splatranger95
12-14-2016, 09:41 AM
Alright, so Im not that old.... Im 28... But Ive had this truck since I was 16 and its been through a whole bunch of stages. Started as a bone stock 95 ranger with a 2.3L. I dropped it 5/7 put on some very 90s billets, ended up with a turbo stroker 2.5L with 475ish WHP. I loved that little truck drove it everyhwere like that, even in the snow through college. Well, about 4 years ago I decided to build a pro-touring type truck with it. I hate calling it pro-touring, but thats what I want it end up as. Reliable, cross country, comfy, and be able to autocross it some.
I was working at Honda in Columbus OH at the time, got the project going, then moved back home to Michigan and got a job at Ford as a powertrain calibrator, through the move and getting married the truck got pushed aside for a bit. Now Im back at it, and since Im to the point where the details are going to matter, I figured Id move my build over here and hopefully get some pointers.
So heres what I started with in 2012
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Ill throw up a few progress pics along the way, but basically the truck is now a Full 2x4 tube frame, Mustang II IFS, MN12 IRS narrowed 3" with custom arms, QA1 coilovers, sitting on HRE 595 wheels. Powertrain has gone through a couple changes, but Ive ended up with a 2.4L Turbo Volvo 5cyl with a TR3550 trans. (using a T5 for mockup as the case dimensions are basically the same and I had one sitting aroung)
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And here is where we are today. Last night I made bed mounts, cut some holes in the bed for my shock towers to clear, and slapped the bed on. Ill be making a fuel cell cage this weekend.
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And this is kinda what it will look like when done.
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I was working at Honda in Columbus OH at the time, got the project going, then moved back home to Michigan and got a job at Ford as a powertrain calibrator, through the move and getting married the truck got pushed aside for a bit. Now Im back at it, and since Im to the point where the details are going to matter, I figured Id move my build over here and hopefully get some pointers.
So heres what I started with in 2012
135019
Ill throw up a few progress pics along the way, but basically the truck is now a Full 2x4 tube frame, Mustang II IFS, MN12 IRS narrowed 3" with custom arms, QA1 coilovers, sitting on HRE 595 wheels. Powertrain has gone through a couple changes, but Ive ended up with a 2.4L Turbo Volvo 5cyl with a TR3550 trans. (using a T5 for mockup as the case dimensions are basically the same and I had one sitting aroung)
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And here is where we are today. Last night I made bed mounts, cut some holes in the bed for my shock towers to clear, and slapped the bed on. Ill be making a fuel cell cage this weekend.
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And this is kinda what it will look like when done.
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