Sept 5 2011: Got some more work done today on the Ranger, installed the fenders and made the required cuts to allow the front end to tilt forward, also installed and cut the inner fenders so they tilt with the front end, amd finally popped the heads and vavet covers on to check for firewall clearance, will have to do some work on the drivers side and the heater box requred a relief cut for the valve cover and auto trans dipstick on passenger side, filled in the opening with sheet metal, I have read of people using a heat gun melt the heater box and aoil filter or similar clyindrical object to create the required relief, I have another box and am going to try that on the other one to see which works the and looks the best. Here are some pics of this weekends progress.
Dec 02, 2012: Been a long time since I had a chance to work on this truck, summer projects seened to build up and everything else took a back seat, anyway it's time for some more updates. Got a sand blaster and 60 gallon compressor a while back, decided to try bead blasting som e aluminum to see how it turned out, started with a water Temp housing from the 5.0 then the stock EFI from the same motor, not expensive parts and I have spares in case I screwed up here are some after pics of the intake lower half:
