Jim Oaks
Just some guy with a website
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- Joined
- Aug 2, 2000
- Messages
- 13,500
- Reaction score
- 8,716
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Nocona, Texas
- Vehicle Year
- 1996 / 2021
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0 / 2.3 Ecoboost
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 6-inches
- Tire Size
- 33x12.50x15
We were so close!!
First in 1996:
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/ford/112_9608_ford_ranger_svt_v8/#ixzz35DC2p1DaNot everyone's going to like the SVT Ranger V-8. But then, Ford isn't building this truck for everyone. In fact, this one-off engineering prototype was only released to Motor Trend for this exclusive first test.
Also here:
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151823
Then in 5.4L V-8 in 2002:
Read more:But John and his SVT team recently took on a different project. They looked at the potent F-150 Lightning pickup and asked themselves ''What if the Lightning had a baby brother?'' And thus was born this one-of-a-kind, snarling Sonic Blue beast called the ''Lightning Bolt''. Now, you've got to be thinking: ''What if I could drive that?'' Well, what would you do? Would you take the Lightning Bolt out for a Friday evening cruise? Its aggressive stance and custom paint would be sure to draw stares as you claim a primo spot at the local hot rod hangout. Face it, most of these guys have been seeing the same cars every Friday night for years. So anything new is worth a look, right?
http://www.therangerstation.com/resources/Lightning.htm
Actually,
Ford played with the idea of a hot rod ranger back in 1989 with a 220HP SHO Ranger:
Read more:
http://www.therangerstation.com/resources/ford_sho_ranger.shtml
But wait!!
If you want to pretend a Sport Trac is a Ranger, then you'd be happy with a Sport Trac Adrenaline with its supercharged V8.
Read more:
http://www.therangerstation.com/resources/Sport_Trac_Adrenalin.htm