Black_STX build

welp. im bored atm so i decided to go ahead and start my build thread.
i already have allot of stuff done, but ill try to find some old pics and be as chronological as possible.

when i first got the truck :

1994 ranger STX 3.0L 4x4

i was driving my brother around with our cousin teaching him how to hunt prairie dogs while on the move.



first time i took it mudding :




next step was to remove add exhaust and tail lights , window tint:
so i went with magna-flow cat back duals, added a magnaflow high flow cat , and some euro lights, dont remember the specs on the tint (like it matters)




next step was to remove fender flares and add 31's :





that basically worked for me for about a year or something then i had to do something else,


the route i took was to add an 8.8" ranger rear end with 4.10's and a new D35 with 4.10's; add f150 coils and spacers, picked up a set of super lift rear leaf springs for $50 and used those, gave me about 4" lift in the back , 3" in the front , also got a nice topper for $150 off CL

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everything on and set back on the ground :


up in the mountains :






flat tire while climbing a hill, we were trying to air it up haha:




flexing :








some other junk i did while i was in this stage of the build :

2 10" subs:


amp and stuff :



added new instrument cluster prints also modified some instrument cluster needles i got out of a late 90's early 2000's mazda b-something they are neon orange :



added blue lights in the cab and an alpine deck :






after all that i kind of stopped working on it for about a year so i could make some headway on my 1940 merc project







im bored now though, have some more junk to post up (6" lift etc.etc.) , but ill save that for tomorrow

thanks for lookin!

Very nice truck and the Mercury is awesome!

hey thanks allot man, the merc is awesome but its just too old to have allot of fun with hahah.

decided my 3.Slow wouldent cut it anymore so i picked up this for 150$$
blown 4.0l nasty dirty but it will do what is needed of it , parts engine :



and this
a 1994 ford explorer 4.0l engine harness and engine bay harness , or about half of it anyway, plan is to shorten part of this harness, and integrate it with the ranger harness..... =S bleh.

crawlin91's 6" lift


lift on the truck :




on the ground :



welded a new TRE onto the superrunner steering :



doin the ball joints :

the old 3.0 and trans out :





now finially for the new! ford reman engines! =]:








everything installed :




also did my brothers 2.3L truck at the same time :

well i guess that brings it up to speed,i reused my Saginaw power stering pump from the 3.0l on the 4.0l engine and it was kind of was a real *&%& to fit, the donor engine i had used was a 1991 4.0, it had the "stronger " bracket or whatever, but it was still a real joy cutting all the stuff to fit, but i do love the silent steering over the stock pos pump.



plans for the future :

fix the a/c
33x12.5xR15 tires
a light bar on the roof of the truck with rectangle lights
some new bumpers

also need to get my explorer overhead to work , i installed it about a year and a half ago but never got it wired. haha.

Nice truck, lovin the look of the topper. Keep up the great work

s'cribed

hey thanks man, i really like the topper, its creation brand , never heard of it. but it looks really good.

Looks like you have made a lot of progress. Nice work on the 4.0 swap, and the Merc looks fun too.

thanks man!

i think tommrow were going to go up for a day trip to get some action shots, should be cool.

on another note, does anyone know of a way to make a homemade sheet metal press break?

i want to make some little tabs to mount a light bar in the door jam that goes across the roof near the windshield

also, anyone got any good reviews on walmart lights or box store brands?

i want to use some rectangle shaped flood lights not sure what brands are good ( like within an $50 - $100 budget )

been awhile since ive been on here, havent really done much with the truck. last weekend i did re_do my sound system. turned out really good heres some pics, let me know what you think;

i ended up pulling out the fold down seats and welded in sheetmetal covering the hole, also welded some new steel behind the carpet right below the rear glass ( turns out it was hollow haha. never knew that , but it tottally made since of the past when i would try to mount caps and junk to it. )


i have to say, ported boxes really do a nice job. im happy going from sealed to ported










all back together =]

I like it! how hard does the system hit?

lookin good man great job on the 4.0 swap and all ur other goodies

thanks allot man, i think this is year 5 that ive been working on it. progress always seems slow, but looking back at it, ive done allot of little things, and they add up.

this thing hits decently hard. i was driving down the highway to school the other day with it cranked, its enough to blur your vision.

subs togther are 1000W RMS, im running them at 600W RMS @ 4 ohms and im sure the actual value is lower. none the less, it does very well.

as for the spkrs. rears are infinity kappa 5x7's pushed @ 75W RMS , tweeters and front door alpine 5x7's are wired in parallel giving about 37W RMS / spkr.

very enjoyable for just the average day, and for those that i feel like doing damage to my ears it does just that =]

the only thing i need to sort out is when switching sources, between ipod radio etc. on the HU , the subs bump a little, to allot, ive narrowed it down to the sub amp.

im looking at getting a hifonics brutus amp for the next round. they have phaser circuits built into the amps , should be a blast to play with.