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I've never done a v8 swap on a Ranger but I did do a v8 swap on a Mustang. I discovered quickly that the wiring of 1993 Mustang with a 2.3 is no where near the same as a 93 Mustang with a 5.0. When I say wiring I mean the entire car from headlights to taillights. Both cars were 5 speeds lx coupes with the same options. Along with both cars being the same color and build dates being the same (4-93). The wiring was completely different. I literally had to gut and strip both cars and install every wiring harness from the v8 car to 2.3 car. So if you keep this bit of info in mind I dont see why you cant perform the swap on any Ranger. With doing that all that fancy expo features would almost be plug and play. It would also save time on tracing wires and figuring out what you do and dont need. But keep in mind as I said I have never done this to Ranger from an Explorer. That's 2 different trucks. I did it from 2 Mustangs. Although the same cars but way different. I even had to swap out the steering columns to get the conversion to work as if Ford made my 2.3 a 5.0 car. Just some food for thought.
My first post here but couldn't let this misinformation remain here without being corrected. I've owned 14 Mustangs and 11 Rangers and have done multiple swaps including big blocks into fox bodies along with 2.3 to 5.0 conversions along with turbo 2.3 and V8 swaps into Rangers. All of that info about complete wiring changes in a Fox Mustang when converting the same model year from 2.3 to 5.0 is TOTALLY FALSE... When using the appropriate engine harness NONE of the body harness needs to be touched at all.... PLEASE STOP POSTING MISINFORMATION for others to find that may take it for gospel....