Spleen
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- Aug 1, 2022
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- Location
- Elyria,OH
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Since I’m getting ready to make a thread dedicated to the Ranger’s updates I figured I’d share what’s eaten up the majority of my funds for over 10 years now. I got it as a bone stock non turbo Eclipse GS in September of 2013 and it’s been through multiple phases since including a repaint with some minor rust repair, now sports a 92’-94’ Talon front bumper, and painted in the way the Plymouth Laser’s were. Last time it was on the dyno it made 454 at the wheels on 93 octane pump gas on a Borg Warner s363sxe turbo with every intention to crank it to about 600 on e85 on the 130k mile stock non turbo 4g63 bottom end, but the oil filter backing off mid pull with my buddy’s wife’s 3v 4.6 on Cosby juice cut that short and I’ve been deciding what direction to go with it since. When this was once a very cheap platform to make power with parts have dried up, working all wheel drive transmissions are bringing $1k by themselves now (mines front wheel drive but for sake of example) and many parts have become discontinued and out of stock, far cry from the common Ford stuff I mess with. The non turbo pistons lived about 20k miles and multiple seasons over 400 at the wheels through various set ups all for a stupid K&N oil filter to kill it (always used oem Denso or Wix and the one time I didn’t it bit me in the ass) but the 130k mile pistons out of it still look great even for 130k and multiple seasons throwing boost at it and beating the living bajesus out of it. Being some parts are getting insanely expensive and hard to get im highly considering dumbing it way down to a simple “bolt on” turbo set up like I’ve used in the past or even going back to na and driving it and enjoying it. I’ve got a 91’ Talon here that has a very strong running 4g63 but has rusted beyond saving, I’ll be using that engine and saving the old one for a rainy day. As of right now with the Ranger going under the knife I’ve got time to decide what I’m going to do with it and will post updates here as well.
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