This is my twin turbo 347 ranger, im just gonna give ya a brief overview of what changes i made to the truck to acommodate the turbo package, in its present state it was a used coast high streetfighter shortblock with used ford j302 heads, having 10-1 compression, it wouldnt like to much boost on pump gas so i lowered it by installing a cometic .065 head gasket, the drivetrain is a ford aod with full manual valve body, transbrake, and switchable overdrive. the back of the truck consists of a 97 explorer rear that i chopped in the basement (i dont own a garage) along with moser axles, aluminum diff support and 3.90 gears. Feeding fuel to the engine is a A1000 pump and 1/2 " parker pushlock full hose pulling gas from a jegs 16 gallon fuel cell with gm sending unit




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first i started by moving the steering shaft by inserting a third knuckle to make room for the flipped shorty headers that i picked up cheap on ebay, these are before and after photos
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Wow, that rules.

now im gonna start to move pretty fast thru the pictures, this is the rear with the chopped axle, fuel cell and 315/35/17 sumitomo tires on 10.5 cobra wheels


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killer man

That truck is just sick !

Everything for this turbo project was purchased off of ebay. everything was cheap, the quality does appear excellent and component failure has been non existant as of yet. that not to say it wont happen but i may upgrade to turbos some time next year, this is my cost break down.

2 61mm t4 turbos shipped- 500
2 38mm wastegates -120
1 50mm bov -70
1 water to air i/c -165
universal i/c pipe kits
2.5" and 3" -120
mustang 1 5/8 headers
new in box -90
t4 turbo flanges -15


this is my mock up engine on a stand in the basement, all my fitment was done a head of time so i knew it would drop right on to the engine in the truck
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here you can see i attached a piece of steel with a horizontal wire to show me where my self imposed height limit would be to avoid torching the fiberglass hood

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installation of manifolds and turbo on to the engine after the head gasket swap
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the reassembled engine, along with the i/c piping and couplings and the water to air intercooler and my lowered alternator mount, keeping it all cool is a budget griffen radiator and a taurus 2 speed fan that i got from a u pull it for 10$





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here the exhaust is tied back into my x pipe and and i made a new trans crossmember to clear the pipes, note the wide band on the drivers side


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here is my trans coolers mounted under the front of the bed on the passenger side along with its own dedicated fan and paper type oil filter
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and here are the rest of my i/c piping pics for ya
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That thing is sweet dude, nice work. i say TOTM

im sure i neglected to mention alot of small items that were neccessary but you get the point.some other pictures can be taken and posted if needed

wow sweet looking truck how fast she run in the 1/4 now man

havent run it in the 1/4 withthe turbo yet, my 1/8 is in the mid 7's @ around 100mph, it wont pass tech for the quarter without a cage

Looking at these pictures has made me hate you.

Awsome write up! Thank you! I'll sticky it soon.

Oh. I also have to add that you are a master fabricator and welder in my book. How you could have built all that on an engine stand and it just dropped right in is beyond me!

Mid 7's in the 1/8 should be well into the 11's in the quarter I believe.

its a 100% street truck, over 200,000 on the clock and yes i drive it in the rain, i have no issues driving it 2 or 3 hours from home, and i put that engine into boost on a regular basis with out any issues while feeding it 92 octane pump gas.

I love it!
Awesome job, would be lovely to see a vid of that thing running!

Yes! Video Please!!!

dont have videos of runs withthe turbos but have N/A runs in the video section on here, im gonna be laid up for a little so maybe after i get ok'd to drive again i might have someone video me doin a burnout or somethin

What rpms u looking at when them bad boys start to spool?? probably sounds effing awesome

begin to spool at 3 grand and have full boost by 3,300-3,500 rpm depending on engine temp

Yeah, definitely TOTM. Nice work.

as peter griffin would say... "FREAKIN SWEET!"

I got to tell you, I had a chubby looking at those pics.

The holy grail man, that's actually my exact plan (just won't be for a couple years). Definately let us know if or when you get some numbers, dyno or track man.

just gettin it done is most of the battle, alot of people toss the idea around but no one ever does it

I seen it over on v8 ranger a couple times and that thing in sweet as ever. Id love to have it.

:clapclap: WOW that thing is awsome good job on it hope it was fun puting it together i love it just an awsome job

Was it a pain in the rear to get the carb to take boost without going lean?

AWESOME! Good looking truck with power!

holley projection- fuel injection, i tune it with the wide band o2. 12.2 at wot and 14.7 at cruise

Nice!!

kool

damn that is insaneeeee, id drive that over anything. ITs cool that you drive it alot, trust me a truck like that loves to br driven

So uh.. howd you get it upstairs and through the house out of the basement :p

The work done is :mind-blow
The truck itself is :drool:

I say :headbang:

So uh.. howd you get it upstairs and through the house out of the basement :p


what are you talking about?

i dont have a garage yet, the truck stays outside and all the large item work happens outdoors but i can work on all my other stuff inside
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Time to build!

Been awhile since last post, any dyno or track numbers yet? (drool)

NICE!! Got any vids planned in the not so distant future?

How'd I miss this? Awesome truck... I love the fab skills mang!

holy Toledo how the hell did i miss this thread???? Awesome truck man!!!! just AWESOME! x2 on burnout vid!

AWESOME TRUCK!!! Nice work...must sound Freakin' BADD!!!

LOVE the grille, where did you get it???

Mike

made the grill from a factory grill and an aero star inner piece, used epoxy/fiberglass/bondo, its starting to crack out at the joints after 10 years so it might be time to make something different

Yeah....well my truck gets better gas mileage! So there!! :E

That's the nicest looking grille I've ever seen on a Gen I Ranger, GREAT job fabbing it up!!! I'd say 10 years is a pretty good run, I'd be for fixing it myself although I'd also like to see what else you come up with... VERY nice!!!

