Mods
5.3 LM7\r
4L80e all new, rebuilt with Jakes kit's HD kits and Sonnax+TransGo must haves\r
SS2 cam\r
PAC 1218 Springs\r
Dirty Dingo 240z engine mounts\r
Dirty Dingo 7 piston sanden AC compressor with billet mounts\r
NP261HD manual transfer case\r
Walbro 450 fuel pump
4L80e all new, rebuilt with Jakes kit's HD kits and Sonnax+TransGo must haves\r
SS2 cam\r
PAC 1218 Springs\r
Dirty Dingo 240z engine mounts\r
Dirty Dingo 7 piston sanden AC compressor with billet mounts\r
NP261HD manual transfer case\r
Walbro 450 fuel pump
Build story
Here we have how a Ford Ranger should have came factory, with a V8.\r
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Originally this ranger started with a 4.0L v6 and 4x4 5R55E the normal ranger things, after having 5 of those 5R55E transmissions go out, losing all gears, exploding over the highway or leaking out everywhere in a parking lot before 270,000km, finally the 4.0L really started ticking and what some thought was rod knock.\r
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It was time.\r
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The wonderful Matt Happel having posted a complete spoon fed "Don't BS me build" with the goal of how to make 500 wheel horsepower with a turbo, seems to work well even N/A and thus my plan was set. 5.3 GM LS based engine (what ever I got complete first), with new seals, the ss2 cam and PAC 1218 springs smacked up against a 2004 4L80e built not the HD-2 kit but rather using "Grady's" way post on the sloppy wiki, using a 48-ACT-TL and 4L80e-LB1 with a brand new complete deluxe rebuild kit and Jakes Transmissions RE-CALIBRATION KIT and HD snap rings, and some drilling, then Brian Tooley Racing seal kit and the standard Walbro 450 fuel pump in the factory ranger hanger, all 3/8in fuel injector line.\r
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The Goal, of course is a daily driver I can start any time of day, any time of year, drive where ever I want, with the same level of reliability a brand new or factory stock truck would have. This means AC and Heat! and 4x4 Dirty Dingo was the only way to go, 7 piston compressor and motor mounts, as far as engine management goes I've got both the factory gm po1 computer and ford ranger computer running together to have all factory features working with security keys and a turn key solution.\r
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What's left?\r
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I need to buy coil overs to finish the coil over conversion as the TBars aren't as good as they were meant to be and finish wiring the AC into the factory controls.
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Originally this ranger started with a 4.0L v6 and 4x4 5R55E the normal ranger things, after having 5 of those 5R55E transmissions go out, losing all gears, exploding over the highway or leaking out everywhere in a parking lot before 270,000km, finally the 4.0L really started ticking and what some thought was rod knock.\r
\r
It was time.\r
\r
The wonderful Matt Happel having posted a complete spoon fed "Don't BS me build" with the goal of how to make 500 wheel horsepower with a turbo, seems to work well even N/A and thus my plan was set. 5.3 GM LS based engine (what ever I got complete first), with new seals, the ss2 cam and PAC 1218 springs smacked up against a 2004 4L80e built not the HD-2 kit but rather using "Grady's" way post on the sloppy wiki, using a 48-ACT-TL and 4L80e-LB1 with a brand new complete deluxe rebuild kit and Jakes Transmissions RE-CALIBRATION KIT and HD snap rings, and some drilling, then Brian Tooley Racing seal kit and the standard Walbro 450 fuel pump in the factory ranger hanger, all 3/8in fuel injector line.\r
\r
The Goal, of course is a daily driver I can start any time of day, any time of year, drive where ever I want, with the same level of reliability a brand new or factory stock truck would have. This means AC and Heat! and 4x4 Dirty Dingo was the only way to go, 7 piston compressor and motor mounts, as far as engine management goes I've got both the factory gm po1 computer and ford ranger computer running together to have all factory features working with security keys and a turn key solution.\r
\r
What's left?\r
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I need to buy coil overs to finish the coil over conversion as the TBars aren't as good as they were meant to be and finish wiring the AC into the factory controls.