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Naturally aspirated 5.0 from a 97 mountaineer, no EGR, headers so only 2 mods.

Has autolite AP104's in it now, they look like they have been replaced recently.

Is there another plug that you recommend?

BTW where can I see pics of your ranger? There are a few pics here and there on the forum. Is there anything specific that you wanted to see (i.e. engine, header, trans)? Or just a generic distance view of the truck itself? The guts LOL the motor stuffed in the engine compartment and how you have s...

BTW where can I see pics of your ranger?

Groovy, thanks for the tips. I did know not to use locktite, heat destroys it. We have bin stock with all kinds of bolts in 1/4" increments for non metric threads, grade 5 hex, grade 8 hex and socket heads which I love but a lot of peeps seem to hate. I attached my dodge ram 4.7 exhaust manifol...

Well I'm in at the other place, thank you. Will have to do days of reading before I have the nerve to post, my tuning experience is NA. I understand the concept, have scanned several cars with several readers (mostly GM's they seem to need it more) and have seen a setup where a guy at work put a tur...

Groovy, off to register at EECTuning.org later this evening. This is the headers. (these are the headers? Fine line) I hear they are hard to find, perhaps I didn't look in the right place. Found these from a guy on facebook but he frequents one of the explorer forums. http://data1systems.com/images/...

OK I have determined I would like to know more about "that guy's" services, and if there is any way I could pay him to give me encrypted tunes that I could just laptop in myself. I'm sure I don't want the rear O sensors (or HEGOS as you called them), I don't want EGR, I don't want to know ...

Convenience does drive humans to do not so smart things... often. Thanks again-

Pulled the 4 cyl. on my 2000 in prep for the 5.0. Looks like removing the motor mounts are a trick, might involve spring removal? Tips please. AND if so, since it was a 4 cyl and I'm moving to an 8... and will have the springs off... what do I do to retain the original ride height? Should I switch s...

My mountaineer was made in february of 97 and they look like regular GT40 heads to me. Plugs angle toward the front on one head and toward the back on the other. All the pics I could find of GT40 VS P heads the P heads looked like the plugs stuck straight out on both sides, please correct me if I am...

They are short, seems like if it would work someone would already know. They are so cheap I'm considering getting a set just in the hopes they might clear everything.

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Thank you, For all practical purposes it will be a stock transmission, it will be the same year with the same electronics it will be for a 2wd instead of a 4wd. The PCM will be the stock 1997 mountaineer 5.0 with auto, so no pats. I might end up needing "that guy" but want to only send it ...

I have my donor vehicle now, a 97 mountaineer that I have driven more than 200 miles just to burn the gas out before I parked it. Noticed the PO had a problem with the left bank cat (the one that goes cross ways) and has in fact removed it. I really don't want to re cat the thing, and was wondering ...

Well I decided not to do this... I guess I didn't notice my particular dash cluster simply does not have a tach. Duh.

The donor mountaineer does though.

Cool thank you, the first time I looked in the flow chart was not there, I see it now. Both my manuals came in, the ranger manual was labeled "wiring diagrams" but both the ranger book and the mountaineer book are filled with useful "stuff" for lack of better terms. When it gets ...