Diesel Swapped Ranger EXPLAINED!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- We get asked every day how the ranger works and questions about it. We love getting feedback and questions but the easiest way to talk about it all is in a video. So this is for all of you that had questions or just wanted to know more about the truck.
love the "outside the box" thinking. Nice work guys
Thanks! :)
Totally saw this truck at the gas station at the diesel pump. I own a ranger and was thinking uhhh whats this guy doing? Then i saw the license plate. Super cool.
Bro, awesome ride and great job on the swap. The perfect diesel motor for a smaller truck and fuel economy.
Commenting late , But I really like that setup !! Thanks for sharing it with everyone
We use those little Kubota's in our 20kVA generator sets. Pretty cool to see in a highway application.
It makes a great motor for a vehicle! Few little bugs that we have had to chase down, mostly struggling with exhaust temps, but it runs buttery smooth
This truck is awesome I like the idea of putting a diesel in a ranger but they stopped making production ones in the late 80s at least for the US
I will race you against my Kubota tractor! lol
😂😂😂
Ship man in my cummins ram 3500 lifted with 37 inch tires I smoked a Corvette with my chip in it
You can tell this guy didn’t build this, but I love this build anyway 😍
What do you mean dude of course he did
Im sorry but this is hard to watch, Because he does not know what he is talking about. Cool truck though
Sounds like it just needs a bigger turbo, I would definitely look into it. That or adjusting fuel delivery ratios. Had one of the swapped into an s10 blazer and with the turbo we had, we could pin it through 5th and it hold egts at a reasonable temp. Not to mention it would spin the 33's like nothing. If anything try to find a bigger exhaust side of the turbo. And always remember, not enough fuel can cause high egts as well.
She rolls coal pretty good, if anything we think it’s a little over fuelled. A bigger turbo would probably have the biggest impact.
Shifted Interests - Chris Boot that's exactly where I'd start! I had the same problem, so I cut the exhaust housing side and intake side to take bigger wheel. Couldn't hardly reach 1250. Bit pricey so I would just look into getting one with little larger wheels and housings.
That’s a K03 off a 1.8T Passat, the factory upgrade is a K03S, which has a larger compressor housing. A K04 might also help. I’m running an IHI rhf5 off a UK 2.5 diesel Ranger. There’s a forum on dieselbomber.com discussing all the different K03 specs and what everyone is running on their conversions.
Thanks for the info, we will have to look into it.
Apologies for the glitch at the end
Shifted Interests - Chris Boot my right ear haha
Sick little truck! Love the diesel swap! Maybe if you go bigger exhaust it will help keep those egts down I'm going from 3 inch to 5 inch on my 6.6 lbz duramax
3 inch should be plenty big enough for this little motor, might have to upgrade the exhaust side of the turbo though...
Shifted Interests would he sell it? I want to buy it
Anything is for sale for the right price
Love that truck, hope to have something similar some day.
After looking it over I think I'm going with a vw tdi motor in mine
K -Ford dope little truck ain't it! Just cummins swap them 4bt
I don't know anything about my truck. But the guys who did it gave me some cool stickers.
Man.....this is insane!!!!!!😁
I'm am fully impresse
👍👍👍👍👍
Greetings from deep South Texas.
Could you post a parts list?
buddy isnt tooooo sure what hes talking about
Whys that?
Lol hard to watch
Because Ford didn't start making a FX4 Ford Ranger till 2002. They came out with the Level II in 2003.
Freddie Spadie that’s retarded. They made 4x4 rangers from the very beginning
@@BrianSmith-lo3mj I have an 01 and it's definitely FX4
Love the truck, I got a 93 ford ranger xlt 2.3 standard, u should honestly take those corny orange lights off the top and put a 41" led light bar
Love this ford ranger! Cool diesel swap and way to be different!!! Upgrade to bigger turbo bigger Intercooler ice water set up. Bigger injectors too.
Good job, put some bigger injectors and slap a bigger turbo in there like a compound setup. More air from a bigger turbo will keep you egt’s down.
What kind of power and torque does it make???
In what vehicles and what year can I get this ford diesel engine?
