Hi all

[Bird76Mojo]

New to the forums, but not vehicles or hot rodding. My current (never truly finished) project is a summer time daily driver V8 Ranger. Specs:

1987 single cab shortbed with bench seat- originally a 2.0/5spd

1992 5.0L, stock E7 heads for now, 302 H.O. pulled from a 30,800 mile, elderly owned wrecked Thunderbird - Telorvek engine management wiring harness custom fit to truck - Mustang A9P ECU

Mustang 255lph fuel pump in factory Ranger EFI hanger

Custom Russell Proflex Hose -6AN complete return fuel system - Russell -6AN fuel rail & fuel tank tubing adapters - Earls billet fuel filter

Hedman 88400 headers - ceramic coated

Custom 2.5" (made by me) stainless steel mandrel bent dual exhaust w/ Torca exhaust clamps

Magnaflow stainless steel double in/out internal X-pipe muffler with turndowns

Tremec T5Z with front shift, rear socket, tailhousing - Foxbody bellhousing - Billet Modern Driveline shifter - Hurst chrome shift lever and ball using factory Ranger rubber floor boot

Ford Motorsport 140mph speedometer (rare AF)

Ford Racing billet steel flywheel - Ram clutch - Tilton 6000 series billet hydraulic release bearing w/ stainless AN hose to factory clutch master

Axle: Ranger 31 spline 8.8" swapped to 3.73 with Torsen T2 / Ebay "U-Bolt Plates for 8.8 3.25" / Ebay "Currie CE-9020 U-Bolt"

Custom length aluminum Explorer Limited driveshaft w/ Moog Super Strength #253 1310-1330 conversion u-joints

10th Anniversary Mustang wheels/Nitto 555 G2 > front 17x9 255/40-17" - rear 17x10 275/40-17"

MOOG CC842 front coil springs

Northern 205138 Aluminum Radiator - factory 5.0 mechanical fan

TrailGear steel battery box, relocated to drivers side due to T-Bird airbox location part# 301347-KIT

Converted to power steering with custom hoses using the factory Thunderbird power steering pump

1997 Ranger I-beam/brake swap / 12" Sport Trac rotors w/ custom caliper relocation brackets.


Soon to be added (I already have it all) AFR #1399 heads, GT40 lower intake, SN95 Cobra upper intake, 70mm throttle body, PimpXS, dual widebands, injectors, etc..

Hopefully a Kenne Bell in the near future as well. Hard to find a good SN95 Kenne Bell these days though.


As bought:

After:

 

[98 svt]

Welcome to SVTP.
That's a great looking square body ranger.

 

[Bird76Mojo]

Thanks man. She's a solid 10 footer death trap.

 

[CobraBob]

Welcome to SVTPerformance. Yeah, that's definitely a cool Ranger. How long have you owned it?

 

[Bird76Mojo]

I've had it since 2017. After my employer shut down operations, I had a severance package to spend so I built the truck I wanted when I was 17. My mother gave me a 1986 model around 1996, that was identical in every way to this one. I couldn't locate it after selling it decades ago so I found this Ranger which was pretty clean. Definitely a 10 footer since it was a college kid's automotive class project. He put some filler in places where filler shouldn't have been used. This truck will be all steel when I'm done with it.

I've got a different bed to go on it with one NOS bedside, a NOS tailgate, two new repop fenders, two beautiful rust-free doors with wing-windows etc. It'll get re-shot in the same red. Possibly with some Boss-ish striping.

 

[03cobra#694]

Do like,and welcome.

 

[geoffmt]

Nice toy! I have an 84 they are a blast

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[Bird76Mojo]

Very cool man!! More race truck than I'd do myself. but VERY COOL! Always glad to see another Ranger enthusiast.

More of my pile:

 

[biminiLX]

Very cool project.
How much does that truck weigh?
Looks very light
-J

 

[CobraBob]

Any plans on tinting the windows? I think at least some tint on the rear and sides would look cool.

 

[Bird76Mojo]

That longbed is gorgeous!

The truck weighs just shy of 3400lbs full of fuel with me in it and a spare tire in the bed. At least that's what the local grain elevator scale said when I drove on it after they closed. I assume it was reading in lbs.

I'll tint the windows after painting it and getting some new glass.