engine swap

Hello everyone, I am a new mechanic and I do towing on the side, one of my customers who is a personal friend had gave me his old 97 Ranger(3.0L 4 cyl RWD) and I’ve had it for a couple months and I want to swap out the old engine. I want to do a 5.0 swap so take the v6 out and put a v8 in. I...

I have an exhausted (close to 400K) 91 2.9 a4ld 4x4 ranger that I want to refresh. I have a 289 from a 67 Mustang that I could throw in it? But there are so many donor vehicles available would I be better off finding another driveline that would "fit" in my old Ranger? I don't really think...

I have a 1997 Ford Ranger XLT supercab 2.4l engine with a 5-speed w/od manual transmission. Mazda code m, M50D-R1 this transmission was used for several years and for several different engines. Just letting people know, and I am looking to do an engine swap, this is why I know this. 1988 & up...