Ranger Roller Cam

I am being offered a 1989 Ford Ranger engine. I think its the 2.3l HSC. Is this the roller cam type? It has the daul coil pack igniton with 8 plugs.
I was told it is seized, but i think it would be worth to get the roller cam out, if it is not hurt.
Main question is this the roller cam type and should i get it or just leave it, and can a roller cam seize up?!
Im gettin the head for cheap, i mean cheap.
Sorry for the multiple questions

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Brian J Larkin

1988 Turbo Coupe, 5spd
dark blue (shiny shiny!),
glasspacks, no cat
BCS bypassed,
clear corner lenses
http://crazydriver358.5u.com

[This message has been edited by BJL (edited 01-21-2002).]

Crane makes a cam for these cars. that's what i'm going with, just because it is a cam for a turbocharged motor.

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14.7 @ 90mph
mods: 260 armstrong xp pump,430gears,86 GN turbo,boost controller,9mm motorsport wires
boost gauge, air/fuel

My notes say 89 and up to 93 Rangers for the RR cam. I would pop the valve cover and look at it given that it is supposedly siezed. Anything could be wrong with it.

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88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, Main TC with K&N, 3"DP to 2.5"duals through Dynamax, Ric valve at 17+ and disconnected KS. Elite Bodega 16" chrome wheels. Autometer pod w/ A/F and Vac/boost gauges.140 mph Motorsports Speedo New engine: Total Seal rings and TRW pistons, ported and polished head w/ cc'd chambers,1.59"exhausts, SS valves, gutted upper, knife edged lower, A-230 cam, Race Engineering Adj Cam Sprocket, Crowlers, ARP head studs, and rod bolts. Walbro 255 HP pump and Kirban adj FPR, T-3. Centerforce II, KB subs and jack rails.

It isnt a 2.3 HSC if it was in a Ranger. The 2.3 OHC was used in the Rangers, while the 2.3 HSC (a pushrod motor) was used in the Tempo / Topaz FWD econocrap cars, and a 2.5 HSC was the base motor in the early Taurus. Nothing interchanges between the 2.3 HSC and 2.3 OHC

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Jeff Korn

88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 20 psi, forced air intercooler, water injection, bypass valve, Ranger roller cam, subframes, etc., etc.. // 86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP nitrous, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.... // 91 Escort: Bone stock winter car // 00 Windstar (wifes vehicle)

o ok, i alwasy see the hsc, i think they use the same ingniton componits, but anywasy i gotta look under the vlave cover now, so i will come back when after i get a llok i take a few pictures and post them

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Brian J Larkin
1988 Turbo Coupe 5spd, dark blue and shining like a peice of polished glass.
http://crazydriver358.5u.com