flywheel for ranger app

[htweels53]

I am installing 89 3.0 sho engine in an 88 r anger using aod trans does anyone know what flywheel will bolt up
Thanks
Phil

 

[jthomas68]

What tranny are you using?For a rwd aplication,there are no tranny`s that will bolt up.There are a few that can be bolted up with alot of modifications though,the cheapest being an Aerostar with a spacer ring.The upper end of the spectrum is a Porche tranny,that`s been done before too.Don`t forget about how you are going to run the motor.With a differnt tranny bolted up,the SHO computer will NOT let the car move,you`ll need a Haltech or equivelant.Can you give more information on your project?

 

[olympic]

The 3.0l SHO and 3.0l vulcan shared the same bellhousing bolt pattern so the ranger tranny should bolt up if it had a vulcan attached to it. A 3.2l SHO flexplate should work. You can't use a vulcan flexplate as it has 6 crank bolts and the SHO has 8. Then there's just the question of "will the AOD torque converter bolt up to the 3.2 flex plate?"

 

[anarchy04]

I know I'm bringing up an old thread but I need to know if the 3.2 SHO flexplate and AOD torque converter mate up. I just found a 3.0 Ranger today with an AOD, 2wd, pretty nice for real cheap, as soon as I seen it had a 3.0 that got the belts turning in my head about a possibly easy SHO Ranger project.