LS Swapped Ranger

[Marty]

Nice. Haven’t seen any YouTube videos lately and wondered if something went wrong. Well , wish me luck man. When I start mine I’ll post a new thread and link yours in also.

 

[Zach.frisch]

Hey I’m about to do a 5.3 swap in my 93 Splash. Was wondering what rearend set up you went with and if you have any pictures of it. Thanks in advance!

 

[LS Ranger]

Hey I’m about to do a 5.3 swap in my 93 Splash. Was wondering what rearend set up you went with and if you have any pictures of it. Thanks in advance! View attachment 27221

I just used a 8.8 from a 02 Mazda b4000.
Has 4.10s and mini spool I put a Perfect Launch diff cover with girdle.
Other than that its stock rear end don't have any pics since its nothing cool.

 

[Marty]

Hey it’s me again. What did you do as far fuel setup. From what I’ve seen my year(2000) has returnless fuel system so how did you run your fuel system?

 

[Cknick230]

Got a question for you I’m doing a lm7 build now for my ranger how did you get the power steering to work?

 

[chvlfrk]

Well here's what I did with my lil' 94 back in 2010...........I narrowed my Explorer 8.8 L/S 3" then used 2 right side axles, & did the Explorer style (leafs under frame) mod......15X12 Draglites with 28X15.50 tires:

It does have a fuel cell in the bed as the original tank is gone for room for suspension mod & 3" exhaust.

No mods to outer wheelwells.

I had to remove some of the support brace on the bottom of the box, but didn't have to tub it.

I used Explorer front spring hangers and made my rear shackle hangers. You will also have to make your upper shock mounting crossmember.

 

[Jesusrubio29]

Hey man i was wondering did you have to relocate the a/c compressor some where else?

 

[Rangerado]

Nice. Haven’t seen any YouTube videos lately and wondered if something went wrong. Well , wish me luck man. When I start mine I’ll post a new thread and link yours in also.

Nothing went wrong or anything I just sold the truck last year.

 

[Rangerado]

Hey man i was wondering did you have to relocate the a/c compressor some where else?

I didn’t run a/c so I just completely removed the compressor and lines . I did shave the heater box for extra clearance.

 

[Rangerado]

Got a question for you I’m doing a lm7 build now for my ranger how did you get the power steering to work?

I didn’t ever get power steering to work I never even tried to hook it up. The truck always had skinnies up front so it wasn’t needed.

 

[Rangerado]

Hey it’s me again. What did you do as far fuel setup. From what I’ve seen my year(2000) has returnless fuel system so how did you run your fuel system?

I ran a corvette filter/regulator and return less fuel rail just ran a short return line from the filter back to the fuel cell. There are pics of this in the beginning of the thread.

 

[Whitetrashranger05]

For your dirty dingo mounts they got a tab on the back of them that go on the frame. Did you drill a hole in the frame or did you just grind them off. Doing a swap on my 05 and was just wondering.

 

[buell-eyed-devil]

First off, Im not a chevy guy.....however the way you did those headers made this a very awesome swap. Guess the main thing I dont like about chevys is the ugly bodies but you fixed that. Awesome job!

 

[Officer860]

About how much would a swap like this run? I unfortunately do not have the garage space to do this myself over time on my 1992 ranger. I’d love to find a 5.3 to put in and run a little boost. Just curious what everyone thinks I would need cash wise to get it all done properly

 

[Officer860]

Here’s my 92