Vehicle Owner

Member ID: GaelicVyk

Location: Ocala, FL

Vehicle Info

1988 Ford Ranger

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP225
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

Exterior Styling

  • Yokohama Tires 

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.

Login to rate

 

Last updated: May 20, 2009

Hits: 46,579

Ander’s Ford Ranger
“Beowulf and Grendel”

  • Currently 3.1142857142857 /5 Stars.
87 guestbook comments

this is how the engine is now, complete and running.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the engine all ready to go in the truck! aint it pretty!
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the left and right explorer exhaust manifolds. they arent pretty but they clear everything nicely.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
shots of the underside.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the wiring nightmare

GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger


heres the HO 5.0 thats been pulled from the t-bird.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the engine pulled apart to replace the gaskets and whatnot. its already been rebuilt lately.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the difference between the t-bird upper intake and the mustang gt upper intake im using. mustang intake is on top.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
heres a dummy 302 they used to set everything up mock up the clearance issues.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
explorer throttle body adaptor that will allow me to keep my AC and the AC box with notch for clearance
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the empty engine bay and engine cross-member and massaged transmission tunnel
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
a nice shot of the AOD transmission.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
this is the old 2.9 that was pulled from the truck.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
the radiator and a/c condenser shoehorned into the radiator support. theres NO room between them and the grill.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger
you can sorta see the dummy block through the grill.

GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger


and heres a good shot of the real motor in place through the grill

GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger


this is the donor car i'm getting my HO 5.0 V8 from. its a 1991 Thunderbird.
GaelicVyk's 1988 Ford Ranger

Guestbook

Displaying entries 1-5 of 87

CarsonD  

Posted by: CarsonD

05/20/2009 06:28AM

racing stripes are ALWAYS faster. Always.

fordranger1  

Posted by: fordranger1

05/16/2009 01:27PM

Wow, your ranger is awesome! Have you seen this ranger community @ http://www.fordrangerforum.com

fordranger1  

Posted by: fordranger1

04/28/2009 07:51PM

Wow, your ranger is awesome! Have you seen this ranger community @ http://www.fordrangerforum.com

Z3CHYD  

Posted by: Z3CHYD

02/11/2009 06:43AM

Nice lookin 88, when u say "dead" do u mean the engine blew or something else happened to it?

blueranger86  

Posted by: blueranger86

06/15/2008 04:12PM

Nice truck

Show Older Comments

Post a comment

Bookmark this Ride

Vehicle Owner

Member ID: GaelicVyk

Location: Ocala, FL