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jkufen
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- Charleston, SC
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- 1986, 1991
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- Ford
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- 2.9, 4.0
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- Manual
I know there has been many threads posted about the 4.0 swap and this is another one 
. Just curious next summer I am going to be make the transition from daily driver 86 B2 to a rock crawling 86 B2. Well am going to be tearing it down to the frame and building it back up. Right now I am sporting the 2.9 like many others and I know many people hear have had great success with them. Just looking for some different opinions on here but I have an extra 2.9 that came out of a ranger and I have the 2.9 in my b2 I was thinking about taking the 2 engines and rebuilding them to have 1 practically new engine. Or I could go find a donor explorer and use the 4.0 out of it. This is where I am back and forth. I have 2 engines now that I own and are paid for and all I would do would be rebuild it and slap it in and everything will wire up perfectly and so on or I could go out and spend 700-1000 dollars on a donor explorer and use the 4.0 out of it, then rebuild it, replace what needs to be replaced, swap out the dash and wiring and put it in. Just saying that last sentence all ready leaned me more the the 2.9 rebuild. I know 4x4junkie here has had success with rock crawling the 2.9 with 35" tires. I will use the d35 and 8.8 rear out of the explorer but the local parts yard said they'd give me both for $250 and that is still a long way from the $1000 I would send buying an explorer. I don't know decisions decisions. I have until next summer to figure it out but I have a lot of other modifications I have to hammer out too. Just curious what you guys think.
. Just curious next summer I am going to be make the transition from daily driver 86 B2 to a rock crawling 86 B2. Well am going to be tearing it down to the frame and building it back up. Right now I am sporting the 2.9 like many others and I know many people hear have had great success with them. Just looking for some different opinions on here but I have an extra 2.9 that came out of a ranger and I have the 2.9 in my b2 I was thinking about taking the 2 engines and rebuilding them to have 1 practically new engine. Or I could go find a donor explorer and use the 4.0 out of it. This is where I am back and forth. I have 2 engines now that I own and are paid for and all I would do would be rebuild it and slap it in and everything will wire up perfectly and so on or I could go out and spend 700-1000 dollars on a donor explorer and use the 4.0 out of it, then rebuild it, replace what needs to be replaced, swap out the dash and wiring and put it in. Just saying that last sentence all ready leaned me more the the 2.9 rebuild. I know 4x4junkie here has had success with rock crawling the 2.9 with 35" tires. I will use the d35 and 8.8 rear out of the explorer but the local parts yard said they'd give me both for $250 and that is still a long way from the $1000 I would send buying an explorer. I don't know decisions decisions. I have until next summer to figure it out but I have a lot of other modifications I have to hammer out too. Just curious what you guys think.
