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custom v8 ranger build


v8-ranger

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Joined
Jun 23, 2011
Messages
34
City
WA
Vehicle Year
84/91
Transmission
Manual
so heres my build so far started out as a 84 ranger and has evolved to muck more. the motor is a 95 mustang 5.0 that hasbeeen rebuilt, had the heads ported by my dad, cam installed, roller rockers adn a eatonm90 blower off of a supercoupe that was ported out by magnum powers.
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the blower we got was ported and had coated rotrs installed by magnum powers and is valued at 1500 dollars
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we had to build a custom pully to run the blower off a differet belt ad then a custom spacer out of alluminum
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My dad and i went to a local wrecking yard and piced up a frame so i could start working on it while still driving my truck adn we also picked up a dana 35 and a 8.8 with 3.73 and posi out of a explorer and i found a set of eagle alloy rims and bridgstone dueler tires for 400 bucks out at the wrecking yard to
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so the next step was my shock buckets i went out to the wrecking yard and cut off some dual shock buckets off of a full size bronco and customized the driver side to fit my frame
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with shocks and u can also see the custom lower shock mounts? sway bar mounts i had to build
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to make the dual shocks work i had to lengthen the sway bar 6 inches (hanging up getting painted)
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the next thing i got was a 33 gasllon gas tank out of a fullsize bronco that was brand new from the wrecking yard still in the box too! decided to mount it uner the bed
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just a custom fuel filter mount
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some pics of the cab, bed and fenders sitting on the frame
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Man thats a badass build. I can't wait to see more progress. Looks like your off to awesome start. I'm glad you dad is bring you up properly I hope to one day do the same with my Kid(s).:icon_thumby:
 
Thanks man my dad is teaching me all he knows plus some should be burnen rubber by the end of summer just found out it will cost 1000 bucks to get the motor running I have to buy a chip, programmer, software and a editor and pay a guy in new york 500 bucks to write the computer
 
Just got the gas filler moved now just a liltle bondo work and weld some seams on the bed up
 

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