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First off you have to consider what you are starting with. Any ranger that has a 2.3 duratec (2001 1/2+) and is 2wd and 5 speed (mazda m5od-r1 tranny) will be a perfect candidate for this swap. I am not familiar with the auto transmission and same goes for the 4x4. You would have to do your own research for that if thats what you have.

Where are you getting your 2.0/2.3 ecoboost motor?

ebay has a fair share of them and one can easily be had for under $1000. Mine was from a 2013 escape. anything 2012+ with an eb will work. Also take into consideration if your motor comes with a wiring harness and all the sensors. (below I will have part numbers for the motor harness and sensors that are in the intake and intercooler)

Sensors and misc parts you will need
(keep in mind part numbers may differ from vehicle to vehicle, but majority of plugs and electronics should be nearly identical. I.E. a map sensor on a focus st and a map sensor on an escape have a completely different part number, but they are interchangeable and function the same)

Main motor harness: CU5T-12C508

MAF/IAT sensor: CV2A 9F479 AA

Intercooler (MAP?) sensor: should come with whatever intercooler you order

Exhuast v-band clamp (this part varies between different vehicles and years, but if your turbo doesnt have bolt holes and uses a v-band clamp this will be the one, its a very odd size) : CV6Z-5A231-C

Aside from those, everything else should come with your controls pack

Cooling
Radiator

The stock 2.3 duratec radiator will not flow enough to keep the ecoboost cool. You will want to get a radiator from a 4.0 ranger that flows much more. It is a direct fit and your coolant overflow from the 2.3 radiator will no longer be needed.

Intercooler

I went with the stock intercooler that ecoboosts come with. Ebay is your best friend!

(when looking for an intercooler try to find one with the map sensor in it included, I'm writing this at 2 am and do not feel like going to pop my hood to get the part number for that sensor)

PCM and engine orientation kit
Ford 2.0 ecoboost controls pack part number: m-6007-20t
https://goo.gl/KBBgb8

2.0 eco Engine orientation kit: M-6006-20 https://goo.gl/DGcwoS

Motor Fitment
oh, you thought it would bolt right up? wrong, kinda... and heres why

Firewall modification (sawzalls are your best friend)

Your first struggle will be the cam driven vacuum pump and fuel pump on the pack of the motor. These are why the firewall needs to be cut and reshaped. The area you have to cut into is right in the ducting for the heater core, so unless you love carbon monoxide poisoning I would highly suggest you make sure you reseal your cut out sections in the firewall. My truck at the moment doesn't have heat. all the ducting is blocked off. Here are some pics to get an idea for how much had to be chopped up.




I used sheet metal and sprayable insulation foam to reseal after the cutting. I would suggest not welding in this area unless you want to catch you whole cab on fire and have a bad day.

Motor mounts

The stock 2.3 duratec driver side motor mount bolts right up and fits fine. The passenger side is a different story.

You will want to bolt your motor to the transmission and bolt up the driver side motor mount to be able to mock up the passenger side mount. Here is some pics of the passenger side mount and the spacers we made for both sides to lift the motor up by around an inch

(oil pan clearance issues!)




basically for the mount you're going to want to unbolt the factory frame mount and make a triangle around it, make a new plate shifted forward on the frame, and drill out holes to bolt it up. You will have to weld for this if that is not already obvious. Then the little 1 inch motor lift spacers just simply slide under the mount to raids the motor.

After all the mounts are made and what not You should be able to fully bolt in the motor and figure out your alternator next

Power steering
delete it.



Alternator setup
This one is fairly simple. I ordered a 70 amp denso 1 wire alternator for $100 off ebay and began mocking it up. Heres what the brackets and alternator look like once in place. Keep in mind you will need to get a new 4 spline pulley for this alternator. The serpentine belt should be 1325mm in length and 4 spline. Go to an auto shop and ask them for that, they should be able to help you. Alternator pics!






