2004 Ford Ranger 4.8 eBay Twins
04-23-2018, 08:41 PM
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2004 Ford Ranger 4.8 eBay Twins What Is Left To Drive
Intercooler
Cold Side Piping
Radiator Hoses? Radiator?
Power Steering? Electric pump?
Electric Fan
Vacuum Lines
Down Pipes
Weld/Adjust Internal Gates
Oil Feed/Drain
Transmission Cooler
Shift linkage
Electronics
Spark plug wires/boots
Fuel system
Driveshaft
This swap will be pretty straight forward.
I will be taking all the guts from my 1979 Ford Fairmont 4.8 Swap and moving it into a newer chassis.
I opted for a truck because it is far more versatile than my old rust bucket Fairmont with plastic windows, holes in the trunk and floor, no power steering, etc. etc.
I can also pull a ski if I want to and flood time in South Florida will be a non-issue. Another factor is that I already own a 2010 Corvette, building another coupe or 2 door sedan doesn't make much sense.
Therefor everything will be going into this 2004 Ford Ranger 2wd.
I will no longer be using the Borg Warner S475, I will be going with ebay twins t3/t4 internally gated as I had great success with recent projects such as my KA24DE swapped 1989 Volvo 240 Wagon.
The mounts will be concocted by me with a shoddy welder as usual.
I will be running the same stalled TH400 for now until I decide on a 4L80e/stock computer setup.
It will be running on microsquirt as usual as I have had great success.
My goal is to complete this as cheap as possible and as soon as possible.
First Video Below.
Intercooler
Cold Side Piping
Radiator Hoses? Radiator?
Power Steering? Electric pump?
Electric Fan
Vacuum Lines
Weld/Adjust Internal Gates
Oil Feed/Drain
Transmission Cooler
Shift linkage
Electronics
Fuel system
This swap will be pretty straight forward.
I will be taking all the guts from my 1979 Ford Fairmont 4.8 Swap and moving it into a newer chassis.
I opted for a truck because it is far more versatile than my old rust bucket Fairmont with plastic windows, holes in the trunk and floor, no power steering, etc. etc.
I can also pull a ski if I want to and flood time in South Florida will be a non-issue. Another factor is that I already own a 2010 Corvette, building another coupe or 2 door sedan doesn't make much sense.
Therefor everything will be going into this 2004 Ford Ranger 2wd.
I will no longer be using the Borg Warner S475, I will be going with ebay twins t3/t4 internally gated as I had great success with recent projects such as my KA24DE swapped 1989 Volvo 240 Wagon.
The mounts will be concocted by me with a shoddy welder as usual.
I will be running the same stalled TH400 for now until I decide on a 4L80e/stock computer setup.
It will be running on microsquirt as usual as I have had great success.
My goal is to complete this as cheap as possible and as soon as possible.
First Video Below.
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04-26-2018, 05:36 PM
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Motor and trans out, exhaust out. Waiting on universal mounts then motor goes in, probably be in next week.
New video tomorrow
Waiting on eBay coupon to purchase turbos, flanges, etc
New video tomorrow
Waiting on eBay coupon to purchase turbos, flanges, etc
09-24-2018, 01:13 PM
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NEW video. motor is mounted, headers are flipped, turbos are mocked up.
What is left:
Rest of Turbo Kit
Weld/Adjust Internal Gates
Oil Feed/Drain
Transmission Cooler
Shift linkage
Electronics
Spark plug wires/boots
Fuel system
Power Steering? Electric pump?
Intercooler/Piping
Radiator Hoses
Electric Fan
What is left:
Rest of Turbo Kit
Weld/Adjust Internal Gates
Oil Feed/Drain
Transmission Cooler
Shift linkage
Electronics
Spark plug wires/boots
Fuel system
Power Steering? Electric pump?
Intercooler/Piping
Radiator Hoses
Electric Fan
10-28-2018, 04:07 PM
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What is left:
Weld/Adjust Internal Gates
Oil Feed/Drain
Transmission Cooler
Shift linkage
Electronics
Fuel system
Intercooler/Cold Side Piping
Radiator Hoses
Power Steering? Electric pump?
Electric Fan
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10-29-2018, 07:56 AM
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I’ve been following on YouTube, this ones going a lot slower than the fairmont lol. Anyways I was wondering if you could do a micro squirt tuning video once it’s up and running ?