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Perkins to 2.3t


vanslyke626

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I've got an 83 Ranger with the 2.2 Perkins and an 88 merkur xr4ti. The Ranger engine is gutless and the merkur body is garbage. I'm looking to put the 2.3t and t5 from the merkur into the truck. I'm curious about what kind of custom fabrication work I'll need to do. Anyone with that information would be really helpful
 


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I would go with a VW TDI. Great fuel economy and fairly easy instalation.
 

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I would go with a VW TDI. Great fuel economy and fairly easy instalation.
How is this relevant to a question about installing a 2.3 turbo?
 

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See the sig... A good salesman can make anything relevant.

A 2.3t is a somewhat common swap into Rangers, but never looked into it myself so can't tell you much. Check out the mini-trucks under construction forum, I know there are at least 3 ongoing build threads for them on the first page. Might find some ideas to help you in there.
 

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Make sure you put that perkins up for sale here. There are a few people who would kill for one.
 

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