are ford and mazda truck parts interchangable

[RICK]

does anybody know if you can swap a 84ford ranger 2.8liter
V6 engine and auto transmissionand put in a 84 mazda B2000
2.0liter engine and 5 speed transmission will in bolt in?
Please let me know!
AT RICKEL...@WEBTV.NET

THANKS RICK

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[J. Davis]

RICK wrote:

> does anybody know if you can swap a 84ford ranger 2.8liter
> V6 engine and auto transmissionand put in a 84 mazda B2000
> 2.0liter engine and 5 speed transmission

Yes.

> will in bolt in?

No, it's going to require fabrication.

The Ford & Mazda mini-pickups didn't become interchangeable
until they started sticking B2300 (etc.) badges on Fords and calling
them Mazda... talk about shooting yourself in the foot - I'd rather
have the Mazda 2.2 that came in the early-90's Mazda trucks than
the 2.3 Ford mill. On the other hand, a Ford 4X4 'Mazda' is
infinitely better than the Mitsubishi 4X4 'Mazda' that was being
sold to the uninformed as a Mazda.

[Import Car Fan]

J. Davis <mar...@shibboleth.ioa.com> wrote in message
news:38A45D13...@shibboleth.ioa.com...

>
> The Ford & Mazda mini-pickups didn't become interchangeable
> until they started sticking B2300 (etc.) badges on Fords and calling
> them Mazda...

I thought the Ford Courier and Mazda B2000 and earlier trucks
shared parts.

[J. Davis]

Import Car Fan wrote:

Ack. I was thinking Ranger, but said Ford. You are right - the Ford
Courier was a pre-84 Mazda B2000.

[Import Car Fan]

Dunno, but I found this engine swap page which might be helpful:

http://members.aol.com/solomiata/MX5Engine.html

It talks about Miata engines mostly, but it also mentions the
'84 B2000 engine.

RICK <rickelcami...@webtv.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:0146ce5a...@usw-ex0108-059.remarq.com...

> does anybody know if you can swap a 84ford ranger 2.8liter
> V6 engine and auto transmissionand put in a 84 mazda B2000