what about an electric fan? if you get rid of the belt driven fan then you have less parasitic drag on the engine, and electric fan will get you a few extra horses.
@@erickmendoza2403 well the stock fan is usually screwed right on to the water pump pulley and it all you have to do is unscrew it to take it off. and to install an electric fan you just have to find one that's the right size for your radiator, they most likely make a kit for your vehicle's make and model unless you have some weird uncommon vehicle. it's a 12v fan so all it needs is a source of power, you could wire a relay up to the ignition switch in the cab and then wire the fan up to the hot position on the relay.
I'm sorry but I have to disagree, my drive way is on a hill. When the fan would kick in the whole truck would just lose its power and would struggle very badly up the hill. Even on flat grounds you could clearly feel when it kicked in and it slowed the truck down alot. I did a direct drive fan, was great at lower rpms sounded cool at high rpms but struggled with power by a little. Finally found another fan for the clutch style and works great. If you can keep the old fan (discontinued by ford) with the fan clutch it'll be your best bet
@@jasoncramer5091 how would an electric fan slow your truck down? It has no drag on the engine, the only way that could happen is if it sucked so much power the alternator would create drag on the engine, but your alternator would blow up before making such a noticeable drop in power. And even still electric fans don't draw that much power. Are you sure it wasn't your AC compressor? On smaller engines with old compressors they can be a big parasite.
@@ElectronicsForFun yes very sure it wasn't the ac compressor because when the fan was off you wouldn't feel the compressor. But when it would come on with the fan on the engine just bogged itself down. I dont recall how many amps the fan pulled but I do know it was at least 10 amps. (It was a single fan which covered the radiator) when it would kick on you could feel it. Also didn't work to well with my truck because my radiator was to thin (single row) and the temp probe couldn't really sense the temp that well so I would run hot, around 190-195 and sometimes 205. But my engine would struggle with the amps it pulled from the altinator trying to keep up
Is the catalytic converter restrictive? It can be... especially if it's an older model, with a lower cell count to it's treated monolithic bricks, or uses a pellet bed. Solution: Get a new(er) one! Maybe a high-flow model with a treated metal substrate. Don't go completely eliminating your muffler & tailpipe... the noise in the cab will make driving it tiring. Try mounting a good choice of high-flow "turbo" muffler instead, or--in this guy's case--at least put a long glass-pack muffler/resonator on the end. The resulting note might surprise you, even with a 4-cyl! And while you're at it, build your exhaust with Mandrel-bent pipes--they flow better! But don't go bigger in the pipe size, unless your engine exponentially flows that much more air... because it'll defeat what you're attempting to do: Improve the exhaust gases to help the engine run more efficiently and produce more power.
Never use brake cleaner for maf sensor cleaning. They make a mass air flow sensor spray to clean it that wont ruin the sensor
Youre still a grasshopper, don't try to be a teacher until you know yourself. Good luck with the 'ol ranger.
Traction bars best use of old bed frames i seen yet.Animal like that goes through the tires for sure
Lmao 😂
Now you can brag about having sleeper parts. If not making funny, I have 97 2.3l xlt. Yes I said X.L.T.
Just a heads-up, if you ever make real horsepower, don't mount your traction bars to your shock mounts... They'll tear right off.
I was listening until you said out brake cleaner on the maf rofl
Same here. Always always use MAF specific cleaner!
Same shit different can lol.
Brakekleen will kill sensors!
You must be the terror of the neighborhood in that truck!
He forgot to change the oil filter more ponies from there right?
You've already got all the horsepower you need! Try driving a stock 4 banger '88 S15 for 2 years before upgrading to a Ranger!
Use mass air flow cleaner don't use brake cleaner
It's pretty much the same shit in a different can, I do it often without problems.
what about an electric fan? if you get rid of the belt driven fan then you have less parasitic drag on the engine, and electric fan will get you a few extra horses.
How do you do that
@@erickmendoza2403 well the stock fan is usually screwed right on to the water pump pulley and it all you have to do is unscrew it to take it off. and to install an electric fan you just have to find one that's the right size for your radiator, they most likely make a kit for your vehicle's make and model unless you have some weird uncommon vehicle. it's a 12v fan so all it needs is a source of power, you could wire a relay up to the ignition switch in the cab and then wire the fan up to the hot position on the relay.