Mike

alright guys i pulled the engine, welded and painted the firewall and front support, put on a new set of heads and plumbed a parker funnelweb for 8 120lb injectors and installed a low ohm injector driver, rewired all of the engine compartment and claybared the exterior of the truck im just waiting on some stainless panels to cover the wiring on the fender wells and its done for right now
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Truck looks good as always. I though I read somewhere you were going with a bigger motor?

was considering it but with the current artificial manipulation and inflation of oil futures i decided it was wise just to make my existing combo more efficient, notice im not bitchin about gas prices, as im responcible for putting a twin turbo v8 in my ranger but im merely trying to make my engine more efficient.

wow, man that's bad@$$. beautiful truck. any hp, or new 1/8th mile #'s yet?

Very very nice.

Im wanting to do something similar in the future. I thought about mounting the turbos in the front corners, and then using a 2 in 1 out a/a intercooler, and then coming up over the top of the core support into the intake.

got any videos of this this running yet

havent been on for a while, ruptured a disc in my back, um dont have times or video yet and dont know if i will this year, night be going in for an operation, had a problem with the aod, burned up third gear, sent it back to art carr and they are going to rebuild the whole thing and flog it on they're in house dyno and try to find any weaknesses at no cost to me, its not very often that a company actually stands behind a "race only" item thats been abuse by a twin turbo v8, i'll continue to due bussiness with them in the future.

Man that sucks. Best of luck with the back.

I have heard lots of good stuff about Art Carr.

Nice truck! Seriously dude that thing is wicked awesome! And the best part is that you are located in York,PA. I'm located in Lancaster,PA. I want to see the thing, go for a drive, look from a distance, or anything. Let me know maybe we can meet up somewhere. best wishes with your back.

What track do you run at?

i usually run 1/8 at south mountain, now called quater aceses dragstrip, but just couldnt get a run fit in this year, should have the tranny back either the end of this week or the beginning of next, well bikerboy i'll give you a ring when i get it goin, you know i drive this in the rain and snow right?

Are you serious? How bad is it to drive in the rain and snow?

man this is nice bro keep up the good work

Quick question. I also have a gen I ranger and I'm planning on investing in a cowl hood. How big is your cowl and where did you get it from. Also I'm planning on doing the twin turbo setup on my ranger eventually. Right now I'm just running a 351W and planning on next year 4 linking it and then in pry 2 years building something turboed.

thats what I thought 5 years ago :lol: still getting parts!! $$ Dam school bills and books!

oh man that is cool engine of your ranger!! how fast is it in second!!




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Yup, nice truck. Grade-A work. I'm just trying to get mine EFIed, much less turbo or TT it.. lol, goodness that must have been an expensive project.

cost was'nt to bad and it will do 80somethin in second gear

Totally bitchin!

any hp numbers?

i hav an 86 ranger with a 331 but ive had problems finding headers that will clear ... im interested in buyin those headers u have so let me know

dart block ordered, also coming is a forged eagle crank and h beam rods,
:lol: je pistons, studs,0 balanced, should be fun:blahblah:

nice truck man was just wondering what rearend u running

chopped explorer 8.8

Thas a nasty Ranger....

dart block ordered, also coming is a forged eagle crank and h beam rods,
:lol: je pistons, studs,0 balanced, should be fun:blahblah:

now you're speaking my language :lol:

post some pics of the new build

well i had a camera failure so here are some pics with my new camera of my daughter and i installing my new engine, i'll get some pics of the build put up soon, so here it is, ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag
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Great build!!

so here it is, ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag

:lol: I would be more than happy to take that ten pounds of crap off your hands ANY day of the week!!!!

Very nice!!!
Now you have enough to do 1000HP+ good luck with it.
BTW what are you going to use to tune it??


I can't wait to get mine on the road

sweet lookin man.

been running a holley commander 950 with feedback from an aem o2 my fuel map shouldnt be too far off from my 347, now i dont have to worry about it puking its guts on the highway, when i figure a way of reading my other camera card i'll post some pictures of the short block and guts.. my 120lb injectors should be more than enough to feed it when i do the e85..

Amazing...http://www.improvresourcecenter.com/mb/images/smilies/popcorn.gif

truck is very sweet! wish my v8 ranger was that cool

That motor is sick!!! Very disappointed there is no video of this thing for the past 2 years...

Wow man, it just keeps getting better & better.

I might finally have a ranger available to do something like this, but its still a few years away from being able to have something like this done to it, mainly b/c it would take that long to have the money, haha.

some build pics

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Cool truck and all but you don't want none of my naturally aspirated 170,000 mile 2.3 liter stockness. :tongue

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Wow man, just gorgeous.

Would you mind giving details on how you reconfigured your steering shaft? Are those all off the shelf weld-on u-joints and a stock cut up shaft?

wow.

definitely the most bad ass truck Ive ever seen. i would love to see the face of anyone who tried to beat you out at a stop light on your way home from work.

so how much boost are u running

7 lbs right now, i'll turn it to 15 soon.....
and thay are weld on joints.

At a loss for words, bad azz motor in a sweet truck, family and friends to help, and E85! LUCKY!!

yes i have a chubby also you have a badass 1st gen

Great looking build. That dart block can take more than that. What is the DC of the injectors with the E85 @ 7psi? What is the AFR? Looks good. Is it running with the dart motor yet?
Luke

That is just simply badass!!!

Any updates on your truck fastranger?