92 project

[jester1020]

Today I have to ask myself "what kind of person is so cheap they buy a distributor cap at the junkyard" Honestly I'm a cheap ass and even I would cough up $10 bucks for a new cap.

 

[dangerranger83]

I'm that cheap of a person to do that. Good for emergency use so that you can get a new one or if you know you're going to be going through allot of something, grab them up.

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[jester1020]

It turns out I have a 94 block. I do in fact have a roller cam. I'm so very glad I didn't order my cam early. It's going to need an over bore. It's not bad but a blown head gasket got #3. I'm sure it'll clean up at 30 over. All the bearing show decent wear, but again nothing I wouldn't expect from a high mileage motor.

 

[dangerranger83]

No sludge from the looks of it so looks like it was well taken care of.

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[jester1020]

I dropped off the block today. It's gonna cost me $225 for bore, hone, vat, freeze plugs, and cam bearings. It'll be about a week before I know what size pistons to order but for now I'm at least making head way.

 

[dangerranger83]

That's a good price.

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[jester1020]

Managed to make a junkyard crawl today. Today's score 97 ranger spindles complete with calipers and hubs. I also took a gamble and bought a set of 70's manifolds that I'm hoping will clear the steering. Looked for a timing cover but I forgot my balancer puller. Spent $72 bucks and scoped out a few rear ends for when I get some more cash.
Also got my oil filter relocation kit and a summit catalog in the mail today. I guess I've been living in Honda land too long. Ford parts have gone way up.

 

[dangerranger83]

Price of parts for quality vehicles will go up.

 

[jester1020]

Well I just might have stumbled upon a much cheaper completely bolt on brake upgrade. I know that newer E150 vans have a spindle that will bolt on to the ranger, complete with 13" rotor and huge 2 piston calipers. The van uses an 8.8 rear with disc brakes. So the 2 biggest problems I can for see are: 1. Axle length differences 2. 5x5.5 wheels at least 16" to clear the brakes. Next time I'm at the junkyard I'll pull an axle out of an Exploder and an E150. If the info I found is right they have the same spline count, and if it'll work not having to fabricate parts to have big brakes is a big selling point for me.

 

[jester1020]

Waiting on the machine shop sucks.

 

[jester1020]

1.72 roller rockers for $80

 

[Jfive]

Good score on the roller block. If ya wanted to look for a good set of aftermarket heads that are good for the money, look at RHS. Its owned by comp cams, and they bought out protopline years ago. Thats the heads I am gonna go with. Saves ya some money over the other companys. Doing a hyd roller cam will help too, but the cams do cost more. I'm a big fan of comp cams. Elgin makes a cheap cam but im not sure if they make a roller cam for the 351w.

 

[1mean02hd]

If anyone knows feel free to chime in. I have to find out how different this round plug is from the ranger to the f150. I'm curious if I could simply add/move a few wires and make keeping everything fuel injected plug-n-play.

Yes it will work. Both the Ranger, since your truck has the 2.9L, and the F150 run the batch-fire EFI. Drop the 351 in, plug all the sensors back in and add 2 injector plugs and elongate the wires to the TFI module. Use the ECM from the the F150 and plug it right into the Ranger's wiring harness. The pinouts are identical. The F150's computer has a different fuel map to take into consideration the bigger engine.

Good score on getting the late model Windsor that's already a roller. Opens a lot of options for camshafts. Anything that fits a late model 302 (5.0L) will work. I don't know how wild you plan on going with this engine, but I would lean more towards a set of headers than trying to mess with old OEM manifolds that don't flow. Yeah, modifying 302 headers will be a pain in the ass, but the results would be worth it. Just my 2 cents.

 

[jester1020]

So far I've ordered a 4.0 scat crank, 6.0 eagle h-beams, procomp fluid damper, and I'm leaning real hard toward a set of procomp 210 alum. heads. If the friggin rain would ever stop I'd go to the junkyard and pull a rear end and maybe a different set of knuckles. Slow and steady.

 

[jester1020]

Yes it will work. Both the Ranger, since your truck has the 2.9L, and the F150 run the batch-fire EFI. Drop the 351 in, plug all the sensors back in and add 2 injector plugs and elongate the wires to the TFI module. Use the ECM from the the F150 and plug it right into the Ranger's wiring harness. The pinouts are identical. The F150's computer has a different fuel map to take into consideration the bigger engine.

Since my ranger has the 3.0 with a MAF sensor and the F150 didn't have that sensor. Is there something special I need to do?