This is the start of my 5.0 ranger. I bought the truck and a spare for $250. the 92 started life as a 3.0 v6 and is soon to become a carbed 5.0 with either an AOD or a C4.I started this taer down by complete removal of the motor, transmission computer and all the related wiring. used wiring digrahms from autozone .com to trace out the Wires I needed to keep. oil temp water temp and a hot for the coil.

that's one of my little helpers on the hood.
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/DSCF0606.jpg?t=1240888344
THe old 3.0 that's comin out
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/DSCF0613.jpg?t=1240888599
more pics with progress made.
http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/th_DSCF0726.jpg
3.0 out of the way. and the shelled m5od gone.
http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/th_DSCF0729.jpg
Body seem folded Had to make a few releif cuts in the corners.
http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/th_DSCF0728.jpg
The bucket o wires left from the computer removal. not that bad once you figure out the wire diagrams. Mine came from the Zone.
http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/th_DSCF0727.jpg
http://s678.photobucket.com/albums/vv149/rare_redneck/th_DSCF0731.jpg
I'm getting rid of the A/C completely thought this might help someone else to know what's in there. I couldn't find any pics.

I stalled gathering parts have a 89 lincoln 5.0 need to get an intake and dist. for that. a c-4 tranny gotta go pic up at a freinds place about an hour away. then order the 50 OZ fly wheel. thinking about an hei I found on ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-289-302-5-0-5-0L-HEI-DISTRIBUTOR-COIL-RED-65k_W0QQitemZ190306076129QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors _Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2c4f2045e1&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-289-302-5-0-5-0L-HEI-DISTRIBUTOR-COIL-RED-65k_W0QQitemZ190306076129QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors _Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2c4f2045e1&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308) what does anybody think about this distributor?

I hate distributors with the coil built into it.

Your taking a GM idea and putting it in a Ford. :ooer:


Just kidding... whatever makes you happy. I have a pro-comp 7000 series distributor. It's a hunk of crap to change anything. If you pull it out the gear usually stays in an it has to be pulled out with a long pair of needle noses. It's nothing to worry about falling apart, just a bad design.

Spend the money and get something decent.

what would you suggest? I like the Idea of hei just becuase of the one wire hookup and those looked to be built decent from the pics. not just their word on it.could spend a little more money on something that was just the first one I found. that had a name.

i have the same distibutor its a decent piece for the price but really large in size thats the only thing i dont like about them. if you get one you'll see, its bigg...

thinking about doing the duraspark controled By an HEI module. read a few articles about that.

Update: .

update plans fanalized for the initial build. 89 lincoln 5.0 carb with a two barrel carb and intake from a shelby and dura spark controled by an HEI module bare minimum on the accesories (alt. and PS )backed by a C4 and the factory 7.5 rear with 3.45 gears.

list of things still to get
dura spark dist. with steel gear
50 oz flex plate for C4
hei module
mustang motor mounts
Radiator ( 4.0 HD)
exhaust manifolds ?

if anybody's got anything else please list so i can add it to my list.

just got a block for mock-up. can anyone give me a measurment from the heads to the core support? or something like that. I'd like to have som measurements that weren't changed by accesories or covers