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2wd!! Oh brother LOL
All these years of working on Rangers and Explorers my first RWD explorer was here in Idaho! HAHAHAHA Seriously we went to buy a low mile V8 2000 Explorer and when we got there I was like there are no front CV axles, my brain did a second take!
I am not sure I had ever owned or seen a RWD V8 before! Not in person. That's what happens when you are from Colorado!!
Now we have a Rwd 4r70w to work with I have had my eye on a few RWD rangers already.
Nothing wrong with 2wd conversions, pretty sure the first rangers to get 289 and 302's were the old 83-84 rwd ones anyways...Ive been around plenty or RWD Rangers with 302, 351, 460 and 2.3T in them...just never thought about building or owning one myself.
Now here in Idaho the roads are semi flat, I can see the use!
Run what ya brung
Most any 2WD SUV that ends up in this corner of the country got here when it's owner from a southern state moved up here and didn't realize that some dirty laundry needs to be left behind. They seemingly overlooked the reality that there significant snowfalls/icy roads, but when they do, and when they decide to surrender their 2WD vehicle to a dealer to trade it in (and get pounded on the trade) , it's punk on the lot and usually goes to auction down in Kali or the like. To a large degree, pickups fall in this category up here too.
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-Bill
04 Ranger FX4 Level II, several mods