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- Location
- Duluth GA
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- FORD
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- 5.0
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
*update: some images might be getting replaced because im using a free public photo sharing service, anything that dont look like a ranger/302 was probly overwritten
well, i killed the 2.3... drove home on 2 cylinders, pulled head and found out that theres a crack in the cooling jacket in the block, so i was debating what motor to stick in, eventually i decided on a vortec 350.. long story short, couldnt find a good vortec so i found a 302 roller block and gt40p heads outa a late model explorer at pull a part..
the donor had 120,000 on the clock and looks like it was well maintained, why such a pristine car was at pull a part is beyond me when im trying to keep a pieced together ranger running... the car was just put on the yard and after pulling the valve cover, i decided to grab it. nothing like a hot day in july to be yanking out a 302..
The future recipient is a 1986ish pieced together ranger with a 2.3 and 5spd 2wd.. why would i put such a nice motor in a beater.. lets just say its the wow factor im after..
initial tear down of the 302 made $184 for it including core charge a heck of a deal, still plenty of crosshatching and almost no crud in there, there were some exhaust valve that werent seal correctly but a valve job and a little porting cured that, i can now fill the chambers up with gas and it'll hold it till it evaporates away.. and now i have learned to hate lapping valve by hand..
now, ima let the pictures do the rest the talking..
well, i killed the 2.3... drove home on 2 cylinders, pulled head and found out that theres a crack in the cooling jacket in the block, so i was debating what motor to stick in, eventually i decided on a vortec 350.. long story short, couldnt find a good vortec so i found a 302 roller block and gt40p heads outa a late model explorer at pull a part..
the donor had 120,000 on the clock and looks like it was well maintained, why such a pristine car was at pull a part is beyond me when im trying to keep a pieced together ranger running... the car was just put on the yard and after pulling the valve cover, i decided to grab it. nothing like a hot day in july to be yanking out a 302..
The future recipient is a 1986ish pieced together ranger with a 2.3 and 5spd 2wd.. why would i put such a nice motor in a beater.. lets just say its the wow factor im after..
initial tear down of the 302 made $184 for it including core charge a heck of a deal, still plenty of crosshatching and almost no crud in there, there were some exhaust valve that werent seal correctly but a valve job and a little porting cured that, i can now fill the chambers up with gas and it'll hold it till it evaporates away.. and now i have learned to hate lapping valve by hand..
now, ima let the pictures do the rest the talking..
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