I dont know what to title this part.
So, your new ecoboost motor is bolted up and in the truck. Awesome! Now its time to rip open that 2.0 ecoboost controls pack and read the 18 page document they include for setting everything up. They tell you the majority of everything you need to know, but I'll touch on one topic - the fuel system. Ford states that this motor requires 55 psi of fuel and a return line back to the tank with a regulator. In our case you really dont need a regulator or return line. The stock ranger fuel pump has a regulator right in the tank that is right around 60 psi. Run a plastic 5/16 (I think) fuel line from the little nub that comes up right under the intake manifold to the high pressure fuel pump on the motor and make sure to have an inline fuel pressure gauge. From what I've experienced so far, the stock pump is enough. But if it does end up not flowing enough at some point I will make a mention here about it that you need a new pump.

The rest of the swap
everything else you have to do for this swap is fairly simple, and I would encourage you to be unique with your build. For example my beautiful front mount intercooler that replaces the grille.





I hope this post has encouraged you to do this swap. It's fast as hell, makes turbo noises, and hurts other peoples egos very badly. Mustang owners will envy you and the sound of it will break necks. If you have any questions feel free to DM me on reddit (u/c4_on_the_floor), but I highly encourage you to comment on this thread so information can be shared through the community. I most likely missed a few little bits of info on this swap. Its 2:30 am right now so I'm almost positive I did. Enjoy spending all your hard earned money on making a ranger as fast as a mustang. Its worth it, trust me.

A rough cost estimate: $4000
A little vid of this thing making some boost and ripping
(sorry about the shaky footage!)
There was also a nasty boost leak when I filmed this, since then its been fixed (or atleast I hope!)

2019 update

This truck is still my daily and a few things have changed since I did my motor swap and wrote this thread.
First off, the alternator. The little 70 amp 1 wire denso alternator I used went out within about 5-6 months and I needed something reliable. My idea was to but the stock duratec alternator back on, but there wasn't really room on either side of the motor. So I decided to make a bracket in front of the motor and run it backwards. It works just fine and puts out 14.5 volts at idle so I'm happy with that. Might look a bit sketchy but this is how ive been running it for months.

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Aside from the alternator I haven't had any engine related issues. One issue I mentioned in this thread a few times before was just fixed today. The "clutch disengagement" issue, basically sometimes made a hard wall between gears for a split second randomly. No clue what caused this 100%, but when I pulled the trans today I found that the little snap ring on the input shaft that holds the throwout bearing in place wasn't sitting in its groove. That as well as the shims I put behind the slave cylinder were removed. I used to run a ClutchXperts stage 4 ranger clutch which was unsprung and a 6 puck disc. I changed out to their stage 2 organic sprung disc today and it shifts like brand new now. If you do this swap I would recommend at the very least running a ClutchXperts stage 2 clutch as its rated for just under 300 hp and torque. Its also a very affordable clutch in my opinion.

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Aside from those 2 issues being fixed I recently ran into another odd issue. Randomly out of no where My truck stalled out with half a tank of gas left a few days ago. pulled a fuel line off and it didn't have fuel pressure. Added 1 gallon of gas and it started right up. I'm guessing something in the fuel sending unit/pump fell apart and is causing it to not make pressure when at or under half a tank. That or the pump itself is just slowly starting to fail. I ordered a whole new sending unit and will be doing that later on this week. That about all I've got to add to this thread since my initial post almost a year ago. Hope every one has a happy 4th of July! Also I will be updating my Bradley GT build thread some time soon.
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It reads like a heck of a thing but no pics work and the youtube video is inop.
 

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Are you on mobile? they work fine for me on my desktop. And thank you for pointing out the youtube vid not working. Idk whats up with that, I just posted the link

All pics are now pics instead of links. and idk why the youtube vid wont work, I just posted a link instead. All the pics are pretty high resolution so u might have to download them and zoom out to get a better view, sorry about that!
 
