V8RangerBoy
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- 1994
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Truck's a '94, with the 3.0 dumped out and a 5.0 from an EFI Exploder dropped in. We built the truck in the Fall '05/Spring '06, and in the hunt for more power, I landed here. I started piling parts together around Thanksgiving and threw it all in over the last week. The power/dollar ratio from the turbo is unmatched, so here I am. Any questions, just throw 'em out!
Basically just wanted to show off the project. I spent alot of time getting it all together and another ~55 hours putting it in over the last week and wanted to show off how it came out. I will be putting in the 39lb injectors and Lightning MAF in tomorrow so I haven't driven it yet, but I did fire it up and checked all the "vital signs" on it. Everything was good, short of the fact that I stuck a bolt in the end of the coolant recovery bottle line and forgot to take it out - had coolant spraying out from under the cap from the excess pressure. Other than that it went off without a hitch.
I left the glass packs in it just in case, but after starting it, they're gonna have to go.
First shot of everything installed - Oil pump on the left, with the oil cooler right in front of it. The black tank to the right of the pump is the little sump we built for it.
Shot from straight behind. Wastegate's right between (and ahead of) the oil pump and sump tank.
Shot of the right framerail. I ended up just drilling through the frame and fishplating around it for the intake tube. Now that everything's in it's easy to see there would have been nowhere near enough room otherwise.
Right front fenderwell - the left tube (in the picture) is the intake, right tube is the charge side. Blow-off valve's near the bottom, pointed along the cab line to keep mud and water and crap out.
Tubing under the hood - I left the gap ahead of the filter so I had a place to put the washer and recovery bottles back in at.
Shot of the gauges, before I powered up the wideband. I'll change the pic once I put power to it.
I'll try and post something tomorrow if everything goes well.
Basically just wanted to show off the project. I spent alot of time getting it all together and another ~55 hours putting it in over the last week and wanted to show off how it came out. I will be putting in the 39lb injectors and Lightning MAF in tomorrow so I haven't driven it yet, but I did fire it up and checked all the "vital signs" on it. Everything was good, short of the fact that I stuck a bolt in the end of the coolant recovery bottle line and forgot to take it out - had coolant spraying out from under the cap from the excess pressure. Other than that it went off without a hitch.
I left the glass packs in it just in case, but after starting it, they're gonna have to go.
First shot of everything installed - Oil pump on the left, with the oil cooler right in front of it. The black tank to the right of the pump is the little sump we built for it.
Shot from straight behind. Wastegate's right between (and ahead of) the oil pump and sump tank.
Shot of the right framerail. I ended up just drilling through the frame and fishplating around it for the intake tube. Now that everything's in it's easy to see there would have been nowhere near enough room otherwise.
Right front fenderwell - the left tube (in the picture) is the intake, right tube is the charge side. Blow-off valve's near the bottom, pointed along the cab line to keep mud and water and crap out.
Tubing under the hood - I left the gap ahead of the filter so I had a place to put the washer and recovery bottles back in at.
Shot of the gauges, before I powered up the wideband. I'll change the pic once I put power to it.
I'll try and post something tomorrow if everything goes well.
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