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Falcon, the Ranger trans would love it, till you started banging the gears. To me the temptation would be overpowering.

Jack.

Originally Posted by falconvan

Very true, Dave. Or I could hang a turbo on it! But I imagine the Ranger trans wouldn't care for that.

Put a small turbo on it, you might be surprised. Get another spare trans just in case and enjoy.

I haven't posted for a bit but I've been on it. I had a couple wiring issues I had to work out that ended up involving taking off the intake and fuel rails and untaping the harness I spent so many hours putting together. But now it's done and I've got power to the O2 sensors and the injectors and it's all back together. Just missed two wires when I was putting the harness together. I also needed some kind of heater and I found this in a Rambler at the boneyard. Bad motor but the core is good and this is about as compact as they come. I was able to make the Taurus blower motor fit with some fabb'd brackets and the shaft just happen to be the right size. Im going to start figuring out how the radiator hoses and clutch line will run tomorrow.

I had the day off and really knocked out a lot of stuff. Got the radiator hoses made, clutch hose figured out and some parts ordered, and a good portion of the front clip back together. Seeing it with fenders on it feels great; can't wait to cruise it around the block! But I still need a driveshaft, exhaust, put the interior back together, finalize wiring and progam, etc, etc, etc, $$$, $$$, $$$, ..........

That is looking cool Falcon, will the front settle down a little yet or is that the fix ride height ? As many have mentioned before, people certainly will be scratching their heads when they beak under the hood.

It's got 3" lowered spindles on the front but the guy used shocks that are way too long. It's basically sitting on the fully compressed shock so I think it'll probably come down some.

Here a short video of it running; sounds pretty good through open headers for a little 3.2.
http://youtu.be/Q5AYJOrwKVM

Sounds AWESOME! Good work!

Not knowing for sure I'd guess you have low (intake) manifold pressure or the sensor isn't hooked up. Sure sounds healthy.

That's kool,Falcon.. Looks good sitting in there,too.. That color shouts out,doesn't it?? Nice job,mate.. Yup,,sounds interesting for a lil V6.. You are sure to upset somebody on the road.. hehe

Very cool. Congrats

That looks and sounds great !!!!!! Nice score on the heater and I like the dash.


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Great progress. Looks like you are close to taking a test drive.

Jack.

Thanks; not too terribbly far. I need to get a driveshaft made, finish the wiring, hook up the clutch, and put exhaust on before she'll move.

Got a few things done over the last few days; got my column and wheel painted and back on and started fitting the inner fenderwells. Both needed a notch to clear the engine; hopefully I'll have them finished, painted and mounted for good by the weekend. Then I can start getting the rest of the front clip back together.