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rusty ol ranger

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so it wasnt morse code, it was a lifter tick! :)
Its not lifter tick. Its simply how 2.9s communicate. They have souls ya know.
 


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rusty ol ranger

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Bullshit.
The 2.9L is the red-headed stepchild of the Ranger family and as we all know... red heads have no soul.
Actually the redheaded stepchild would be the 3.0 seeing as how its not a blood reliative to any other RBV V6.

The 2.9 is the angry middle child with something to prove.
 

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Actually the redheaded stepchild would be the 3.0 seeing as how its not a blood relative to any other RBV V6.

The 2.9 is the angry, adopted, foreign bastard child that always fails at everything they attempt.




I feexed for yous
 

rusty ol ranger

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I feexed for yous
Then that would make the 4.0 the egotistical over achiever with a tiny weiner that refuses to leave the closet.

So where does that leave the 2.8?
 

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Then that would make the 4.0 the egotistical over achiever with a tiny weiner that refuses to leave the closet.

So where does that leave the 2.8?
Well, my 4.0sohc consistently over-achieves, and out-performs my expectations.. It's been a real workhorse for it's size. So I'd say you're on to something..

Can't say that about any of the several 2.9 shitboxes I owned. Every single one of them failed to achieve anything. They always disappointed me no matter how much money and time was sunk in to them.. and I sunk well over 12k in to 2 separate 2.9's

I never owned a 2.8 Ranger. I have to say though, the ones I have seen around here over the years were excellent trucks for their owners. The engine seemed like a very solid design. Though a lot of them had carb and vacuum hose spaghetti problems that plagued them.
 

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