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If you can do a search on this board, I think you will find what you are looking for. This subject has been discussed quite extensively before.
Jose
Jim E
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Yeah it has been pretty well hashed over but in short. I like the Ranger/Bronco II version of the 2.8, not sure of teh years they were produced with teh engine off the top of my head. The R/BII version has flanged thrust washers and the cam has larger journals, not that either of these things is a big deal but it also has the right oil pan and will have teh oil filter adaptor both of which you do need. The T5 from a later Mustang with the 3.8 is seems to be teh trans of choice right now.
Hi Birdfan,
I'm sorry I thought you could find all the vehicles that the 2.8 V6 came in, but I tried to use the search function and couldn't find it. Maybe it is just because I don't know how to manage it, but I came up empty handed.
The 2.8 Ford V6 came in several vehicles, so I will list all of them and the years in which they were made.
Mustang II/Capri/Capri II/ Pinto/Bobcat wagons. Years, 1974-1978, and a few 1979 Fox bodied Mustangs too.
Ranger/Bronco II, years 1983-1985/6. Aerostar vans, I think years 1983-1985.
The engines you are most likely to find, are rhe Ranger/Bronco II, because they are more recent, so they are more likely to be in the wrecking yards. Either the early or late 2.8 V6 will be fine.
The differences are:
1.) The early engines use thrust washers, and the late engines use a flanged thrust main bearing.
2.) The late engines have a larger diameter cam shaft than the early ones.
3.) The late engine cranks have under cut fillet radiuses.
4.) The 1974 heads were better to make power, because they don't have a heat riser cast in.
The rest of the engine is the same. There are some parts off of the early engine that you will need to make the conversion work, so keep your eye out for an early car, preferrably a Mustang II, because if you score a complete standard shift car, you will get the bellhousing, flywheel, clutch, pressure plate and starter; all things that will need to do the conversion. You will also get the 8" rear end that you will need if you plan on using the 200 hp engine.
I hope this helps you.
Jose
I'm sorry I thought you could find all the vehicles that the 2.8 V6 came in, but I tried to use the search function and couldn't find it. Maybe it is just because I don't know how to manage it, but I came up empty handed.
The 2.8 Ford V6 came in several vehicles, so I will list all of them and the years in which they were made.
Mustang II/Capri/Capri II/ Pinto/Bobcat wagons. Years, 1974-1978, and a few 1979 Fox bodied Mustangs too.
Ranger/Bronco II, years 1983-1985/6. Aerostar vans, I think years 1983-1985.
The engines you are most likely to find, are rhe Ranger/Bronco II, because they are more recent, so they are more likely to be in the wrecking yards. Either the early or late 2.8 V6 will be fine.
The differences are:
1.) The early engines use thrust washers, and the late engines use a flanged thrust main bearing.
2.) The late engines have a larger diameter cam shaft than the early ones.
3.) The late engine cranks have under cut fillet radiuses.
4.) The 1974 heads were better to make power, because they don't have a heat riser cast in.
The rest of the engine is the same. There are some parts off of the early engine that you will need to make the conversion work, so keep your eye out for an early car, preferrably a Mustang II, because if you score a complete standard shift car, you will get the bellhousing, flywheel, clutch, pressure plate and starter; all things that will need to do the conversion. You will also get the 8" rear end that you will need if you plan on using the 200 hp engine.
I hope this helps you.
Jose
atallamcs
Donation Time
Engine choice
I tend to think differently about engine choice. I think the Saturn Ion Redline--Ecotec engine, supercharged with 205 hp and very light might be a novel way to go. It is new and there are reports that the little four cylinder has had the hp boosted to over 1000 hp, so, there is all kinds of power to be derived from this engineering marvel.
Bill Atalla
I tend to think differently about engine choice. I think the Saturn Ion Redline--Ecotec engine, supercharged with 205 hp and very light might be a novel way to go. It is new and there are reports that the little four cylinder has had the hp boosted to over 1000 hp, so, there is all kinds of power to be derived from this engineering marvel.
Bill Atalla
TulsaAlpine
Donation Time
turned sideways
Bill,
Like your ideal of considering the ecotec engine but. yes but looking at my Saturn Sky Redline turbo which is rear wheel drive they kind of did a odd placement. The ecotec engine was developed for front wheel drive, like duh they turned it sideways to stuff it into the Sky rear wheel drive. So its huge wide placement I don't think would ever fit in an Alpine, guess I could measure mine and send you the block size. My turbo charged 2.0 ecotec in the Alpine, Bat out of hell!
Donna
Bill,
Like your ideal of considering the ecotec engine but. yes but looking at my Saturn Sky Redline turbo which is rear wheel drive they kind of did a odd placement. The ecotec engine was developed for front wheel drive, like duh they turned it sideways to stuff it into the Sky rear wheel drive. So its huge wide placement I don't think would ever fit in an Alpine, guess I could measure mine and send you the block size. My turbo charged 2.0 ecotec in the Alpine, Bat out of hell!
Donna