Cncproformance
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- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3 to 5.0
- Transmission
- Manual
Morning. Just purchased a 88 ranger as a project truck. Its a 5 speed, 2WD with a 2.3L. I've read the tech articles on the 5.0 swap which is pretty straight forward. My plan is to keep the original 5 speed and put a carbed 347 in place of the 2.3. I was wondering if any of you have some advice or lessons learned from swaps that would help me out. I don't want to start buying parts prior to the start of the build in reference to an issue that's written in the tech article and find out that for my application it wasn't needed. Area's which I plan on changing are: rear end 7.5 to either 8.8 or 9in, body lift if needed to clear the bellhousing if not needed I have a good size hammer, 2.3 to 5.0 of course...basically the items covered in the tech article. Is there anything else???