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The 8.8 was used behind the 4.0
So you want to search for Rangers that rolled out of the factory with a 4.0 to find the 8.8 out back.

As long as you have a tight engine that holds oil pressure, then nothing wrong with it. Older engines may use it a little faster then a heavy oil. But in cold weather it will flow faster on a cold start. I like to run the lightest oil possible. I have had engines that I could easily tell the differe...

yes it is

Turn the key on and check for 12V at the injectors. Both pins should have 12V if it is plugged into the injector or just one pin if unplugged. Have power, computer side. No power, well there is something in the power to the engine harness issue. Can you pull codes? Another sign the computer is alive...

There is a shop in town called Affordable Exhaust Coatings that has done a few of my projects. I don't recall the pricing exactly, but I want to say around $150. Pricing is often not quoted ahead of time as the work involved varies between pieces. What I brought in was bare steel homemade headers. O...

Find yourself a nice wrecked '99 Explorer 2WD, strip everything from the drivetrain and wiring, transplant.

Track only monster, carbed engine, no street, get a built C4

Your best bet is probably a stock 5.0 from a '99 Explorer. Should be a near plug and play at that point. Takes care of everything from the cooling system to the exhaust. Should even keep it emissions legal in case you ever end up in a place that does emissions testing. From there performance modific...

5.0 Explorer were only sold as 2WD or AWD. Most of the time the AWD is considered 4WD (terms used interchangably). Although not completely correct, when dealing with the public you sometimes have to throw logic out the window. If you are a used car lot looking at one. You see a transfer case and axl...

How were you planning on doing the swap?

http://www.bcbroncos.com/efi-adapt.pdf has an adaptor that will put a car upper on a truck lower.It is reported to be nearly as short as a stock 5.0 car intake (the truck lower is shorter then the car lower). So a stock short car upper, adaptor, short truck lower make for a fairly short 5.8 EFI inta...

http://fordfuelinjection.com/?p=63
That should help you figure out what goes where

High side is too high. Not enough airflow through the condensor or undersized condensor. You can cheat it in the driveway by watering down the condensor. Once the high side comes down the low side should come down as well. Once the low side comes down the A/C will start cooling.

I had a set of 17" '98 GT wheels for a while. The wheel holes were larger then the hub flanges on the axle, so the wheels were now lugcentric instead of hubcentric. Not worried as that is how most of the aftermarket wheels are as well. But I didn't like them. Tires rubbed the sway bar on the fr...

Did you remove the washer under the crankshaft bolt? Go back, remove that washer, reinstall the big crankshaft bolt about halfway by finger. This way the puller will not mess up the threads on the end of the crank. It will be pushing on the head of the bolt instead of the end of the threads on the c...

Not on the road yet. While cleaning the garage I found 2 line pressure solenoid retaining clips. One is from the parts trans, the other should be in the new trans. Now I need to drop the exhaust (which involves dropping the trans crossmember in order to get the exhaust out of it's mount). Then I can...