The Cologne V6 shares the 138 teeth flexplate small C4 "non luck- up C5" truck gearbox. The 200 high mount from 1978- 1983 shares the same flexplate teeth count.
The Fox 200dual hump sump fits the Bronco II and Explorer out board steering box or later rack.
So fitting a 200 is easy.
The whole 83- 2010 Ranger Bronco II/ Explorer front body structure, although a separate chassis SUV and an elective all wheel drive design, is specificaly based on the Australian TE/TF and German Taurus TE/TF front structure "hard" points, with the HVAC unit in the engine bay, not in the cabin like the 78- 2003 Fox chassis Mustang derivatives and 70-80 Pinto/ 74-78 Mustang II.
The front radiator can be shifted outboard like the six cylinder TRI 5 Chevy's...One of our old FSP users put a 300 in his SWB Bronco II.
On the Serious Explorers, I am Log EFi.
The little short deck 200 is way lower at 7.803 inches, than the 8.465 inch tall 221, or 9.38 or 9.469 inch tall block deck 250 Ford sixes from Australian or US Ford's.
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bait, anyone who has the mearest 'smidgen' of understanding about what Crosley and Paul Knott did with the 200 and 170 engines, making 205 HP and 280 HP net respectively from standard head but modified two log head engines, know's the log head engine is easily able to go way,way over 145 HP net the 2.9 EFi did in the Bronco II.
Even stock Alloy head II New Zealand market 3.3 liter Falcons made 126 HP with a 2bbl carb in 1982.
The only reasons for the stock 125 HP gross to 85-94 HP net for the iron log head 3.3 liter engines was cam timing and compression ratio to avoid knock on regular gas. Just a cam change and bump up on compression in the bigger 1 bbl Carb log heads can have those engines making 145 HP before even touching the Carb and cylinder Head porting and Exhaust system.
Good fortune on scoping out this project. Its a No Brainer.
A lot of the Ranger and Bronco II DNA is similar to the 66 to 77 Early Bronco.