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- Joined
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- Messages
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- 974
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Roanoke VA
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 and 1999
- Make / Model
- XLT 4x4 & B3000
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0L in XLT, 3.0L in B3000
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Tire Size
- 31x10.5-15 K02's on the Ranger, 235/75R15 on Mazda
- My credo
- The perfect is the enemy of the good.
put a 4.0L in it? don't know what would be involved. mileage seems to suck but I don't care because I don't drive tons of miles and gas is cheap compared to other things and I like the sound of the 4.0 and the power. Seems perhaps better mileage on the highway (most of my driving so far is in-town).
You could put a lot of cash into it to make it right and just as you want, without even approaching the cost of a new one which to me doesn't have as much as the '97 had in terms of being a good truck.
I'm admittedly biased, but I got the '97 to get the 4x4 after I had the '99 a while and got it all working good, just didn't have 4x4 so I asked around here about them, ended up with the '97 and enjoying it very much.
If you have to put in new trans, depending what you are planning to do with it, you could maybe decide to change to 4.10 rear end. Just saying. Not sure if there was a 4.56 and it'd probably be overkill for most things.
You could put a lot of cash into it to make it right and just as you want, without even approaching the cost of a new one which to me doesn't have as much as the '97 had in terms of being a good truck.
I'm admittedly biased, but I got the '97 to get the 4x4 after I had the '99 a while and got it all working good, just didn't have 4x4 so I asked around here about them, ended up with the '97 and enjoying it very much.
If you have to put in new trans, depending what you are planning to do with it, you could maybe decide to change to 4.10 rear end. Just saying. Not sure if there was a 4.56 and it'd probably be overkill for most things.
