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Owns A Torsen
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The main reason I have it is it was bought for a first gen ranger born with a 2.8 and feel silly in a search learned there was a 2.9 also so I have some history catching up to do, calling myself a Ranger fanatic.
The 2.8 was mated with a manual transmission, 4WD.
I was shown the 2.8 and flywheel which had 6 holes/bolts to the crank.
The 4.0 pushrod has 8.
Curious, is there an adapter? He felt the 4.0 would bolt to the transmission being he didn't have to move the engine stand arms and had both engines on the stand. While I was there we took the 4.0 off and put the 2.8 back on and it did seem to line up.
So the curious question is (and if I figure it out before it is answered I will post it) does a pushrod 4.0 bellhousing have the same bolt pattern as a 2.8?
Is there some kind of adapter to bolt a 2.8 flywheel on a 4.0, is it WISE because of balance issues, OR is there a flywheel you can buy that bolts to the 4.0 crank and be used in the 2.8 standard transmission? AND is that wise because of the torque of the 4.0 VS the primitive 2.8?
Man that 2.8 looks like a turd from a design standpoint.
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