Biggest/Best engine to fit in a '95 XLT

[Xplorer95]

I have a '95 explorer 4dr and its just getting tired. I thought about finding the biggest engine I could get my hands on and squezing it in...what is the biggest engine that will fit in an explorer? Also, I know it is possible to go too big, so what would be the best engine to drop in it? Right now it has the 6 cyl. 4.0.

 

[Jason_25]

Best swap would be a 96-97 5.0L V8 from an explorer.

 

[RiverRat]

I just saw a wrecked S/C 5.4 Lightning at the auction. Now that would I read somewhere that a modular was stuffed in a ranger/explorer. But don't listen to me, I'm having enough problem fitting a 5.0 in mine.

 

[98svt]

dollar for dollar a 302 or a 347 is your best bet....its possible to get 400hp easily and reliably out of one so if your gunna do a swap that would be my suggestion....im pushin about 350hp now and its a little too much for the wife sometimes....but its a whole lot of fun....good luck...

 

[Xplorer95]

How fast are your explorers? I'm not at all familiar with how fast an explorer would be with a 347.

 

[RiverRat]

A 347 might be a little too much for the wife sometimes Look for Troll's posts.

 

[Xplorer95]

Well, it started out like this: I keep seeing these bad@ss cars on the internet and at the track. So I came up with the idea that I was going to find the biggest engine I could find and slap a blower on it, then cram it in any car I could find for cheap. Well, of course that would be was too expensive, so I now want to cram a big engine in the explorer. I want it too haul . Now, you know that there is no such thing as too fast for me . So what do you suggest for the explorer that will fulfill what I said above without costing way too much. Also, even though this is an SUV, what are some quarter mile times of explorers with v8s?

 

[Majisto]

Stock 5.0 from an Explorer = Slow. It won't run much faster than my SOHC. Should be low 16s in the 1/4.

Now when the mods start...well, my SOHC gets toasted big time. Troll's Explorer with a blown 347 runs in the 11s in the 1/4 mile

 

[Xplorer95]

I have the 4.0L v6 with auto trans. What other engines will this trans bolt up to?

 

[Rob_B]

Originally posted by Xplorer95
I have the 4.0L v6 with auto trans. What other engines will this trans bolt up to?

The Explorer tranny's are junk, they can barely handle the 4.0 V-6. If your are going to put a new motor in your Ex, definatly put a stronger tranny in as well.

If you really wanna keep your tranny a newer 4.0 SOHC engine out of a newer Explorer is about your only other option.

 

[jssong]

isnt the tranny for the OHV a 4 speed, while the SOHC is a 5 speed?

 

[Alec]

It's my understanding that 98+ even OHVs came with the 5R55E if they had an automatic.

 

[jssong]

interesting.. thanks alec.. never knew that

 

[dogfriend]

My 97 Sport has the 5R55E. I'm pretty sure that both the OHV and SOHC have the 5 speed auto starting in 97.

 

[Majisto]

But remember, the V-8 has a 4R70W which is VERY reliable. Only the V-6s get shafted with the bad bad tranny.