I'm sorry but I have to disagree, my drive way is on a hill. When the fan would kick in the whole truck would just lose its power and would struggle very badly up the hill. Even on flat grounds you could clearly feel when it kicked in and it slowed the truck down alot. I did a direct drive fan, was great at lower rpms sounded cool at high rpms but struggled with power by a little. Finally found another fan for the clutch style and works great. If you can keep the old fan (discontinued by ford) with the fan clutch it'll be your best bet
@@jasoncramer5091 how would an electric fan slow your truck down? It has no drag on the engine, the only way that could happen is if it sucked so much power the alternator would create drag on the engine, but your alternator would blow up before making such a noticeable drop in power. And even still electric fans don't draw that much power. Are you sure it wasn't your AC compressor? On smaller engines with old compressors they can be a big parasite.
@@ElectronicsForFun yes very sure it wasn't the ac compressor because when the fan was off you wouldn't feel the compressor. But when it would come on with the fan on the engine just bogged itself down. I dont recall how many amps the fan pulled but I do know it was at least 10 amps. (It was a single fan which covered the radiator) when it would kick on you could feel it. Also didn't work to well with my truck because my radiator was to thin (single row) and the temp probe couldn't really sense the temp that well so I would run hot, around 190-195 and sometimes 205. But my engine would struggle with the amps it pulled from the altinator trying to keep up
They make mass air flow sensor cleaner brake fluid leaves residue on it
Yo I am 13 years old and I am getting a ford ranger and this video helps anlot
So I’m other words you actually did zero performance mods lmao
He was basically showing how to maintain your power from factory
Love the comic
I like your blue interior...
Rip the ranger danger
Slap some performance plugs in as well
Dude with the HP you gained combining all these techniques, you could have just put a K&N sticker on the back glass. Same HP, less time.
You lost me when you said clean maf with brake cleaner 🤣🤦🏻♂️
Nice vid
Can I buy zip ties at the speed shop?
Is the catalytic converter restrictive? It can be... especially if it's an older model, with a lower cell count to it's treated monolithic bricks, or uses a pellet bed. Solution: Get a new(er) one! Maybe a high-flow model with a treated metal substrate.
Don't go completely eliminating your muffler & tailpipe... the noise in the cab will make driving it tiring. Try mounting a good choice of high-flow "turbo" muffler instead, or--in this guy's case--at least put a long glass-pack muffler/resonator on the end. The resulting note might surprise you, even with a 4-cyl!
And while you're at it, build your exhaust with Mandrel-bent pipes--they flow better! But don't go bigger in the pipe size, unless your engine exponentially flows that much more air... because it'll defeat what you're attempting to do: Improve the exhaust gases to help the engine run more efficiently and produce more power.
That’s what I’m trying to do with mine, I’m fairly certain that this is the issue with mine, it’s a 92
Dont listen. To this guy some break cleaner lol
Brought her from 150 to 160😂
Only in my dreams could the little 4banger make 160 the tires defiantly wouldn’t last long then #or the clutch
Gotta upgrade man
lol this fames UA-camr goes to my School
Lol hate to burst your bubble but they were rated for a wopping 114 hp
@@Kyle-jb3hr 132
Damn 42k views already 🤤🤤
1 million views here we come
, so clean my air flow sensor with brake cleaner, so then if I need to clean brake parts I should use chicken broth, hmmm, ok, makes sense
Maybe just swap in a 5.0 bud.
Otherwise you really didn’t do anything but scheduled maintenance and some hackfab dipshit bars
#freehim
that’s not a 2.3 that’s. 2.5
It’s a 97 no 2.5s till 98
james schuckers durr
Santiago Garcia the intake looks like a 2.5 2.3 different intake top hafe 4 bolts that intake 4 holes in line
Before u start to say wrong motor know what ur saying 97.. only came with a 2.3 3.0 and 4.0 the 98 was a 2.5
2.5