Project dropzone.. 91 reg cab short box 4.0 aut

[Toomanycars]

well i separated the motor and tranny today .. went after the motor with the air wand to get all the lose crap off of there.. got it on the engine stand and this weekand I will start the tear down and clean up of the motor..

 

[Toomanycars]

I went to a friends today to get a comp and wiring harness and he gave me a few othere things as well..

 

[Toomanycars]

Ok I'm going to write this all out so anyone looking for this info will find it ..

My truck is a 2wd 1991 ford ranger ext short box standard cab.. It came factory with a 4.0 ltr , automatic transmission , and it had air conditioning ..

the motor and transmission I am swapping into the truck is a 1989 ford 5.0 out of a Lincoln town car, and the automatic transmission that was in the same car.

to install the motor I bought motor mounts for a 1990 ford mustang gt convertible . Part number 2725 for the drivers side mount and 2726 for the passengers side mount.
I found in my situation that with the passenger side in the back hole of the two on the frame cross member and the drivers side in the front hole everything seems to line up and sit straight ..

I put the head on the passenger side with the valve cover to test the heater box clearance and found there to be plenty of room..

Once I install the transmission I will continue with more pictures and info.. for now hears all the pics I have of my progress ..


The motor sitting in the engine bay

passenger side motor mount.. its still siting away from the frame because I need to make a hole for the locator dowel ..

The drivers side looks a little crooked but its just the weird angle I had to take the picture

Heater box clearance without the head and valve cover ..

Hears the same pic with the head and valve cover on ..

hears a pic of the clearance from the oil filter outlet to the steering box.

any questions or more pics wanted let me know ...

 

[Toomanycars]

so I have been working on the truck a little bit every night . decided that I dident like the way everything was with the gt convertible mounts so i got some steal and pulled out the plasma and made my own ..

Heres the drivers side mount.. I used stock 4.0 mounts.. I started with a ruff cut shape and then after checking fitment i gave them some shape..

Passenger side after some shaping ..

After I was saticfied with them I gave them a few coats of hi temp primer and some crinkle black ..

I did set the motor back a bit and had a few places that i had to do some clearance work but nothing a few smacks from a dead blow couldent fix.

 

[Toomanycars]

small update..

A friend of mine had a complete 5.0 H.O sitting in his garage and I convinced him that giving it to me would be a good idea.. I will be swapping the gt40 heads and intake onto this motor and getting a slightly larger cam..

I have been working alot of mandatory overtime and it has been hot and humid here .. even thow my shop is air conditioned after working out side for 10+ hours I havent felt like doing anything .,.. but that means that i have alittle more $$$ to throw at it so once the ot is done I can get back at it..

 

[Toomanycars]

picked up some headman shorty headers for the v8 ranger swap today fer the tiddy sum of 80 bucks ..

installed them to check for clearance and they fit but there's a few places alittle bit of clearanceing is in order

 

[multiranger]

The six bolts and nuts that come with Hedman hedders suck as do the gaskets... They came loose once a month on mine.. I bought new bolts and lock nuts for mine... and the gaskets blew in less than a month.. Just a heads up.. looking good

 

[Toomanycars]

thanks multiranger good to know.. I didn't get bolts with them and the gaskets had already been used so I will have to get a set..

I took my heads to my local machine shop to have them cleaned and a valve job done.. Waiting on them to be done so I can put the motor together and get all the wiring finished

 

[adsm08]

Weight: a word referring to how heavy something is.

Wait: a word meaning to sit around while something else happens.

 

[Snoranger]

Weight: a word referring to how heavy something is.

Wait: a word meaning to sit around while something else happens.

Thank you. I just read this for the first time and was thinking the same thing the whole time.


Other then that, nice build.

 

[adsm08]

Thank you. I just read this for the first time and was thinking the same thing the whole time.


Other then that, nice build.

Man, I'm sick again and I have watched over 12 hours of Earl since I got home last night. Do you know how long I had to think to come up with a definition for "wait" that didn't use the word "wait".

 

[Snoranger]

Do you know how long I had to think to come up with a definition for "wait" that didn't use the word "wait".

 

[multiranger]

thanks multiranger good to know.. I didn't get bolts with them and the gaskets had already been used so I will have to get a set..

I took my heads to my local machine shop to have them cleaned and a valve job done.. Waiting on them to be done so I can put the motor together and get all the wiring finished

The bolts I am refering to are in the picture you posted.. The six down on the collector..
They look like the same type of bolts that came with mine..

 

[multiranger]

What kind of clearance are you getting on the passenger side now? It looked really good with the Eavap core cover in a few of the pictures... I want to do a 302 conversion but want to keep the AC.. I think every conversion I have seen switched over to non AC

 

[Toomanycars]

multiranger those are the ones that came with the headers .. I planed on replacing them as well .. as soon as I get my heads back from the machine shop i will put it all together and get some more pics up..