I have a 97 for dranger with a 4 banger 2.3 and I was wondering if there are any porformance mods to make this things have some more power. I am going to re-do the exhuast, and try and do an intake, but I am looking for more power than that. does anyone out there know of any good place to find proformance parts for this engine. I can't even find the entire intake for it.


Any help would be great.

Thanks a lot

Lou:D

The best mod you can do is 4.0 or 5.0 swap...


But if you insist on keeping the 2.3.. check out :

www.therangerstation.com
www.rangerpowersports.com


The second one is a lowerride site, but they have a lot of performance info.

NOS

man nos wouls blow that little thing up... I say step up to a bigger motor size.. or get a new truck.... a better one that is more capable IMO

Originally posted by joes75bronco
or get a new truck.... a better one that is more capable IMO
Agreed! A '97 2.3 is a 2WD. This is serious 4X4 territory!

(or is it converted to 4X4?)

its a 2wd but I had no where else to ask

theres a bunch of BB on the net.... do a search in google or something... I have a bronco II and used to go on them and stuff... they're there.. just look..

IF you insist on keeping the 2.3 then there are a couple things you can do.
First off the 2.3 is a decent motor for a 4 banger. It has been used for years and years.
Ford increased the stroke on the 4 banger ranger motor to make it a 2.5, so you can get a crank and rods from a newer Ranger to get some cubes. You can get a factory turbo off an older T-Bird Turbo-coupe, which will be fairly easy to add on. SVO sells a high flow head for that motor as well. Try checking the web for Turbo coupe and Merkur XR4ti site as they both use this same motor.

Originally posted by Lure
its a 2wd but I had no where else to ask
Theres two links to good sites (forums) above.

Heres another.

www.offroadrangers.com

These guys are heavy into the 2WD thing.