How much did the swap cost you ?
could you do a video showing the the under side of things? the small things you know or think have been modified to make the engine work? what suspension would be needed to make the swap
U can use stock suspension
Is the motor a DI or IDI? Has the timing been adjusted? If it hasn’t been adjusted it will drop your egt and help boost lower
Thats a nice truck man. I was wondering if it was worth it back when you were fighting all that rust but it has turned out great.
We had doubtful days too, but it’s been a fun journey to get to this point. Very rewarding.
Thank you so much for this video.
No problem 👍🏼
How did you adapt the transmission?
It got a whopping 51hp
But the torque is up around 300 ft/lb
@@ShiftedInterests
How does it drive in terms of take off and roll on speeds?
It Dyno’d at 75.5
Awesome setup man.
Who did the swap?
Definitely not the kid in the video.. he doesn't have a clue about it.
Nice I might get those tires on my ranger now.
If you do, we don’t recommend getting “LT” rated tires as the truck does not need them, it’s just extra weight and they cost more.
First comment !!! Great video as always, keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks! Here’s your cookie 🍪
"Imma show you guys what I use and what's in this truck." doesn't know half of it.
Otherwise awesome build. Great job
We're did u get the trans plate done
Did you ever sell it? Or have contact info for whoever did the swap?
I want to do this so bad to my 98 Ford ranger
Where did you get those little Yellow white on the top there’s 501 where did she get them I would love to put that on my Ford ranger
My understanding of cab clearance lights at least in the US, is that it designates a vehicle over 8 feet wide, and is illegal for vehicles under 8 feet wide. Not sure how manufacturers are getting away with having them on 4-wheel pickups recently though
My understanding of the matter is that it is not illegal to have extra lights (clearance lights in this case). But they are required for different reasons such as: 8’ wide, long trailers, high vehicles, high trailers, etc.
My guess is that manufacturers include them on pickups because of the tow ratings that go with them, they are expected to be used for their full tow rating without modification or adding lights. I have never heard of clearance lights being illegal wherever they are not absolutely required.
On the Kubota ranger, they are decorative.
Do you have a kit so I can do a swap my self
Are the splines in the transmission the same as the motor? Or was it modified?
It’s a clutch between the two, no splines. It has a different flywheel, and adaptor plate. But uses the stock ranger clutch.
How many miles have you driven on the swap?
What motor mounts were used? How's u get vacuum th the brake booster and turbo variable vein? And how did I serpentine belt swap it? I need answers
Custom motor mounts, the brake booster isn’t vacuum, I believe it’s from a Detroit diesel. It just has two extra pullys, I don’t believe much else was changed on the belt other than the length.
Those lights on the roof are clearance lights. They are for trailer towing. They give a warning that a trailer may be behind for on coming traffic. Nothing heavy duty about them.
Where are the wheels in the description?
You might want to connect us to the person that built this. Obvious you dont know anything about it.
Nice truck John Snow)
Was the 4 liter broken or something ?
Have you tried to tow with it? Curious how it would handle vs the 4L.
Due to the egt problem, we have not towed with it. It would be a challenge to keep the temperature down while towing and wouldn’t be a good experience.
If it wasn’t for the egt’s it might be decent at light towing.
@@ShiftedInterests thanks for the response reallly cool build.
Put one of those in a 2wd mighty max and you could get like 45 mpg
Like the 83 ranger, right?
Nice build. what is the engine taching at 100kph?
Roughly 2,600 rpm
Not really sure ask my dad
Yeah right
Y'all did a excellent job.
Thank you :)
Did you buy the truck like this or did you swap the engine out yourself?
Bought it with the swap already done
It's not a MOTOR... it's an engine.
Motors are electric
Very interesting. What about emissions? Where in Ontario are you from? Just got my first diesel a couple weeks ago. A Nissan Titan XD Cummins
It didn’t need emissions the first two years of it being on the road, but this upcoming year it will need to be tested. We might try to get it to pass, but it might end up getting farm plates and being exempt.
Have you ever put your truck on the dyno? If so, what are your horsepower and torque numbers? You also didn't mention what gears you are running or what axle. Also, you should race another SOHC 4.0 ranger with a tune, intake, and exhaust just as a comparison. That would be cool.
