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remember these were gas crunch vehicles
Toyota and Nissan mini trucks were coming to USA gasoline was $$$$ Ford/Mazda responded by creating the courier and then Ranger, when they did they snagged engines from Merkur vehicles, the small 2.6/2.8L Cologne V6 and slapped some transmissions behind it. The first autos (C5) were based off the pinto 2.3L C3 automatic (A car) and the manual slush box came from at least 3 manufactures, Toyokogo, Mitsu and Mazda..2 of which use the internal hydraulic slave..... and thats how the nightmare began.
2.6/2.8 and even the 2.9 are not fitted for truck use IMO...not when compared to the bored and stroked 2.9 = 4.0 OHV or even the 2.3L makes better torque down low (before 2500 rpm).
The C4/C5 auto became the A4LD became the 4r55e/5r55e and the 5 speeds eventually settled with Mazda and got stronger and stronger over the years.
Car engines and transmissions do not truck drivetrains make (to put it into Yoda speak)
Last edited on Sat Jul 14th, 2018 09:52 am by 410customs
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