whats up fellas, and ladies...i just bought my first ranger..'01 xlt reg cab 2.3...i was just wondering if all 01 and up 2.3's are duratec's or they are just a 2.3...i will have many more questions as i start to work on it i'm sure, but for now an answer to this will help being that i have never worked on or with a ranger before...thanks....

An 01 2.3 would be a duratec, if it was a 2.5 then it would be the old Lima engine.

They're pretty easy to differentiate by looking at, first off is the number of cams, the Dtec has 2 so the head and valve cover are obviously going to be significantly wider (not to mention it will also have two cam gears) whereas the Lima is a SOHC so it's only about 5 inches across the valve cover (and a single cam gear)

thanks for the info...i pick the truck up on saturday so i will look at the head and valve cover...i looked at it last weekend and saw 2.3 on top of the head....so i was guessing it was a dtec

Well, it's definitely a duratec then, unless someone swapped on an old 2.3T aluminum valve cover, which that case it would say 2.3 Turbo.

nah...no swap..i will be the second owner, and i know for a fact there have been no upgrades at all.....

Now open up the airbox, or add an intake, and enjoy that screaming 4 cylinder fury under the hood.

i'm looking into the draxas cai i'm pretty much set on it...