Throttle body. Will it work??

broncobebo1985 · Post by **broncobebo1985** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:46 pm

I have a throttle body from an 85 or so V8 Ltd, and would like to put it on my 2.8. Will this work

wilber · Post by **wilber** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:49 pm

there is a write up on therangerstation for putting a 5.0 throttle body on a 2.9

not just a bolt in swap

broncobebo1985 · Post by **broncobebo1985** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:50 pm

Well now he's going to give me the motor and trans, so looks like a 5.0 swap is in the works!!!

DBrown · Post by **DBrown** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:58 pm

the tranny from the LTD will not work in the BII it is a 2wd tranny.
however, because you are carbed from the factory that motor will make your v8 swap easier.

broncobebo1985 · Post by **broncobebo1985** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:39 pm

the tranny from the LTD will not work in the BII it is a 2wd tranny

Why?

DBrown · Post by **DBrown** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:58 pm

are you wanting to have your BII be 2wd or 4wd?

if it is 4wd and you want it to stay that way you will need a 4wd tranny. the transfer case will not bolt to a 2wd tranny. unless you get a divorced transfer case and then you will probably run out of room for your drive shaft in the rear.

ranger5.0 · Post by **ranger5.0** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:22 am

You will need to have a trans shop install a shortened output shaft into your LTD trans that will spline up to your transfercase and the adapter to mate the two. Does the LTD have a C-4 trans? If so then it would be easier to do because the early BII's with autos came with C-3's and they are the same housing with lighter duty internals and that would allow the C-4 to bolt up easier. It is about how much money you have to spend