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I thought Malcolm had pics of where he notched his frame, but I can't find it now. Nope. I didn't notch my frame. The L&L headers fit without notching. Just be sure to have them loosely bolted to the engine when you're wiggling the engine in place to mark and drill your motor mounts. The fit is...

You shouldn't need the oil pan as stated above. On the oil filter relocation kit what I did was just purchase the canister and adapter. I sent the hoses back. The hoses are very industrial and look like they will never leak but they are so stiff and hard to work with it was impossible to make them w...

That adapter won't help you any. As you already noticed it's big and bulky. Here's two pics I have to try and give you and idea. http://www.v8-ranger.com/projects/v8ranger/engine-install/10.jpg http://www.v8-ranger.com/projects/v8ranger/oil/17.jpg Stranger, cgrey8 has an 89 Ranger as I recall. What ...

But what about the Explorer tranny, if you're using it? Is there an aftermarket control box for it?

cjcnomor4, I had planned on doing a 97ish Explorer swap into my 94 Ranger. My plan was to find a wrecked AWD explorer and convert my 4x4 Ranger to a full time AWD 5.0 Ranger. This would be my daily driver. You post has made me think twice about using the Explorer PCM but without it I'd have to find ...

All I have left is a very small hardly noticable vibe at around 65~70ish when I let off the gas. From all the documentation I've read it says that your output shaft on your transmission and the pinion on your rearend should be parallel. My T5s output shaft is tilted down to the ground by 5 degrees. ...

I just got done reading that thread. I feel that guys pain. I totally related.

I personally got the vacuum and wiring diagrams from www.helminc.com like Dave suggested. I also had some other misc wiring diagrams from a Ford EFI book I purchased online somewhere. I recommend you get more than just the diagrams in the back of a haynes manual.

Ahhh, I was thinking the pinion itself was spinning It is the pinion that is spinning. You will see in the video what I'm talking about. After you slide in the pinion with the bearings you tighten down the nut. This will put a certain amount of preload on the bearings making it somewhat tight when ...

If limited slips are prone to wear out even without abuse, then I'll want to get what's easiest to maintain for the future. I'm sure everyone's milage may very but my 94 Ranger had a limited slip from the factory. It now has 149600 miles and still works great. I got what Malcolm was saying about ne...

Thanks I'll check it out. Yesterday BellTech faxed me about 8 pages of article on correctly checking driveline angles. I'm going to run through that tonight too.

And interestingly enough the left and right side of your motor will have different plugs from the factory on these coil pack motors that share 2 cylinders per coil. Check out this link for an explanation.

http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/sparkplugs.htm

Don't worry you won't take 4 years. Actually I'm closer to 5 years. You shouldn't need more than a month with everything there and ready to go. Mine took forever because it was just a side project I liked to tinker on and I spent a lot of time tearing it apart to a bare frame and rebuilding it. Plus...

I am wanting to put the 3.27's in my RE so that will be a pinion change right? Yes you will be replacing the ring and pinion gears. Does this include ruining a crush ring if it's wrong or is this check made BEFORE you torque the nut down, crushing the ring? You use the old crush sleeve while doing ...

Yes very noticable. At first I thought man it's still a little steep and I should have probably gone to 3.08s but after cruising around a while I started liking it. I did about 40 miles last night just in back roads around my house and 2 short highway runs between exits. 3.27 seems to be slightly on...