how hard was it to make the adapter plate? any pointers

 

Love your serp belt setup. If you had to do it over again would you still have done a two belt system? I am thinking of my own build and I think the accessory mounting/setup is the scariest part for me. Especially since I want to keep the Jeeps AC, Alternator, and power steering!

Thanks for sharing the build.

 

I wanted to bump this thread and report on the 2203 Ranger. The truck is still running strong. The truck has over 17k miles on the conversion (almost 13k miles in 2014). I replaced the tires with slightly taller 215/75/14, and my gearing is right at 16% taller than stock. The stock truck came with a 3.45 rear end.

The new tires are rolling better, because my mpg has increased to 39-41 mpg. I do a mix of light city and open road and haven't gotten under 38 mpg. I took a trip to Texas, and speeds between 67-70mph yielded 39 mpg for the round trip. The colder temps and winter diesel haven't hit mpg much. My last tank yielded 39.2 mpg. I checked my odometer against gps and Google Maps, so my numbers aren't guesses.

I am still dealing with blow by in the engine. Despite two breathers with half inch hose, I still am puking some oil during running. It is worse on the highway pushing boost. Also, the brackets for the alternator have flexed, creating some belt alignment issues, but it still runs fine.

I sold off my spare BMW and Ford Ranger, because I don't need them. I am down to Kubota Ranger and a motorcycle. I want to buy a car for longer trips, but almost every car out there gets worse mpg than then Ranger. What a shame?!? :-)

usedkubotaman, if you see this, we need to meet up sometime. I would like to compare conversions, because I have no idea if my truck could run better.

When I get a sunny day, I will take recent pictures and upload to Flickr, so you guys will have high resolution images.

Jurgen

 

I also want to report on EGTs. Pre turbo EGTs run between 400 and 800 degrees. Under 55 mph, I usually am around 500 degrees. On the interstate above 60 mph, EGT is around 600-700. It goes above 700 on hills and the boost climbs. It very rarely gets above 800. All in all, I would say the engine is running quite efficiently.

 

Thanks for the update! You are catching up to me in miles logged, I'm well over 20,000 now. Maybe the blow by is caused by the high back pressure of your turbo, I don't spin my motor nearly as fast as you are, rarely go over 2200 rpm. I have no blow by what so ever.

 

"usedkubotaman, if you see this, we need to meet up sometime. I would like to compare conversions, because I have no idea if my truck could run better"

Yes we need to meet, I would like to see your truck and compare.

On your blowby, are you sure you don't have any vacuum leaks from the alternator? If it's drawing air in freely it will push out oil. The other likely cause would be the turbo seal.

 

So where did you put your pyro probe and how much do you have the fuel screwed backed out?

 

From the stock manifold (4 into 1 with flange facing straight up), I have a U-bend (more like a 135 than 180) going into the turbo. I have a bung in the u-bend. That's where the pyrometer sensor is.

Fuel screw is out about 1 3/4 turns. 2 produced quite a bit of smoke, so I turned it back to roughly 1 3/4.

Jurgen

 

Hello! I'm new to the site.
I have a question for turbo6bar
I own a 1991 Ranger 4x4 5 speed
that I want to swap a Kubotta V2203 turbo diesel into. As far as gearing goes, will I be alright to run the factory 3.73 gears or should I regear to 3.07 gears like you had mentioned? I plan on running 215/75r15 A/T tires and want it to have the same get up and go as the 2.3 4 cylinders do (which I know isn't REALLY fast) can you tell me what an average 0-60 time for your truck? And does it at least have the power for basic daily driving? Also I remember you said that it felt like it was going to blow up at around 3000 RPMs and that it would shudder below 1700 RPMs when shifting. Has this been fixed since you regeared? I am trying to educate myself on this whole swap before I dive into it so any advice or information you or anyone else on here can give me would be awesome.

Thanks!

 

I have an 89 Ranger with this motor and yes re-gear is needed with the tire size you're running. Mine has way more power than the stock 2.3 it replaced with double the mpg's. I bumped my injection timing up and now it revs better but don't really need to do it often.