If I can afford it

[JLJunkieMX107 10+ year member]

Do it! Those 4.0 motors have a pretty strong bottom end, the top end...well not so much. You can flip the driver's side exhaust manifold and it bolts right up with no mods. Super easy to slap a turbo on there. How are your welding/fabricating skills? If you can weld up the exhaust piping, it would be too easy. Grab some 21lb injectors from pull-a-part and run it at like 5psi. I don't think I still had the Eclipse in the 12 gauge audio days. We took a crappy old 1.8l eclipse, double stacked head gaskets, and threw a T3 on it. The motor eventually blew but it was fun while it lasted.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

depends on what ranger youre talking about


but why? theyre not terribly fast and a sleeper ranger would be far better. Not to mention that a lightning would likely have the pi$$ ridden out of it.

Dunno about you but here gas prices are going up (3.30+/gal). I'd rather have a vehicle that gets me to point A and point B w/o having to stop by the gas station on my way home. Turbo'd and high performance engine's in cars tend to use more gas than reg vehicles.

 

[youdoofus]

Dunno about you but here gas prices are going up (3.30+/gal). I'd rather have a vehicle that gets me to point A and point B w/o having to stop by the gas station on my way home. Turbo'd and high performance engine's in cars tend to use more gas than reg vehicles.

uhhhhh, yeah. Thats also inherent in the performance world. $uck, squish, bang, blow costs money. That wasnt the question tho. Plus, you can actually get mpg gains from a turbo'd engine if your right foot doesnt weigh 45 lbs. There is a fine balance between power and efficiency. For example, my old 03 maxima had a 3.5 liter v6 that chucked out 265 hp. My current 03 accord has a 3 liter v6 and is anemic by comparison. The max was heavier and had a bigger engine, but the torque curve and transmission type on the max was as such where i got way better mpg with it on the same driving style. Ive actually had to pu$$yfoot my accord waaaaaay more just to get 20 mpg out of it. A known issue for v6 accords of its era.

 

[youdoofus]

Do it! Those 4.0 motors have a pretty strong bottom end, the top end...well not so much. You can flip the driver's side exhaust manifold and it bolts right up with no mods. Super easy to slap a turbo on there. How are your welding/fabricating skills? If you can weld up the exhaust piping, it would be too easy. Grab some 21lb injectors from pull-a-part and run it at like 5psi. I don't think I still had the Eclipse in the 12 gauge audio days. We took a crappy old 1.8l eclipse, double stacked head gaskets, and threw a T3 on it. The motor eventually blew but it was fun while it lasted.

a 4 liter pushrod behaves differently than a 1.8 i-4 man. Also, unequal exhaust pressure from one side to the other is a potentially horrific no-no. Engines have balancers for a reason

 

[youdoofus]

uf... just saw that youre running the 4.0L. Good luck running a turbo man. If youre after forced induction, get a centrifugal supercharger. Same principle, just different methodology. Youll run out of puff at higher revs with teh s/c vs where a turbo comes to life at 30k rmps

 

[sherwood71]

Yes you should turbo your truck. Turbo everything lol. That feeling of boost coming on and feeling your a$$ set back in the seat is hard to get over. I had a 20 year love/hate relationship with a turbo Buick. Now I want to turbo my G8.

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Quick google search found a couple threads on turbo Ranger builds.

How To: Turbo a 4.0L; A basic synopsis. | Ford Explorer and Ford Ranger Forums - Serious Explorations

My 4.0ohv turbo build thread - The Ranger Station Forums

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

is it the 2.3 liter 4 pot?

lol no 4.0

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Do it! Those 4.0 motors have a pretty strong bottom end, the top end...well not so much. You can flip the driver's side exhaust manifold and it bolts right up with no mods. Super easy to slap a turbo on there. How are your welding/fabricating skills? If you can weld up the exhaust piping, it would be too easy. Grab some 21lb injectors from pull-a-part and run it at like 5psi. I don't think I still had the Eclipse in the 12 gauge audio days. We took a crappy old 1.8l eclipse, double stacked head gaskets, and threw a T3 on it. The motor eventually blew but it was fun while it lasted.

I thought about that yeah. Idk I'll probably get a high rise intake and stuff do NA and get the layout proper and then do turbo when I'm comfortable

 

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Buck likes to do high speed interstate cruising.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

If you don't think that was the joke, you need to log out and kill yourself immediately.

yes, you are the joke spider. that's why it's funny. the joke isn't the words, the joke is you.

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Dunno about you but here gas prices are going up (3.30+/gal). I'd rather have a vehicle that gets me to point A and point B w/o having to stop by the gas station on my way home. Turbo'd and high performance engine's in cars tend to use more gas than reg vehicles.

Yeah I sold my Lightning when gas prices went crazy and bought my 2010 focus to daily. Then bought the Focus ST. Great combo. 300hp and I still get 30mpg with the turbo 2.0.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

My neighbor just got a either '94 or '96 ext cab Ford Ranger.....to me, they're not made for racing. s10 is it's "competiitor", if you will. Imo I wouldn't add a turbo to it. There's other things that can be done to it that's a lot cheaper than a turbo if you wanna go faster.

Everything is made for racing bro. Everything.

 

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Dunno about you but here gas prices are going up (3.30+/gal). I'd rather have a vehicle that gets me to point A and point B w/o having to stop by the gas station on my way home. Turbo'd and high performance engine's in cars tend to use more gas than reg vehicles.

$2.79/gal here.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

I say run twins above the hood like a team of Aussies did for Hot Rod Drag Week a few years ago.

It would probably be easier too because you're adapting a turbo to 1 bank of cylinders at a time rather than sourcing a y pipe for a single turbo on a v configuration.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

If you don't think that was the joke, you need to log out and kill yourself immediately.

Not gonna happen.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

I'm not racing
I'm just nuts

 

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I enjoy that type of driving. Also wide variations of power, efficiency, a lot of tuning options.