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Take in the World - Intake R&D Part 3: Design to Production

Posted: June 12, 2020

Categories: Ford Ranger Performance Air Intake 2019+

This 2019+ Ford Ranger 2.3L EcoBoost Performance Air Intake is now available! Click here to check it out!

The dyno roller whirred away as we ran the Ranger through its warmup runs. We watched as the line on the graph climbed and fell with the sound of the Ranger's 2.3L EcoBoost. With the engine up to operating temp and the dyno computer logging, we started our power runs.

When we last saw the 2019+ Ford Ranger 2.3L EcoBoost intake, we performed our 3D scans and flow-benched the stock intake. In this post, we'll take leaps and bounds towards a finished product.

From our measurements and flow testing, we

Take in the World - Intake R&D Part 2: Flow Testing

Posted: May 04, 2020

Categories: Ford Ranger Performance Air Intake 2019+

We often talk about how your vehicles are more than just the sum of their parts. Your Ranger isn't about getting from point A to point B with a few bags of mulch in the bed. It's about being able to go anywhere, anytime, and still fit in the garage. The parts under the hood have similar stories. An intercooler isn't just about cooling charge air; it's about letting you spend longer with your right foot on the floor and letting your turbo power your adventures. Radiators don't just cool your engine, they let your truck work as hard as you do. Intakes let you, and your engine, take in more of the world. But even if a vehicle is about more than the sum of its parts, it still pays to look at each of those parts on its own when modifying any vehicle. The 2019+ Ranger's intake might be about taking in the world, but at its core, it's about flow.

To make the Ranger intake better, we need to know where it stands. To find that out we start by measuring the core of its performance: flow. Our

Go Your Own Way - Performance Intercooler, Part 1: Stock Review

Posted: April 09, 2020

Categories: Ford Ranger Performance Intercooler 2019+

Lately, it seems commercials for trucks, SUVs, CUVs, and every other acronym on four wheels have the same narrative. A traffic jam ahead and a forlorn look on our business-casual hero's face. Suddenly, as if it hadn't quite sunk in yet, our hero remembers they bought a vehicle capable of driving on that conveniently placed side road; the one that's just dusty enough to add some drama to the shot, but not treacherous enough to require much driving skill. A couple presses of the nav screen and the hero is home before the dust settles.

While many vehicles seek to make you feel like you could go your own way whenever the mood strikes, few pull it off quite as well as the 2019+ Ford Ranger. The Ranger's compact size and efficient engine make it at home in the city, while its cleverly design chassis and plethora of available off-road tech mean it's capable of tackling even the most technical trails. But, despite the Ranger's adaptability off the dealer's lot, there are some aspects that

Take in the World - Intake R&D Part 1: Stock Review

Posted: March 19, 2020

Categories: Ford Ranger Performance Air Intake 2019+

From the crisp, cool air atop Pikes Peak to the smell of freshly cut grass at Fenway Park. From the hard asphalt streets of New York City to the soft sand of the Mojave. No
matter where you are or where you're going, the 2019+ Ford Ranger was built to take in the world.

While we take in the world with our sense of touch, sight, taste, and smell, your 2019+ Ranger takes in the world through its air intake. Air flows into the intake, gets compressed by the turbocharger, and is then forced into the engine. The better the intake flows, the more air can get into the turbocharger and the more air goes into the engine. More air going into the engine means more fuel can be injected, and more fuel equals more power.

Improving flow through the intake is one of the best ways to improve performance.

Free to Roam - Catch Can R&D, Part 3: Test Results

Posted: October 30, 2019

Categories: Ford Ranger Catch Can Kit 2019+

Our 2019+ Ford Ranger has been roaming the streets of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for the past 1,000 miles testing our direct-fit oil catch can. In this post, we'll be emptying the catch can to see what, if anything, it caught. If all goes to plan, we'll also be kicking off the pre-sale so you can protect your Ranger from blow-by, without blowing your budget.

In our last post, we looked at the stock crankcase ventilation system on the 2019+ Ranger's 2.3L EcoBoost. We explained that the system was divided into two parts: the CCV side and the PCV side. The CCV side is active when the turbocharger is pressurizing the intake manifold, while the PCV side is active when cruising or idling. The CCV side also incorporates a pressure sensor that we've fought with

Free to Roam - Catch Can R&D, Part 2: Design

Posted: October 22, 2019

Categories: Ford Ranger Catch Can Kit 2019+

The 2.3L EcoBoost in the 2019+ Ranger was designed to preserve the earth so that you can roam it freely for years to come. It sips fuel while bounding across fields and crawling up dunes, but the 2.3L also sips something that might eventually send it to the landfill: blow-by. That's why Mishimoto has been working on a catch can to help protect your Ranger. In our last post, we looked at blow-by and how it can affect your 2.3L EcoBoost. In this post, we'll show what we're going to do about it.

Before we discuss our design for the catch can kit, we need to learn about the Ranger's stock crankcase ventilation system. Because the 2.3L EcoBoost is turbocharged, its CCV system is split into two sides. One side of the system operates when the turbocharger is inactive and is known as the PCV

Free to Roam - Catch Can R&D, Part 1: Introduction

Posted: September 17, 2019

Categories: Ford Ranger Catch Can Kit 2019+

The 2019+ Ford Ranger was built to roam free. To go anywhere, anytime. It was built to roam the wilderness and the city streets; the mountain trails and the grocery store parking lots. No matter where you're going, the Ranger was built to take you there. And, thanks to its powerful, direct-injected and turbocharged engine, it's built to take you there quickly and efficiently.

Since its inception in the early 1970s, the Ranger has always been a fuel-conscious, do-it-all truck. That mentality hasn't changed with its return to North America for the 2019 model year. Despite being smaller than its F-150 brother, the 2019 Ranger still boasts an impressive 7,500 lb. tow capacity and over 1,800 lbs. of payload capacity that help you roam with whatever you could need close behind. While the suspension

Return of the Ranger - 2019 Ford Ranger: Introduction

Posted: August 13, 2019

Categories: Ford Ranger 2.3L EcoBoost

For the past 8 years, the US has watched in envy as the rest of the world enjoyed one of Ford's most successful projects. The Ford Ranger has been absent from the US since 2011, despite enthusiasts calling for its return almost every year. But in 2017, Ford answered that call at the North American International Auto Show when they spoke the words every mid-size truck enthusiast had been waiting to hear, "The Ford Ranger will be returning to the North American mid-sized pickup market in 2019."

The Ranger wasn't always the poster child for American mid-size trucks. In fact, it didn't even start as a truck; it almost didn't make it to market at all. So, before we look at what the 2019 Ranger has to offer, let's look back at how the Ranger was born.

The Ranger nameplate started as a much

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Take in the World - Intake R&D Part 3: Design to Production

Take in the World - Intake R&D Part 2: Flow Testing

Go Your Own Way - Performance Intercooler, Part 1: Stock Review

Take in the World - Intake R&D Part 1: Stock Review

Free to Roam - Catch Can R&D, Part 3: Test Results

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