Thread: 3.2 Ford Ranger Transplant.

Originally Posted by uninformed

what happend to all the other replies???

Good question.......? Mods......?

Originally Posted by Drover

Good question.......? Mods......?

There's only so many ways I can say this. Read the link above, or look for a "System Announcement" at the top of the page.

Short version....anything posted since 1am is lost due to database crash.

Pity we lost some posts there, ah isn't IT glorious?

Does anybody have a price on the BAS ECU and harness kit yet?

Does anybody know why a full sequential programmable PETROL ECU can't be coded to do diesel injection?

Where's Dougal?

Surely it's just injection timing, duration, and then tell the ECU not to do ignition?
Or does the diesel ECU have to handle volume as well? As in how much the injectors open for CC per sec, not how long as in duration?

Originally Posted by Big Unit

Why do you wish to change from the 2.2 to the 3.2

Seriously ?, torque, power, torque, power.... did i mention torque and power ?
The TD5 should have been a 3ltr not an asthmatic courier van engine.

Originally Posted by uninformed

you will need the rear of the LR MT-82 gearbox to bolt up to the LT230 as the Mazda/Ford versions will be different.

You will also need a small fortune to buy the Harness from Bell.

If you are putting one in a non-Tdci Defender you would also need to sort all fuel lines and tank pump etc making sure they are compatable with the new engine.

Anything can be done, its just a matter of dollars.

IMO if the engine costs $6000, you are not going to convert a Defender fully sorted for less than $13-15k

At that price you would have LOTS of interest, and if there was an Aussie conversion I would be interested when my 02 td5 diesel . Like to know the price of conversion plus a gearbox adaptor plate for the older 5 spd's.
Please keep us posted if you do it.
P.s as to a different pump/ tank and lines, it would good excuse to fit a long range tank.

Originally Posted by Cobber

Yeah definitely a big expense! Talk of getting an engine out of a ranger from a wreckers brings along it's own risks though ... obviously the less miles the better off it will (probably) be but you don't know how it was treated in its former life ... And those Rangers fairly moooove

Got an email back from engine supplier,

It's got 37,000k's, March 2012 build date, 12 month warranty.
Will do motor gear combo for $6500.

Not bad me thinks......

Still waiting for reply from Pete at BAS on loom etc

Sounds like it would be a good replacement for the TD5. Be good if it adapted to the ZF.

Originally Posted by jakeslouw

Pity we lost some posts there, ah isn't IT glorious?

Does anybody have a price on the BAS ECU and harness kit yet?

Does anybody know why a full sequential programmable PETROL ECU can't be coded to do diesel injection?

Where's Dougal?

Surely it's just injection timing, duration, and then tell the ECU not to do ignition?
Or does the diesel ECU have to handle volume as well? As in how much the injectors open for CC per sec, not how long as in duration?

I asked this a while back because there are alot of good programmable petrol ECU's used on turbo'd rice burners. Sombody said the deisel doesn't work very well with these for a variety of reasons, or they haven't really developed them to work with diesel motors, something along those lines anyway.