4x4 5.0 swap with pics!

[Tony Raine]

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you have mostly the same parts as me, but you are moving much faster so I will be watching this thread closely.

Great job so far!

 

[ChrisR1S]

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you have mostly the same parts as me, but you are moving much faster so I will be watching this thread closely.

Great job so far!

Thanks man! Ah its moving but not fast enough! Between the 60-80ish hours a week at work an the weather I'm lucky to have my 1-2 days a week to work on it. It'll so be worth it in the end though! An yeah I ran across the thread on your B-2 build the other day, its lookin good! Wish I had a concrete pad to use haha. All my work is done on the ground in front of an old tobacco barn where I'm storing parts. The inside of my 2donor trucks look like the inside of your B-2; tools an parts galore haha

 

[rngr4x4beast]

sweet build so far man were at in va are you

 

[Mudhound]

You "might" have issues with the drain plug in the rear of the oilpan sitting on the cast bracket. I did. I went ahead and put a plug in a different place on a second pan, but ended up not using it. As for the bracket, I cut it out since I am SASing this thing. The bodylift will give you a HUGE amount of room to work around the tranny, and install it. I had to leave the Xcase off until after I had the eng/tranny dropped in. You also should not have to cut your heaterbox for valvecover clearance with the B/L, either. Looking good overall.

 

[sdjr]

You "might" have issues with the drain plug in the rear of the oilpan sitting on the cast bracket. I did. I went ahead and put a plug in a different place on a second pan, but ended up not using it. As for the bracket, I cut it out since I am SASing this thing.

I'm trying to work that issue right now. This is what I got:

 

[ChrisR1S]

sweet build so far man were at in va are you

Southern va, lunenburg/mecklenburg cnty

Thanks guys for the info an pics about thr pan. You both using a stock fox body pan? An what mounts?

 

[ChrisR1S]

Buildinabeast, here's a pic of the stock slave for this trans. It slides right onto that bracket. I'm at work so no pic of it installed yet

 

[ChrisR1S]

Ok, quick update guys. Motor mounts Removed out of the ranger. Motor pulled out of the donor truck; well its just resting in there but completly removed from everything. rain came sooner than i expected. dangit.

While removing parts off of the motor i discoved that the holley intake manifold i was going to resuse is trash. someone had drilled new holes to fit the 4barrel carb and uh yeah. needless to say the carb wasnt properly seated, thus prob the reason it ran poor.

SO....... im looking for an intake. anyone have any experience with a Weiand Stealth? claims it helps from idle to like 6800rpm which sounds about what i want...

 

[constant_projecttruck]

Ok, quick update guys. Motor mounts Removed out of the ranger. Motor pulled out of the donor truck; well its just resting in there but completly removed from everything. rain came sooner than i expected. dangit.

While removing parts off of the motor i discoved that the holley intake manifold i was going to resuse is trash. someone had drilled new holes to fit the 4barrel carb and uh yeah. needless to say the carb wasnt properly seated, thus prob the reason it ran poor.

SO....... im looking for an intake. anyone have any experience with a Weiand Stealth? claims it helps from idle to like 6800rpm which sounds about what i want...

Hey man...I am running a Weiand Stealth on my street 306...works great in the mid range from 3000-6500. I don't like the launch off the line but I think that was the poopy Edelbrock carb...but hooray for Christmas presents all I asked for this year was a Holley 4150

Keep goin with your build...any progress?

 

[ChrisR1S]

Nahh no more progress man. Still waiting to get the motor on a stand and into a dry building so i can pull the heads and see if i have reliefs in my pistons. If so i may get a set of gt40s or 40ps. not sure yet. work, 20degree weather, and rain are my enemy. I swear i need to build an ark instead of v8ranger!

 

[TS6034]

I'm not usually into 4X4 rangers, but this build caught my attention. Post up some pics of the engine when you pull it apart.

As far as the intake, I bought my edelbrock intake off ebay for cheap. I have a cheap edelbrock carb that I rebuilt and stuck on. It has tons of torque in the bottom of the RPM sweep. A little too much for a 2wd street machine. I can pretty much torch the BFG'S in three gears.

I'm hoping to replace the carb this winter and install a power adder.

 

[ChrisR1S]

Ah ok, so no real progress worth mentioning. Just figuring id drop in so it doesnt look like i quit an ran away hahaha.
I did just order the inside the framerail Transmission crossmember from suicidedoors.com (same piece teddyzee has) and a "built not bought" sticker that im sure i can stick somewhere

 

[ChrisR1S]

I'm not usually into 4X4 rangers, but this build caught my attention. Post up some pics of the engine when you pull it apart.

As far as the intake, I bought my edelbrock intake off ebay for cheap. I have a cheap edelbrock carb that I rebuilt and stuck on. It has tons of torque in the bottom of the RPM sweep. A little too much for a 2wd street machine. I can pretty much torch the BFG'S in three gears.

I'm hoping to replace the carb this winter and install a power adder.

I'll be sure to man. Anything inparticular you want to see?
An thats exactly what im looking for, low-end torque. Im well aware i don't have a drag truck nor will i

 

[mudcrazy]

Any new progress? This is a great thread you have going! Hope to see more on this.

 

[bobbywalter]

generally i cut and invert the pan corner with ttb factory 4x4 setups...a good welder and do it well under an hour if you have it all prepped for 60 bux or so these days.




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