[Lucifer Sam]

what year ranger?

My 97 ranger I was able to simply plug in the explorer engine harness to my 4 cylinder chasiss harness all the pinouts were the same.

using similar year components is the key.

If using the explorer trans and keeping emissions itll be a cake walk

But, youll need all the sensors, coil packs, harmonic balancer, possibly timing cover (might be the same as a 94+ mustang gt), and you might as well use a gt40 intake setup unless your planning using something better

 

[Lucifer Sam]

I don't think the Tkos will support a transfer case.
youll need a ford truck manual trans, or if you aren't serious about offroading, you can use a 4x4 s10 T5 with a sbf bellhousing, but thatd be iffy with your power level.

I used the SLL4 explorer ecu and had it chipped to turn it in a manual trans ecu and get rid of the smog stuff.

Like I said before, youll need all the sensors off an explorer 302, a explorer/94-95 gt timing cover, and the explorer harnmonic balancer/pulley.