Nope.



This is a problem you'll never see in SC, but my buddy's Indy Pace truck would not go into overdrive in cold weather.



Dealer told him "Oh, that's normal" until 5000 kms after the warranty expired and then they wanted to fix it.



No major failures though, and I've never seen a major failure with any truck motor/tranny combo other than the GM "Duramin / Alice" combo.

 

I'll figure this out when I try to bolt on a turbodiesel's turbo to my n/a block when the rx7 is on the road. I'll run really rich and low boost...at first...with the n/a's heavier internals i bet itll be torquy as ****, and ill need a huge e-fan from a taurus or something to keep the bastard cool. Than when cows fly, ill get the engine rebuilt and ported and well custom mount a grand national's turbo to it so itll sound like a transport truck!

 

The Mazda Navajo used the 4.0L engine. It was a ford engine.



It was a two-door ford explorer, ford wouldn't let Mazda sell a four-door version.



When Mazda trucks became re-badged ford rangers in '93, people around here stopped buying them. Back then they cost more than a Ranger, and were seriously gutless wonders.

 

Looks like they rectified that issue, Mazda is actually cheaper with a better warranty now



And it ain't gutless, I towed a 4,800 lbs trailer on Sunday

 

Plus years ago Ford dumped their ranger design for the Mazda B2000 or whatever Mazda calls their truck.

 

Depends on the diesel engine you're working with but in general it's not too terribly hard to do. Most diesel engines are designed with a turbo in mind anyways, it's a match made in heaven.



Number one problem with dodge trannies: People use the wrong tranny fluid. Use Dodge or Die.

 

The dealership didn't put enough fluid in my mom's Durango when we drove it off the lot.



You get a little kick in the pants shifting into second sometimes...

 

yea we did have to replace the tranny in the 97 ram once but that was my dads fault. he towed a 1932 ford sedan on a trailor without turning off the od. it killed the tranny. the 5.9l in that dodge was bad *** though. I really miss that truck.

 

That's kind of sad.



My sister tows a 11000 lb horse trailer with her 4.6l Ford with no problems. Even keeps up a pretty good pace in steep hills. Only about 5000 lbs over the factory rating!

 

4.6 is a pos. i had one. it sucked the intake gasket into the cylinder and bent a rod. knocked like a sob. and then ford wouldn't do anything. they have had almost 1000 reports of the same incident and still wont do anything.