Still thinking of a 4.0 in my cruze wagon , I have two V-6 pintos, my 76 has the 2.8 which I installed the 2.9 crankshaft and CFI fuel injection , trans I use is a A4ld overdrive , see my photo gallery on this site , my 79 wagon is still have a tossup between the 4.0 or Diesel , I have already done the mock up for the 4.0 , it all bolts up, the oil pan is a kind of almost fit , one side you will have to do a small mod , the oil pump pick up you will have to make one up from the 2.8 and 4.0 by splicing , trans pattern is the same on the 2.8 2.9 and 4.0, flywheel is too, that still take the same rear seals , on using the ranger five speed I have to say no , it has a hyd clutch , the pinto is cable, but if you can find a mustang II four speed bellhousing you can bolt up a T-5, you can use the c-4 or c-3 trans on the 4.0 , just make sure you use the computor out of a standard trans vehicle or codes will pop up, the 2.9 and 2.8 weight the same , the 4.0 just a little more , on the exhaust you will have to use the 2.9 ranger manifolds one the 4.0 , passenger side is a tight fit , if I had to do the 2.8 all over again I would have just used the 2.9 , and stuffed the 4.0 crank into it, makes a 3.5 , and use the top half on the intake off a merkur scorpio with the 2.9 , it have a very low profile and a few extra ponys , plus you do not have to adjust the valves anymore, the 4.0 engine i have is a 94 , the later 4.0,s do not have the hole for the 2.8 mounts , but I do not know what year they stoped , I have the OB1 plug in under the glove box , to check it easy if I have a problem , the computor is on top of it out of the way , if you have a V-6 car it has the 8 inch rear end , the C-3 trans was made in france, the 2.8 was made in germany so it was first used over there and later picked up here , its not a bad transmission if you know how to do a few mods and care for it, if your going to use the A4LD ALWAYS get the ones after 94 , and do not ever tow anything in Overdrive , ever !! I toasted a couple before I found out what I was doing wrong , I have a 93 ford ranger 4.0 that I brought new and now has over 250K miles on it with half of the towing something and a 90 bronco II that almost got 400K before the Trans took a dump , got one in my 76 and 10K on it and also tow a camper with it , also look on the site I do have photos of the 2.8 oil pan on a 4.0 here someplace , hope this helps , later Blaine in missisippi