S10s & rangers with 4cyl engines

ThunderDawg09 · 07-11-2009, 11:10 AM

As yall know I am getting ready to Finley get a truck. I keep finding a lot of 4cyl rangers and S10s. Are they any good? I prefer to have a V6. But are the 4 cyl ok for daily use?

stumpuller454 · 07-11-2009, 11:41 AM

really good fuel economy, and i beleive they are the same as in the cavaliers so there are lots of performance stuff available.

ThunderDawg09 · 07-11-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by stumpuller454

really good fuel economy, and i beleive they are the same as in the cavaliers so there are lots of performance stuff available.

Ok. I may check them out then. I was worried they would be under powered for daily driving.

Kennyray · 07-11-2009, 01:27 PM

from my experience the S10 gets better milage than the Ranger. Had an 88 S10 & an 88 Ranger both 4's with a stick behind them. best I could get out of the Ranger was 18 when I was getting 27 with the S10.

bradrhale · 07-13-2009, 11:50 AM

the last 4 cyl i had would stand side by side with a 6. ir was really impressive how much power it actually had.

BernieB · 07-14-2009, 03:39 PM

Back in the early 90's I ran a shop in NYC. One of our fleet accounts was Holmes Protection Services (alarms) and they used mostly Rangers and E-250's. The Rangers all had the 4 cylinder engines with the automatic, and they were getting really horrible mileage before we got the account. Then we started working on them and after about a month I got a call from their vehicle manager asking two questions:

How did you get the gas mileage to go from 16 MPG (average) to 25+?
Why are you billing us for eight spark plugs on a four cylinder engine?

Yup... Whoever had been doing their service before us had only been changing four plugs, one per cylinder, but those engines use two per cylinder, and the second set of plugs was easy to miss if you didn't know about them... or were clueless. Some of these trucks had 250k miles on them, and the "hidden" plugs were factory originals, or what was left of them.

damudking · 07-17-2009, 09:38 PM

8 plugs on a 4 cyl ranger?? what engine? i have never seen a 2.3 with 8 spark plugs....are you sure it wasn't a 2.4L nissan engine?
.....hmmmmmm

did any of the fords duraspark systems use dual plugs?

merlin5577 · 07-17-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ThunderDawg09

As yall know I am getting ready to Finley get a truck. I keep finding a lot of 4cyl rangers and S10s. Are they any good? I prefer to have a V6. But are the 4 cyl ok for daily use?

I know its exciting to gut your first truck, but do yourself a favor and save up to buy what you want, not the first truck you find.

mudseeker · 07-17-2009, 09:49 PM

second plug was fired during the exhuast stroke for emmisions purpose if i remember right.

ThunderDawg09 · 07-18-2009, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by merlin5577

I know its exciting to gut your first truck, but do yourself a favor and save up to buy what you want, not the first truck you find.

I'm not. I am looking at several in my price range.

07-11-2009, 11:10 AM	#1
ThunderDawg09 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 301	S10s & rangers with 4cyl engines As yall know I am getting ready to Finley get a truck. I keep finding a lot of 4cyl rangers and S10s. Are they any good? I prefer to have a V6. But are the 4 cyl ok for daily use?

07-11-2009, 11:41 AM	#2
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,043	really good fuel economy, and i beleive they are the same as in the cavaliers so there are lots of performance stuff available. __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! 450hp and 600ft/lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ27RJHfJKE "sailing with Captain Morgan often!"

07-11-2009, 01:27 PM	#4
Kennyray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 648	from my experience the S10 gets better milage than the Ranger. Had an 88 S10 & an 88 Ranger both 4's with a stick behind them. best I could get out of the Ranger was 18 when I was getting 27 with the S10. __________________ On a quiet night you can hear a Ford rust

07-14-2009, 03:39 PM	#6
BernieB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,906	Back in the early 90's I ran a shop in NYC. One of our fleet accounts was Holmes Protection Services (alarms) and they used mostly Rangers and E-250's. The Rangers all had the 4 cylinder engines with the automatic, and they were getting really horrible mileage before we got the account. Then we started working on them and after about a month I got a call from their vehicle manager asking two questions: How did you get the gas mileage to go from 16 MPG (average) to 25+? Why are you billing us for eight spark plugs on a four cylinder engine? Yup... Whoever had been doing their service before us had only been changing four plugs, one per cylinder, but those engines use two per cylinder, and the second set of plugs was easy to miss if you didn't know about them... or were clueless. Some of these trucks had 250k miles on them, and the "hidden" plugs were factory originals, or what was left of them.

07-17-2009, 09:49 PM	#9
mudseeker Senior Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 6,375	second plug was fired during the exhuast stroke for emmisions purpose if i remember right. __________________ i'd rather be hunting

07-13-2009, 11:50 AM	#5
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,030	the last 4 cyl i had would stand side by side with a 6. ir was really impressive how much power it actually had.

07-17-2009, 09:38 PM	#7
damudking Full Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: boise ID Posts: 12	8 plugs on a 4 cyl ranger?? what engine? i have never seen a 2.3 with 8 spark plugs....are you sure it wasn't a 2.4L nissan engine? .....hmmmmmm did any of the fords duraspark systems use dual plugs?

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