Western Washington 2001 V8 Converstions?

[jasongind]

Hello, I am looking to see if anyone living in Western Washington has done a V8 converstion on a 2001+. I would really like to do it this coming summer but I'm iffy on the electrical. It would be great to have someone near that could give advice or possibly lend a hand.
TIA-Jason

 

[aaron_ariens]

I have 01 and live in Western Wa, but no V8. =[

But, we do have a meet coming up, you should come!

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70068

 

[turbo cat]

Ive done alot of conversion stuff and wiring harnesses where in wa are you>?

 

[jasongind]

I have 01 and live in Western Wa, but no V8. =[

But, we do have a meet coming up, you should come!

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70068

How many people usually show up to this thing? I might be interested if its worth the gas.

Ive done alot of conversion stuff and wiring harnesses where in wa are you>?

I live in Parkland (S. Tacoma). I have my own house with a two car garage that has a shop area with work bench. So plenty of room to do the work comfortably. I'm not a complete newb on mechanics or electrical, but it would be nice to have some help from someone who has done it since this is my only truck. I have a motorcycle I'm going to ride during the swap, thus waiting till the summer.

 

[rockwerks]

How many people usually show up to this thing? I might be interested if its worth the gas.

I find it ironic you are talking about doing a V8 swap into your truck and worrying about gas

 

[aaron_ariens]

Haha, thats funny. Last time I went, like 5 I think But, I believe we are expecting more, we have a post up on ranger-forums as well. I'll try to get some numbers for ya in a bit.

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

All the info you need to know on making everything work has been chronicled multiple times here and on the other big boards(ranger-forums and rangerpowersports) on your exact application. All you'd really need is a local buddy to give the second helping hand. Everything you needs been covered a fewtimes.

I don't recall any PNW guy with a 98+ 4x4 running a 5.0.


Come on out to the meet....it's always a good time. Eat at a cute little burger joint and we overwelm the cute girls that work there. lol. then we go take pics then go have a few drinks. I may or may not be there. It ain't that far from ya....we got a regular coming from north seattle and another regular coming from basically wilsonville oregon.

 

[jasongind]

I find it ironic you are talking about doing a V8 swap into your truck and worrying about gas

well if you read the numbers the guys are getting with the V8 swap you will see that 90% of the time they end up getting better gas milage then the 3.0 does. And I'm not really worried about gas as long as I feel it is worth using it.

All the info you need to know on making everything work has been chronicled multiple times here and on the other big boards(ranger-forums and rangerpowersports) on your exact application. All you'd really need is a local buddy to give the second helping hand. Everything you needs been covered a fewtimes.

I don't recall any PNW guy with a 98+ 4x4 running a 5.0.


Come on out to the meet....it's always a good time. Eat at a cute little burger joint and we overwelm the cute girls that work there. lol. then we go take pics then go have a few drinks. I may or may not be there. It ain't that far from ya....we got a regular coming from north seattle and another regular coming from basically wilsonville oregon.

I've read all the swap info that I can find, many many hours worth. It would just be nice to have someone on hand that has done it. I cant take 3-4 months to do the swap like some of the other guys.

 

[jasongind]

I think I'm going to try and head down to the Ranger Meet on the 15th.

 

[Fx4wannabe01]

Sweet dude...yeah come on out. I should be there. We usually have half a dozen trucks show up and every year in August we have a big meet in Portland. Last year we had damn near 20 trucks show.




I understand how nice it is to have someone who's done it there to walk you along...but I don't think it's much of a choice. lol. Best bet is get all the info you need and get started with a project log. If people care, you'll likely get help along the way. A good read would be a member named MudSlanger over at Ranger-Forums.com 3.0 to 5.0 build thread. He did his a few months back on his '00(?) and this thread is loaded with info and other threads he's posted asking questions are very informative. Another one would be Int3rc3ptor @ Ranger-Forums too. I'm not on here much to know who's done it on TRS with a similar truck. So Sorry for promoting a different site to take a look at. RangerPowerSports.com is also another great source.