project Fumbler's Gone To America - Ford F*cking Ranger

[Fumbler]

27 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I’m pretty sure the Ranger like yours @Fumbler is basically the same as the original square style ones launched way back in the early 80’s (83ish I think?) very little changed other than body panels and the addition of things like fuel injection and whatever emission control stuff your state had. The twin spark version was about the end of the Lima engine development though I think.

The Lima engine was also fitted in Mustangs and the Thunderbird Turbo coupe so in theory you could  make a few alterations to go faster!😄

 

I believe it's almost the same as the 80s models like you say - twin I beam front suspension, same frame, same defective spring shackles which break (these have been replaced). According to a few sites the Lima engine was replaced by the Duratec sometime around the millennium. As far as emissions rubbish goes, I think only California had anything different to the rest of the country. It's still a low compression engine however, but 112HP is way nicer than the supposed 90 it had a few years prior! It definitely feels very willing, even when it had the original spark plugs installed.