I found this channel Looking for videos on the Lincoln Continental. Ironically, I'm back to this channel watching a video for a Ranger I'm going to buy lol. Great video

Excellent engine, the very short lived 2.5 was very good too. Much better than the junky Ecoboosts!

Id love to have a 2.3 4 cylinder reg cab ranger for my economy truck daily driver pushing 30mpg and then my sport/offroad moded truck wud be a 4.3 supercharged Chevy S10 ZR2 with a 6L80e heaby duty transmision so i can add a mild performance cam ported polished heads 3.73 posi trac fear axle and pushing 400 horsepower. Able to handle well and beat mustangs and challengers on road but atill able to do great offroad to my fishing and hunting spots thru rough roads mud and anything offroad.

Just bought an 09 Ranger manual 2.3 xlt and I’m still having mixed feelings about it but I think I’ll fall in love with it soon

@shanebagel

Ай бұрын

Dude I am looking at one tomorrow on marketplace. I have been driving a 4.0 for the last 2 years, the 2.3 is literally perfect. You get good mpgs, it's sooo easy to work on compared to the 3.0/4.0 too.

Onde acho a grade?

Nice Ford ranger friend, I have a 2011, what tire size does it use?

I have a 2011 with a 5 speed manual and don't take it past 3,500 rpms lol I'm afraid of blowing the engine. However it does have 294,000 miles and runs like new still.

Not bad

Nice truck friend...what number of tires does it have?

@stevew278

5 ай бұрын

4 tires

CS Here Bro So Next Year Maybe With The New 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor With The 3.0L TT Charged V6 On Sale In Just About Pretty Soon Still.

The main thing i will be doing is towing 14ft orlando clipper aluminum boat on trailer w/ a jet drive. And then i get to you saying its not really meant for it lol. I hate the anxiety that comes with buying used vehicles

Is it able to carry a 3 seater leather couch or is that too heavy?

@trash.can.butter

4 ай бұрын

Definitely

@benruss4130

Ай бұрын

Virtually every ranger has a payload in excess of 1,000 pounds. They tend to squat real bad, but they usually are within 10% of matching the low capacity F-150s of the *equivalent* year in payload capacity until like 2007

Odd shifts are like a stepped CVT (mimicking shift points) definitely different for Ford.

@form109

7 ай бұрын

By this point all rangers regardless of engine came with the 5R55E 5 speed auto. And it does indeed have some sort somewhat oddly spaced gear ratios compared to some other 5 speed automatics I've driven. I have one in my 99 Explorer.

@Grafyte

7 ай бұрын

It's (in principle) a 3 speed auto with an overdrive unit tacked on. 1st + overdrive and 3rd + overdrive give you 2 extra gears on top of the original 3. (2nd + overdrive is basically 3rd so it's unused). Not too much you can do with that kind of setup.

@Johnysoutherner

Ай бұрын

​@@form109 incorrect, the 4cyl autos had the 5r44e transmission

Is this engine better/more reliable than the 4.0 V6?

@mravocadoman2904

5 ай бұрын

Some say the 4.0 is solid, but the 2.3 is probably just as good if not more, just not in power of course, but is a very simple engine. Probably cheaper to replace altogether too. Much better in gas mileage too

@mravocadoman2904

5 ай бұрын

But I did have an '02 Explorer with the 4.0 and it was very solid and smooth. It had a bit of an oil leak but I gave it away before I was able to figure out what was up with it. Otherwise, it was amazing. I have yet to own something with a 2.3, but I have heard great things. It's basically a Mazda engine, so it should be just fine

@darthpryce

5 ай бұрын

@@mravocadoman2904 Thanks brother I appreciate it !

@jameslong7630

Ай бұрын

I had a 2002 FX4 with the manual trans and they are now known as the rattle of death. 63,000, first a little every morning, then out on an OHV road in the mountains and didn't think I'd even make it home. Yes the rear timing chain, the dealer swiped the timing chain tensioners from a Coyote engine for me since we've bought 3 cars from them otherwise would have cost me 6K rather than the bit over 1K. Traded it away.