If we find someone local with a similar truck but 4l then a race would be a cool idea!
As for dyno numbers. We haven’t put the truck on a dyno yet, but we are guessing it’s around 100 horse and 300 ft/lb torque
For gears, we guess it’s stock 410. But we have never checked. Limited slip. Stock axle.
Do your tires rub on the fender when you turn
At full turn, they touch the sway bar a tiny bit. But it’s nothing to worry about.
What u plate it under....i mean its a modded rager so what do the ownership say? Any issues with the MTO?
Id drive that over a regular gas ranger any day.....take care of it dude....from rust haha
The ownership actually says diesel. Previous owner that did the swap had the ownership changed. Insurance doesn’t care because it doesn’t make the truck faster or more dangerous to drive.
Shifted Interests - Chris Boot nice :)
U should do ont on a newer body explorer too 02+ before they went FWD :) .... Just a thought
Hey man i have a 2010 Mazda b2300 2.3l 2wd I want to diesel swap located in moncton nb any chances I could reach out to you
So bad ass...get you the ranger to rapture kit
Dutch here,nice meeting u at mecum,i emailed your dad.
What gear ratio are you running on this. I'm interested in the rpms at 100km/h (60ish mph)
I believe it’s a 410 rear end
100km/h is over 2,000 rpm
with 0.79 5th gear ratio(M5R1) and 4.10 final drive you'll be running ~2200rpm on 31.6" tires. Some people got good results with 3.73 gears. It may lower your EGT if the torque is enough ....
... you are good at math, want to calculate our smart car top speed? What numbers do you need to figure it out?
Assuming it reaches redline in top gear:
- redline (let's just assume it maxes out there, alternatively and more honestly especially in top gear rpm@max power)
- top gear ratio (let me know what transmission you have I may be able to take it from there)
- final drive ratio (Stock smart should have 4.530:1)
- tire info (to calculate outer diameter)
I see. You guys hooked the FZ1 transmission output to the rear axle. I need the sprocket teeth count for transmission-output and axle input(aka. the big sprocket). FZ1 transmission ratios is dependent on year. Also, does top gear still make enough power to make top speed with the weight of the smart?
why not just go richer on the fuel to lower the egt's?
We should actually try that. It won’t solve the problem, but it may help a few degrees!
i knew i saw this truck somewhere... didnt know it was you until i saw the Ontario license plate and "itsadezl"
What’s the backspacing on the rims?
We are unsure
We did the math before we bought them. They are slightly more offset than the stock wheels, the inside of the rim is the same distance as stock but it’s a wider wheel so the outside lip is wider than stock.
how much for a Kubota engine?
what kind of torque dose it make
We hope to eventually put it on a dyno to know forsure. We don’t have any numbers other than guesses at this point.
hey i see your in ontario i was wondering how you got it e tested and did mto give you any trouble when you went to go switch your fuel type im considering doing a diesel swap but with a alh form a 2003 jetta
Surprisingly we didn’t have to get an e test, it was still valid for this year. We will have to figure it out this October. Previous owner switched the fuel type before we bought it.
Worst case scenario we just put it as a farm truck and don’t have to worry about e tests.
I have a ford rangr 2016 stil new only engn prblm swap with a prvt car
would you sale the truck or how much to convert mine the same
We didn’t do the swap, so we can’t give an accurate cost of that.
And the truck has too much money in it to make it worth selling at this time.
Where in Ontario are you ?
what about the fuel system
Good question. The filler neck had to be cut wider on the inside to allow for the filler nozzle on a diesel pump to go in. I believe it uses the factory fuel pump.
nice Kubota badge
In my country, every ford ranger sold here is a diesel.. never have gasoline
K04s are teeny tiny whittle turbies, go hx30
Where in Ontario do you guys live? I live an hour North of Toronto. Would love to do a diesel swap in my ranger.
We are around an hour south west of Toronto
We weren’t the ones to do the Kubota diesel swap, we bought it this way and fixed it and made it more reliable
That's cool!! I like the truck either way! Hoping to look into swapping within the next year or so. If I have questions, I'll know who to talk to. Do you have an Instagram page or anything for the channel?
