Motor Swap Progress/Part Pics

Update 10/18/07
Got the motor and mocked up, made the tranny adapter plate, cut the heater box, dimpled the firewall for head clearance and other things just don't remember everything. Anywho here are the pics and I'll update later.

Sitting with no motor

Junk Parts

Engine bay empty. Its been cleaned and painted since

Whats left of the wiring harness and some of this is going to get taken out. lol

Crap I took out of the stock wiring harness

The ole 2.0 that was in the Ranger until it took a crap

Parts for the swap

Had to cut out the floor for the shifter

The sweet shifter knob I made out of a chainsaw piston, nut, and some JB weld

Mock up of the motor and tranny. Dont mind the ugly motor I still have to swap the intakes, valves covers, cam, and some other little parts.

UPDATE: 10/28/07

Got most of the motor work done. Got the cam, timing set, intake , and all the gaskets and little parts in. Still got a little more to do on it though. Here are the pics.

Here we go. lol

UPDATE: 12/14/07

Got the rearend put in with new leafs and a sway bar and working on the shock mount, got the fuel pump mounted, and got part of the radiator mounting done.

Rearend ready to go in.

Mock up of explorer shock crossmember.

Explorer leafs, swaybar, and rear end mounted

Lots-o-parts

Fuel pump mounted

Oh the choices of radiators.

First fitment of the radiator. And theres not enough clearance unless i mount the fan as a pusher which I don't really like so Ill have to improvise.

Ahhh starting to look better.

UPDATE: 2/30/08

Well its been completed for a few weeks now jsut never got atound to uploading pics. Well here they are. Just got little stuff left like shifter boot, cover the heater box, and things like that. Anyway here are the pics.

Explorer rear end. 3 inches wider but I like it.

New Fidanza shifter. I Looooove it.

Line Lock button and switch panel.

Under the hood.

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