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interesting....

i went after the jeep market for this with no serious interest which shocked me. they spend big coin on swaps..i went to several large events in several states..figured start there and carry it over to here the ranger world....

conversely, they all want more power and better economy..(tj/yj) and this takes out a few hundred pounds too for the winnie win win....so a no brainer to me.

but turns out... its either hemi or ls for the most part generally speaking........you know..."if one was to make the effort" go big v8... which seems ridiculous to me to put up with a nutless iron 4 popper or wheezed out 4.0 inline when the eco boosts are still cheap. and much cheaper to fuel and easier to cool.

then gm for sure going to the 2.7 put me on the shelf for now. i have a feeling the new platform rangers and silverados are gonna change our old trucks into monsters you can afford to drive.


yet for now..ecoboost 4 whizzer or tdi is the plan for our bronco, the 4.0 works great but gobbles up way too much fuel driving around.









i am a bit curious to your decision on the vacuum pump retention when it mandated hacking the firewall.

i sure as fawk would have not cut the firewall just to retain the cam driven vacuum pump for this situation.....simply swap in a electric vac pump or do a mustang 2.3 driveline swap.

regardless, if thats not feasible the weight of this allows plenty of offset forward. well compared to a v8 swap ...i guess if your starting with a 4 cyl.....


then again the stock mazda 4 whizzer with just a turbo added and a tune is capable of more power. but for a daily....i would rather have the ecoboost.


so...curious...was it time constraints...? i plan to use custom mounts in any case, though i will retain the rbv transfer case initially with stockish power levels..a doubler will likely show up sooner or later via larger trans and higher powerlevels.

overall economy so far?
 

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interesting....

i went after the jeep market for this with no serious interest which shocked me. they spend big coin on swaps..i went to several large events in several states..figured start there and carry it over to here the ranger world....

conversely, they all want more power and better economy..(tj/yj) and this takes out a few hundred pounds too for the winnie win win....so a no brainer to me.

but turns out... its either hemi or ls for the most part generally speaking........you know..."if one was to make the effort" go big v8... which seems ridiculous to me to put up with a nutless iron 4 popper or wheezed out 4.0 inline when the eco boosts are still cheap. and much cheaper to fuel and easier to cool.

then gm for sure going to the 2.7 put me on the shelf for now. i have a feeling the new platform rangers and silverados are gonna change our old trucks into monsters you can afford to drive.


yet for now..ecoboost 4 whizzer or tdi is the plan for our bronco, the 4.0 works great but gobbles up way too much fuel driving around.









i am a bit curious to your decision on the vacuum pump retention when it mandated hacking the firewall.

i sure as fawk would have not cut the firewall just to retain the cam driven vacuum pump for this situation.....simply swap in a electric vac pump or do a mustang 2.3 driveline swap.

regardless, if thats not feasible the weight of this allows plenty of offset forward. well compared to a v8 swap ...i guess if your starting with a 4 cyl.....


then again the stock mazda 4 whizzer with just a turbo added and a tune is capable of more power. but for a daily....i would rather have the ecoboost.


so...curious...was it time constraints...? i plan to use custom mounts in any case, though i will retain the rbv transfer case initially with stockish power levels..a doubler will likely show up sooner or later via larger trans and higher powerlevels.

overall economy so far?
My reasoning for keeping the vacuum pump was basically down to the fact that you cant easily make a delete plate for it. From my perspective it was easier to keep it and move the firewall back. And some goes for the fuel pump but even more. That cam driven pump can flow upwards of 3000 psi, and if I got rid of that It mine as well be a port injection motor.
 

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aye. yes expediency is good to get going. if it sits too long...might sit waaaay too long.



the new ranger is more focus then mustang the way the cooling is and some other details for the blocks they had at the show...and from the questions an descriptors the engineering staff dealt with...

they set it up for a mechanical fan as well. not sure if they all will get mechanical fans or just the top tow options but i suspect it will be split up depending on options. of course the block they had at the show may not be the actual block they end up with either...

they moved the oil pump an hp fuel pump on the display units...

as they get out there they will definitely be the easy button for swaps.

but i sure am very happy you did this and shared it.

thank you....i am quite shocked its not the most popular swap right now...but i am happy about it too because the transmissions are still cheap used:D

which reminds me...i better buy a few before they are 600 each for 200k worn out pos units in 2wd....
 
