Thread: 3.2 Ford Ranger Transplant.

Originally Posted by grinna1965

I have been doing conversions all my life nothing is new to me or impossible to do.this conversion is probably the easiest one we have ever performed we know there will be a few teething issues but confident wont be to bad.we will not offer this for sale unless 100% satisfied.a few of the positives are that we change the power inputs from mild to wild so those that don't want massive increases in power we can cater for just having Moore cubic capacity coming on smoothly will be much nicer to drive

Ok, I hear you. Would this conversion go back further? Say, a TD5, or even a 300TDi? Been thinking about a 2.7, but this could be better if it's possible. For me, budget is the issue, but I'm keen to hear your thoughts.

Hi one and all , I'm really enjoying this thread . I posted this same question a few years back .It was basicly has anyone fitted a ford 3.2 into a Puma ? What I learned was you can buy a ford Ranger with a 2.2 or 3.2 . They have the same bell housing patern , and the engine mounts are in the same position . So a 3.2 will fit where the 2.2 sat . This was early days of the Ranger , but considering how many have now sold it was only a matter of time before Land Rover defender owners started the think about replacements as the 2.2 come to the end of there working lives . I'm sure that most of the plumbing wouldn't be to difficult . As would exhast and fuel lines. The tricky bit was always going to be the wireing and electrics . I'm sure a Ranger has an ECU so wouldn't it pay to use the the one from the doner vehicle as well as the wireing harness ? As more and more Rangers find there way to the wreckers the price will come down . As more 2.2 wear out . Lets face it people have been changing Land Rover engines for engines with more power since the series 1 even had a few myself , good old Holden Red motors . I even had a series 3 wagon with a 4.4 leyland motor . Jim

Originally Posted by jimr1

They have the same bell housing patern , and the engine mounts are in the same position . So a 3.2 will fit where the 2.2 sat ... . Jim

The 5 cylinder sits forward half a cylinder to the 4 pot and if you use the standard engine mount location the 3.2 engine fouls the bonnet even with the power bulge (hehehe). Options are to cut, drop by 1" and weld the engine mounts or make a drop engine mount for the same 1". Something to keep in mind is (i) whether this has a knock on affect to the TFC/gearbox mounts for alignment; and (ii) the sump to diff clearance. For the later the solution might be as simple as longer bump stops but you would want to do your measurements before letting loose on a Cape York trip with the fast washouts that sneak up on you on the PDR.

Well done Glenn, i'll be interested to see it fitted with all the adjustments sorted out. Eg, the steering box on the defender fouls the ancillaries on the Ranger engine, needing some rejigging & custom ancillary mounts. The Puma air filter box needs to be relocated. Not a biggy if you don't have extended front shocks mounts because you can put it over the guard but it is just another little thing to sort out.

Originally Posted by MLD

The 5 cylinder sits forward half a cylinder to the 4 pot and if you use the standard engine mount location the 3.2 engine fouls the bonnet even with the power bulge (hehehe). Options are to cut, drop by 1" and weld the engine mounts or make a drop engine mount for the same 1". Something to keep in mind is (i) whether this has a knock on affect to the TFC/gearbox mounts for alignment; and (ii) the sump to diff clearance. For the later the solution might be as simple as longer bump stops but you would want to do your measurements before letting loose on a Cape York trip with the fast washouts that sneak up on you on the PDR.

Well done Glenn, i'll be interested to see it fitted with all the adjustments sorted out. Eg, the steering box on the defender fouls the ancillaries on the Ranger engine, needing some rejigging & custom ancillary mounts. The Puma air filter box needs to be relocated. Not a biggy if you don't have extended front shocks mounts because you can put it over the guard but it is just another little thing to sort out.

thanks for the input but we are fairly well up on what needs to be done and we have most bases covered.thanks any way cheers

Could you include the six speed auto when doing this conversion?

Originally Posted by chuck

Could you include the six speed auto when doing this conversion?

I have done a lot of research on this as well,i have sent an auto box to an engineering place in the uk who were very helpfull he does a lot of adaptors for some of the bigger names.he has done an adaptor for the larger 6r140 ford box to lt230 but not the 6r80.he could not get one at a reasonable price so i have sent him one.he has seen one done by another firm in the uk and said it wasn't to good.so one thing at a time,we will fit and run with manual first then fit the auto along with some up grades for the box.wich will fit 3.2 as well as 2.2

Originally Posted by johntins

Ok, I hear you. Would this conversion go back further? Say, a TD5, or even a 300TDi? Been thinking about a 2.7, but this could be better if it's possible. For me, budget is the issue, but I'm keen to hear your thoughts.

Its not a problem to fit this engine into anything but would probably be out of most peoples budget

Hmmm, this motor isn't going to fit the Disco2 is it. I'm gathering if they had to fit the power hump bonnet to fit the 2.2 and the 3.2 doesnt fit under even that then its not going under the D2 bonnet which already touches the top of the TD5 cover. Bugger.