My street leagal 4x4 ranger with 3.0l SHO

[98SHOanger]

Just finished this build fully functional and can't keep the tires from spinning lol

 

[98SHOanger]

1998 Range splash with 92 3.0 ford Yamaaha motor swaped and compleat

 

[Sharky]

more details & pictures please

 

[98SHOanger]

Had full doner car.. 1998 ranger splash 3.0 vulcan thru a rod ... thru a battery into my old sho that had sat for 12 years ... it fired right up and drove into the shop with 2 flat tires and a broken transmission. Took me about a month from start to finish... used the transmission out of range just had to remove some aluminum to keep it from hitting the oil gally cover ...used sho flywheel and pressure plate with clutch disk out of ranger ...had to give 1.5 in body lift and raised the tranny transfer case up and forward 1.5 inches each way .. used the wiring harness out of sho for running the engine and have the wiring from ranger running body electrical... had to use hot wire from sho harness for fuel pump... original ranger fuel pump added return fuel line rotated fuel rail 180° along with intake .. took the air hammer to fire wall to get clearance used sho motor mounts (modified somewhat) built custom ypipe to hook into ranger exhaust. Hooked into temp, oil , charging system and tach so that all my instruments work properly used oldboil sending unit off vulcan motor one on sho is just for dummy light ..

 

[98SHOanger]

Had to shorten front driveline.. whole build cost 300$ 14 years ago when I bought sho... great low end torque and when you let her sing above 5500 rpm wow!!! We'll worth swap all fabrication was done by myself in house

 

[98SHOanger]

I started build Jan 18 2025 and finished build February 15 2025 now to figure out how to get rid of the rev limiter

 

[98SHOanger]

Only cuts made to the body were to the floor boards to allow the shifter to sit properly a cut about 1.5 inches by 4inchs oh and the blower box needs cut and molded back together to make clearances just used sho exhaust manifolds and had enough room to put heat shields back on used throttle cable out of sho had to move radiator mounts down and forwards 2inchs each way to get clearance for air intake