Supercharged 4.0 SOHC in a 87 Ranger

Bent Bolt · Jun 12, 2009

Take part A

and install into slot B

add a body lift to clear the firewall and get some clearance for the heater box

and some wiring

and what do you get ??

A kick ass Gen 1 Ranger .

wrecking-crew · Jun 12, 2009

thats awesome

kunar · Jun 12, 2009

nice! i bet the wiring is a PITA though...

wahlstrom1 · Jun 12, 2009

Dude....we totally have to meet up, lol. Wheelin this summer, make it happen!

Bent Bolt · Jun 12, 2009

wahlstrom1 said:
Dude....we totally have to meet up, lol. Wheelin this summer, make it happen!

I'm aiming to be in Rocky Mtn House on the 26 - 27 - 28th this month with NA4WA. I've got a lot of odds and ends to tie up on this thing before then.

BTW , the truck sounds awesome !!! :icon_hornsup:

Davis · Jun 13, 2009

Nice!

4.0 SOHC SC in a 1st gen. I love it. Not often you see people workin' the 1st gen.

wahlstrom1 · Jun 14, 2009

Oh sure, pick the weekend I'll be in Edmonton......

Truck should haul ass once your done!

Bent Bolt · Jun 14, 2009

wahlstrom1 said:
Oh sure, pick the weekend I'll be in Edmonton......

LOL !

Mechanickid · Jun 15, 2009

Davis said:
Not often you see people workin' the 1st gen.

I'm workin' mine all the time. I plan on going old skool though with a stroker 4.0 ohv.

Psychopete · Jun 16, 2009

Subscribed! Awesome project! :icon_thumby:

Pete

a-5 freak · Jun 18, 2009

post a vid!!

BlackBII · Jun 18, 2009

Awesome!!!

Bent Bolt · Jun 20, 2009

I'm to the point that I can drive around now. While it runs very well, it's having some issues. At heavier throttle it seems to lose spark or fuel, basically craps out. I don't have a wide band O2 so I'm not totally sure what's going on. If I disconnect the MAF it doesn't do it but starts pinging , which is not good either.

I've got a WDS hooked up and I was monitoring MAF and it's not pegging out but I'm not %100 sure why it's doing this. Not throwing any related DTC's.
Sometimes ( 50/50 ) if I throttle slowly, the engine really turns on, making about 4psi.
But I'll figure it out !!!

I have the Explorer seats and center console in, no carpet.

I'll get pics on Monday.

Bent Bolt · Jun 20, 2009

For those of you wondering what kit this is,

http://www.candmnovelties.com/pages/page3.htm

I didn't buy the kit from him, I bought a rolled Explorer Sport Trac that had the kit on it already.

rpcaster · Jun 21, 2009

Bent Bolt said:
I'm to the point that I can drive around now. While it runs very well, it's having some issues. At heavier throttle it seems to lose spark or fuel, basically craps out. I don't have a wide band O2 so I'm not totally sure what's going on. If I disconnect the MAF it doesn't do it but starts pinging , which is not good either. I've got a WDS hooked up and I was monitoring MAF and it's not pegging out but I'm not %100 sure why it's doing this. Not throwing any related DTC's.
Sometimes ( 50/50 ) if I throttle slowly, the engine really turns on, making about 4psi.
But I'll figure it out !!!

I have the Explorer seats and center console in, no carpet.

I'll get pics on Monday.

Did you re-set sparkplug gap to .040?
Change fuel to 91 octaine?

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