455 olds in a 95 ranger

JunkYardRanger · Oct 17, 2009

Come the First of the year I am putting a 455ci BB olds in my 95 ranger .. should I make a complete build thread or just some pictures and yes I already have the engine .... here is a picture of me bringing it home .... the engine is a low compression engine only 8.5 to 1 I am leaving the engine pretty much stock with a cam and headers .... the numbers on this engine are 350 HP and 400 lbs of tq

chvlfrk · Oct 17, 2009

JunkYardRanger said:
Come the First of the year I am putting a 455ci BB olds in my 95 ranger .. should I make a complete build thread or just some pictures and yes I already have the engine .... here is a picture of me bringing it home .... the engine is a low compression engine only 8.5 to 1 I am leaving the engine pretty much stock with a cam and headers .... the numbers on this engine are 350 HP and 400 lbs of tq

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Pretty good numbers for a 8.5 compression motor, wouldn't take much to wake it up to 400+

Are you puttin it in a 2wd street truck or your prerunner/4x4?

I've had a similar thought, but was thinkin more Buick, for the torqueness, and fact that the dist. is in the front.

DEFINITELY post progress!

JunkYardRanger · Oct 17, 2009

it is 4x4 on 2.5 ton GM's here is a pic without the front tires mounted yet

sloue · Oct 17, 2009

i put one of those in a 70 Malibu when i was 15_16 had the fastest car in school all year didnt touch it right out of the scrap yard. preps and the irocs hated me lol.

557SCJ · Oct 19, 2009

Im assuming your buildin this motor either because you already have it like you said or you just want to be different but...

You could build a 460 stroker 514,521, 545 etc and make well over 600hp for muuuuuch less than a big olds..and youll be makin much more torque. Heck you could get a junkyard 460 block, find some doves, headers, a cam, 850hp and a victor, get it runnin and youl be ready fer the mud and have more than enough power.

and it would still be all ford hehe i jsut dont like to see crossbreedin lol

cool buiild either way

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JunkYardRanger · Oct 19, 2009

I got the motor for free, my headers are free, my rebuild kit is free and my tranny is free so cross bread it is lol

sparkdic · Oct 19, 2009

Hells yeah, for free you can't beat it. Plus its different, and I like that. If I had the room for another project I wouldn't have passed up the 86 4x4 Ranger my buddy ended up scrapping and it would be sitting and waiting for one of my 455 Buicks. I look forward to watchin this build! :icon_cheers:

CheapThrillB2 · Oct 20, 2009

I've wanted to stuff a big Pontiac mill in one of my trucks......I love me an old v8 pontiac.

JunkYardRanger · Oct 20, 2009

it is not an RBV, but we are almost done putting a 400 Pontiac BB in my brother in laws dodge ..next time I am over there I will take pics

rusty ol ranger · Oct 23, 2009

I always thought it would be cool to shoehorn a pre emiss caddy 472 in a RBV, maybe a BII....

later,
Dustin

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