Page 1: You are here (Mods from stock)
Page 2: Roll over and repair
Page 3: Wheeling pics
The Day I Bought her.....for 1,200 bones. I went and wheeled her to see how she felt. bone stock
I drove Molly bone stock with close to 300k miles on the old and dieing 2.9L V6 for about 6 months..... I had plans for her but not the money. Then I got an amazing job fresh out of high school.... How bout a Civil Engineer!?? Now I had the money to start my plans.... First on the list a 4 inch suspension lift:
This is what I opted for:
So Now the work begins. My best friend/neighbor helped me out as long as I promised to help him lift his 79' FJ40 Land Cruiser:
I never took any pics of the truck right after I finished the lift. ANWAYS So then one day at work, a co-worker comes up to me and tells me that she saw my truck and what I have been doin to it. She then goes on to tell me that her husband is a pro-RockCrawler and that he needs help in the pits on the team....It turns out he is the owner and driver of the team LOVELL Rock Racing!!! www.lovellrockracing.com
Long story short, I worked for the team and helped design and build their newest truck. I also repaired them after every race. With a little help from the sponsors I got hooked up with a nice set of tires and air filters:
Then I decided to throw a new heart into Molly. The 2.9 was leaking oil like a siv, and the tranny was breaking on me. I picked up a 1994 Ford Explorer 4.0L V6 (with about 45k miles on it) and everything behind it, a 5 Speed Manual and Electric T-Case. It took about 2 days to get the old engine out and the new one in. The hard part was the wiring. It took 3 months to get her to start and run again, But HOLY COW what a difference the new engine made! It hauls nuts down the road! I have pics of the swap on my phone, I'll try and get them on here soon but here is what it looks like installed and running:
UPDATE: I got the pics off my phone here are a few of the engine swap:
I got my hands on a 31 spline 8.8" rear axle with disc breaks and decided to get rid of the lift blocks and rusty old leaf springs. Here it is all cut down ready for install:
And here it is installed with the new springs and painted up!
Well I went a few months saving up money, offroading, breaking shit, and contemplating what to do next... How bout TURBO CHARGE the 4.0!!
This is as far as I have gotten on the turbo build... I left for college in August and had to put the build on hold. I plan on gettin it done over Winter Break. Now it is time to show you whats goin on inside the cockpit!
XM Satellite Radio, DVD/iPod player, Cheap Cobra CB, Shift knob from the dollar bin at Checkers :)