Yup! Any questions, feel free to ask and we will do our best to answer.
We have an Instagram @shiftedinterests where we do behind the scenes and more
What was total cost of the swap
We weren’t the ones to do the actual swap, the previous owner did. So we don’t know what it cost him
GAS mileage is undefined because you cannot divide by zero.
Defiantly not a gm Detroit diesel brake booster that's hydraulic and comes off ur power steering and then hoses up to ur brake booster no diaphragm that has a diaphragm so nope
Why not a 4bt?
The previous owner did the swap, I’m sure he had his reasons (probably cost and ease of access) 4bt has better specs but it’s not always about the specs.
Shifted Interests I mean, the only reason to ever do a swap is to get better specs.
If that was true it would have a dd13 or something.
It’s unique, it’s cool, that’s enough
Be nice to hear the damn thing!
Id suggest lower final drive ratios. As the gas ratios are for,more powerful engines... And,the,motor wouldn't work as hard
We were considering lowering the gearing in the beginning. But it goes highway speeds in last gear, around 2,000rpm. If we lowered it any more, it would be revving a little too high and wouldn’t go highway speeds anymore.
Shifted Interests the vw 5speed tdi. Are almost at 3k@80mph
80 is at 2800, 85 is at 3000
That's with a roughly 4k Redline
I'm looking forward to my first diesel swap hopefully soon
Nice ranger
Thanks!
how much did you drop
Alot. By the sounds of it he did not build this truck he got shops to do it. Even building yourself a diesel swap is easily 5 grand for a small 4 cylinder diesel. He may know the shop or have got a good deal. But I wouldn't be surprised if he has over 15 grand in that swap.
Check out our first videos on this truck, you might be surprised. It was a cheap old truck that was falling apart when we bought it. But the swap was already done by the previous owner. there wasn’t much that went into the swap on our end, this project was mostly body work and accessories.
@@ShiftedInterests okay sorry this is the only video I've watched so I guessed that you had a shop do it. Did good buying a already swapped one much cheaper
I'm jealous
Love the idea though and the top lights what they off of......NVM
where as it is nice to see out of the box problem solving this makes no sense. it will never fully run right because the fuel system is intended for skid steers and refer units. both setups are meant to run at a set rpm all day. as to putting a weaker engine into a truck any efficiency gains made by going diesel are lost by the fact that the motor is underpowered for the vehicle even with the turbo mod. again nice to see something different.
The real question is, does it have a spare tire?🙃
It does not... the crossmember that ford designed to hold it was non existent when we first started the project. We just put a steel pipe in its place for strength. The lighter the truck is, the better though, so I doubt we would have a spare even if we could.
Your not telling me that has the stock trans are you!?!
It sure does! And hasn’t had any transmission problems yet
@@ShiftedInterests wow I would have upgraded the trans but who am I to talk your engine swap ranger looks a lot nicer than mine. Good job
It’s not your egts I promise. That turbo is off either a diesel or gas Jetta engine and it’s not big enough. And the radiator is way too small for that diesel. It’s not your Intercooler.
The radiator is made for a 4l vs 2.2 that’s in it. It doesn’t have any coolant temperature problems 😂
We are guessing the turbo is the largest problem, that’s causing the high EGT’s. egts are a problem considering the previous owner melted the pistons on his first test drive because he wasn’t watching his gauge.
Diesels fun hotter but yeah your right about the turbo they run low psi factory
The turbo on here can push close to 30 psi
I think I saw u on orc and driven around to
90% Sure thats a KP39 turbo off a diesel jetta
Sounds like you bought it this way, and do not know much about it nice truck though.
This video so painful to watch. Nice rig tho
Let me guess. You know everything about everything car and engine produced. Smh...
That 4bt is heavy AF tho. Also, there's nothing more useless than a 2wd truck.
It’s a v2203
That kid didn’t do any of that himself
Its neat, but def a lot of work for worse performance.
Second.
It's an engine, not a motor.
your canadian arnt ya
Yup
@@ShiftedInterests i heard it when you said figure it out
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