If I'm not mistaken, all we have to do is swap the header and grille and remove the fender badges to make it a ranger.... (Other than the bedsides....) that's the only real difference. there may be a certain Mazda sponsored entity that comes into play, so we may have our cake and eat it too by leaving the Mazda badges on it. More on that later... other than that, the cab is identical, so any swap tips or parts we used will work on everybody's ranger as well.Our truck is a 2001 B2500, and we've actually thought about doing the swap to make it a ranger, but that's still undecided. I'm not sure it matters, other than the fact that some folks don't know that the two trucks are virtually the same, and we could do the swap and show that they're the same. There's so much cool tech to show that Im not sure it's as important to make it a Ranger and sacrifice something else... we don't have much time to "tell the story" so to speak.
Im glad you guys are interested in this..... The whole inspiration of this is the SVT 5.4 Supercharged ranger in 2002....(which seems to have disappeared into thin air) then of course, the email from Paul T (Iron Ranger) didn't hurt either.
We'll let you know when the first show airs.... it's a good one! There will be lots of explanation on the project goal, and the truck.
More soon!
KT.
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Thanks again, it was my pleasure. I'm sure the guys here would've done the same thing 100x over, I just got lucky that I found your contact info(the website is a little tricky).
As I said,




A V8 ranger is no easy feat, but when it's finished, it's well worth the late nights, bloody knuckles, Summit Racing orders, and eBay hunts!!

