AndyF
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- Ontario,Canada
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- Ranger 2006
I was thinking of buying a used B4000(or Ranger) 4X4 auto with good frame and TC.
One way to make up for the gas guzzling would be to use a small stock 8. It would make up for that little bit of power it should have got out of the 4ltr, and offer 8 -10 additional HP for that extra whoomp. A 350 I think would be overkill, sides the 283 is compact. The 350 would be awesome for street use, but the drive train would need spruicing up. (I doubt if the 55 or 44 tran can take it, even with cooling.)
Off the top of my head, I'm pushing for all mods to be done from the tran spline and the bellhousing forward, with a bellhousing template converter plate and a spline converter machine made(unless there's a kit out there.
The steering column may present the worst problem and tell me if the project is do-able, cause I'm not touching the steering. The firewall,exhaust,manifold and everything else I can home shop build. AC I can do without. Everything is stock with a properly tunes original carb, and maybe slightly heavier springs, but they tell me 150lbs is all it adds.
Any ideas would be welcome.
One way to make up for the gas guzzling would be to use a small stock 8. It would make up for that little bit of power it should have got out of the 4ltr, and offer 8 -10 additional HP for that extra whoomp. A 350 I think would be overkill, sides the 283 is compact. The 350 would be awesome for street use, but the drive train would need spruicing up. (I doubt if the 55 or 44 tran can take it, even with cooling.)
Off the top of my head, I'm pushing for all mods to be done from the tran spline and the bellhousing forward, with a bellhousing template converter plate and a spline converter machine made(unless there's a kit out there.
The steering column may present the worst problem and tell me if the project is do-able, cause I'm not touching the steering. The firewall,exhaust,manifold and everything else I can home shop build. AC I can do without. Everything is stock with a properly tunes original carb, and maybe slightly heavier springs, but they tell me 150lbs is all it adds.
Any ideas would be welcome.