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sbc in a ranger?


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haha that's nice dg! I got the edelbrock on and i will fire it up tonight, and drive it again. I'll let everyone know how it goes:icon_thumby:
 


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Well I fired it up and it sounded great...I didn't drive it, but I plan on putting a few miles on it tonight.
 

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well I've put about 10 miles on the truck and it's awesome. burnouts through second gear, no problem. Every time it shifts into second gear it chirps the tires like it should:icon_thumby: I love it! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
 

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ohhhhhhhhhhhh......so it's supposed to spin the tires when it hits second gear!

so.....my Holley & slushbox isn't defective after all!

But wait a minute!

It only gets 21 mpg....that's baaaaaaad....isn't it??????????

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaa
 

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dg there is a possibility that your holley and my edelbrock are both defective. I'll call a mechanic to confirm lol
 

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PICTURES!! :yahoo: :yahoo:
My spaghetti mess of wiring



Getting ready to put my gauges in


Almost done!
 

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Nice! I have those same gauges, they are pretty nice.
 

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Hey.......you finished your gauges 17 months faster than me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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sound quality sucks, because it's recorded from a phone, but here's a video for you guys.

 

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Its like the perfect sleeper truck, now to find somebody that thinks they can out run you.
 

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yeah i pulled up to a stop light the other day and had a guy pull up next to me and he took a double take at the truck then he laughed at me...yeah real funny when i'm leaving black marks all the way through the intersection huh? lol
 

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Sounds good man. Whatcha running for an exhaust? And what size?
 

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I'm running dual 2 1/2" pipe into flowmasters and it dumps out right in front of the rear axle for now until i decide where I want it to come out the back
 

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What series ya running? I'm just trying to get an idea of how mines gonna sound. I got 2 thrush welded mufflers exiting in front of the right rear tire. Mine will be 2" off the mannis to 2 1/4 into the mufflers and 2 1/4 out the side
 

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