95 5.0 expo-ranger build thread

[5ohRanger]

But if I take the heads off and oil pan couldn't I use it just to test fit my motor mounts? I much rather find a 302 but having a hard time doing so. I have a guy I'm supposed to call back tonight that's gonna try to locate me one today so fingers are crossed!

 

[RangerSVT]

From the motor mount bosses down is the same, mounts up the block is taller and wider. You will want the heads and valve covers on for motor placement to firewall...


SVT

 

[5ohRanger]

That makes sense.... I'll keep looking for a 302 then! Thanks!

 

[5ohRanger]

Got my tri-y headers today! $150 off eBay. [emoji106] Oil pan is gonna be here next Monday looks like.

 

[5ohRanger]

RangerSVT I read in a post somewhere that you had to make ac lines for your ranger. Would the explorer ac lines not work?

 

[win]

Got my tri-y headers today! $150 off eBay. [emoji106]

Shiney! Chrome or Stainless?

 

[RangerSVT]

The explorer ac line needs to be used, but the condenser hookup is different, needing the correct fitting installed on the line...

SVT

 

[5ohRanger]

Stainless believe it or not!

 

[5ohRanger]

Small update guys. I cut my windshield out last night since it was cracked and I rather the cab be painted with it out. Also I took my heater/ac box apart and man was it caked with junk so I got that all cleaned up and put back together and mounted that up to my firewall. Hoping it isn't in the way of me marking and figuring out my motor mounts. Saturday is the big day! I'm wanting to get this project under way!

 

[5ohRanger]

Welp.... Tomorrow is the big day! I took my hood off tonight and started removing the headlights and signals. Nothing major cause I didn't get in until really late. Anywho, I'm hoping to get the motor and Tranny out and possibly stripped down and do a test fit and work on my mounts tomorrow. Not sure how fast this will go but I'm anxious and excited so I should move along at a pretty good pace! I'll post pics of the progress tomorrow guys!

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Good luck!

 

[5ohRanger]

Oh BTW I recorded some acceleration videos yesterday of the expo to get a comparison after the swap. I'll try to edit and upload them to YouTube when I'm done.

 

[5ohRanger]

Pretty happy with the progress today even though we ran into some problems. Got the 5.0 out of the expo, split the tranny and engine after we got it out, removed the clutch fan, manifolds, torque converter, and ac/ac bracket and swapped the oil pan and got my engine mounts figured out!!! Engine is sitting in the truck right now but it's coming back out for headers and I gotta buy an oil pan bolt kit which has shorter bolts cause the aluminum pan in the expo used long bolts cause it was so thick. Now for the pics!
The engine removal


How she sits now



The problem I ran into was my engine sat to high using the stock 4.0 motor mount locations??? I had already cut and slotted my 5.0 engine mount brackets so I thought I was screwed but thankfully the passenger side had enough room left that I was able to drill another hole for my engine mount to sit lower in the cross member. SVT said the driver side needed raised about 1.25" to sit level and in stock locations that was correct but by me drilling and lowering the passenger side it now sits perfectly level and low enough that I don't have any hood clearance issues now.
My passenger side engine mount in the stock location used the top two holes. The top right for the bolt and the top left for the alignment pin. I drilled and used the 2nd hole down on the right side and used the existing 2nd hole down on the left side for my alignment pin.

So I'm gonna try to get some more stuff together and tackle it hard next Saturday. Prob gonna pick up a new oil pump and throw in it while I got it out.
Also the ford racing oil pan swap kit did not come with a gasket for the pickup tube where it mounts to the oil pump so I gotta get one of those.

 

[5ohRanger]

Question for SVT or anybody else running a tranny cooler. What size cooler would need to be used to keep this 4R70W cool? The expo has a front tranny cooler that cools the tranny fluid along with the radiator...??? Maybe the rad warms it up when cold??? Anyway it's about 10x10? Not sure if that's big enough or not but it sure would be easy to use it but I wanna make sure to keep my tranny cool most importantly. Any info would be great! Thanks guys!

 

[RangerSVT]

For SVT I used a junkyard find, it was an aftermarket cooler with stainless steel flex lines from the trans all the way to the cooler, that one doesn't go through the radiator. Stock explorers go through the radiator and the external cooler, which since you have it from the donor, I'd run that. On the sport trac swap I ran the radiator and 2 stock secondary coolers along with an external filter, only cause I knew I'd be towing heavy loads with it...

SVT