Rear-end

My friend put 35's on his 1994 Ranger,(2.3ltr), and now he barely has enough torque to start off in 1st gear,and 5th is almost non-existant.

What rear end would you suggest?

Also he has an engine out of a Taurus SHO he would like to put in his Ranger.

Would this be possible?
If so,which,(rear wheel drive),manual transmission would work?



Thanks in advance.

My friend put 35's on his 1994 Ranger,(2.3ltr), and now he barely has enough torque to start off in 1st gear,and 5th is almost non-existant.

What rear end would you suggest?

Also he has an engine out of a Taurus SHO he would like to put in his Ranger.

Would this be possible?
If so,which,(rear wheel drive),manual transmission would work?



Thanks in advance.

Hahahaha. Not sure about the rear, maybe just a step up would do it. If he had 3.73s then 4.10s would do some good. Also get a bigger engine..

What's with this SHO motor in a Ranger? Yea, they have a little punch, but you're going to spend more in that SHO motor than a 5.0L. They already make everything to drop a 5.0L in that truck. To do something like that, you're on your own. No one really ever needed to put an engine like that in a Ranger, considering the options that are already avaliable. What you'll need to do is talk to advanced adapters about making a bellhousing adapter for that engine for some kind of Ford rear wheel transmission. You may as well get a T5. I've read somewhere that it's a Yamaha engine, so it might not even be ethical. You're going to need a custom drive shaft as well. I am not sure how many different styles Ford actually uses, but a drive shaft from a 1979 inline 6 200 fit in a 1993 AOD on a 5.0L. The Ford 7.5 should be more than enough for that little motor.

You shouldn't be worried about the drivetrain at this point though. I would be worring about the motor mounts, clearances, throttle cable, kick down cable, all the extra little sensors, exhaust and etc.. You need to spend sometime and really think, "Is it going to be more expensive and more difficult then it's actually worth?". I would reccomend having the engine in front of you and the truck with the engine out if you're actually serious about doing this conversion. Like I said before man, putting a SHO motor just isn't done considering the options that are already avaliable. But do what you want.

Pete