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aye. yes expediency is good to get going. if it sits too long...might sit waaaay too long.



the new ranger is more focus then mustang the way the cooling is and some other details for the blocks they had at the show...and from the questions an descriptors the engineering staff dealt with...

they set it up for a mechanical fan as well. not sure if they all will get mechanical fans or just the top tow options but i suspect it will be split up depending on options. of course the block they had at the show may not be the actual block they end up with either...

they moved the oil pump an hp fuel pump on the display units...

as they get out there they will definitely be the easy button for swaps.

but i sure am very happy you did this and shared it.

thank you....i am quite shocked its not the most popular swap right now...but i am happy about it too because the transmissions are still cheap used:D

which reminds me...i better buy a few before they are 600 each for 200k worn out pos units in 2wd....
I wouldn't say the new 2.3 in the 2019 ranger is gonna be a popular swap honestly, main reason being price. And - another thing you gotta keep in mind, will ford make a controls pack for the new 2.3? From my understanding the current 2.3 controls pack works only on 2012 up to 2016-17 motors. Main difference in the new motors being the twin scroll turbos they have. I really don't feel like being the one to test it either, I dont have tons of money laying around to test odd ball stuff. $4000 was enough for the 2.0 swap, and this 2.0 swap was probably on the cheaper end of the spectrum you'd be looking at for putting one of these little boost happy motors in anything.
 

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Really awesome build. Would you mind resizing your pictures to a smaller size?

When viewing on a mobile device. It’s hard to see your pictures because they are so big. Thank you. And subscribed!
 

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I wouldn't say the new 2.3 in the 2019 ranger is gonna be a popular swap honestly, main reason being price. And - another thing you gotta keep in mind, will ford make a controls pack for the new 2.3? From my understanding the current 2.3 controls pack works only on 2012 up to 2016-17 motors. Main difference in the new motors being the twin scroll turbos they have. I really don't feel like being the one to test it either, I dont have tons of money laying around to test odd ball stuff. $4000 was enough for the 2.0 swap, and this 2.0 swap was probably on the cheaper end of the spectrum you'd be looking at for putting one of these little boost happy motors in anything.
That aside older trucks are dying out and newer ones are much more complex to swap powertrains into. And the newer trucks have powertrains that really are not that bad out of the box.

It is rare to find a first gen in a JY, still two or three second or third gens on average. And most of those look like they technically should have been there 10 years ago. The herd is rapidly thinning...

Awesome build, kudos to taking on such an endeavor. :icon_thumby:

BTW Flickr or Imagur are great for photohosting.
 
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That aside older trucks are dying out and newer ones are much more complex to swap powertrains into. And the newer trucks have powertrains that really are not that bad out of the box.

It is rare to find a first gen in a JY, still two or three second or third gens on average. And most of those look like they technically should have been there 10 years ago. The herd is rapidly thinning...

Awesome build, kudos to taking on such an endeavor. :icon_thumby:

BTW Flickr or Imagur are great for photohosting.
Thank you!
 

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Really awesome build. Would you mind resizing your pictures to a smaller size?

When viewing on a mobile device. It’s hard to see your pictures because they are so big. Thank you. And subscribed!
Thank you, and yes I can resize them.

edit: all rezied 70% smaller. much easier on the eye now!
 
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Thank you. Just so it makes it easier for others to see. Appreciate it bud!
 

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Will you post a photo of the completed engine sitting in the Ranger so we can see what it looks like?

Also, you didn't say why you deleted the power steering.
 
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Thanks for the info! I've wanted to to this swap for a while. Unfortunately I'm a body guy, not a mechanic lol. My truck is also a 1992 so I'm sure I'd be needing quite a few more parts than what you did for your swap.
 

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