

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Proud owner of a Black 2003 Ford Ranger EDGE . Regular cab, 3.0l, 5spd manual, 2wd, 4.10's. Added Security, tint, step bars, Gibson SS Cat-Back exhaust, adjusted bumper, fog light mod, Jensen 75x4 watt amplifier, (4) Polk Audio EX368 Speakers, 200W MTX Amp driving a Sony XS-L101P5 10" sub in a custom box.
Future:
Line-X Spray-in Bedliner, ARE LSII Tonneau, JBA Ceramic Headers, and possibly a 3" Body Lift.
-= PICS OF MY TRUCK =-

dude just go for it and surprie some chebby extremes!

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Wow I had no idea it would be that intensive. Perhaps I'll just save the money and have a 5.0 put in at a later date. Thanks for the info guys your great

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1998 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab, 2.5l, 5spd manual, 2wd, 3 inch cone filter intake, and a superchip

i am doing the same thing to my 98 ranger with the 2.5 engine.if you got therangerstation.com they have all the infor to do the job ..
ssautochrome.com has the turbo ,manifold , blow off valve, hardware for 600.00. not inturnal engine mods needed for 15-20 psi of boost.the intercooler and piping you can get on ebay for under 200.00 universal.jet chip have an custom programing avalible . 320.00 you can also email .i will be glade to help[..the 2.3 and 2.5 are very much the same engine ..the only differance betweeen the 2.3 turbo block and the 2.5 is an bossing on the pass. side of the block.

I've got a 1999 Ranger 2.5L, would this 'top mount' turbo setup work for my truck? Ebay shows this 2.3L turbo kit that I'm interested in, and it seems to have most of the equipment needed. Any pointers anybody can give are helpful. Thanks

eBay Motors: T3/T4 FULL Turbo Kit - FORD 2.3L RANGER / Turbo Coupe (item 230204400462 end time Dec-21-07 16:15:05 PST)

yes it does the larger part of the things you will need .you will need lager injector from Motiondynamics.com 55 pph they are 60.00 each .intercooler,piping, chip from Jetperformance.com 320.00 .

Also need boost controller form Summitracing.com they are about 77.00.
they have an few other goodies for the 2.5 ranger that you might like.