Please, dont get bent out of shape over my crazy ass idea.
I am currently looking for a 2.9 - 4.0L Diesel engine. I am not looking for a Power Stoke or anything HUGE because of the limitations on the frame and initail design of the Ranger. Cummins makes some nice engines and they have been very helpful thus far in my quest for eternal sanity. I am trying to find a Detroit Diesel engine though and that is proving to be difficult because they "don't sell running engines."
Detriot Diesel is where my uncle retired from after his cancer came out of remission. So that is the company I want to go with...
My biggest concern is the torque. the 2.9L V6 in my old ranger put out 140HP and not so much torque. (Ford is sending me the engineering specs for my target truck.) The cummins engine I was looking at put out 125HP but 215lb-ft torque. That is the engine that goes into the Hostess Bread Trucks. HUGE!!!
It may be a yr before I start this project because the logistics are so strange but brain storming is where it needs to start.
Any one know where one can buy crated running diesel engines. Jaguar has one but they are not talking to me
~k_day64