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A frontal shot with the intakes on. As you can see, clearance is no problem, which stands to reason
because this same arrangement was installed in the Ranger by Ford. You can see the distributer in this shot,
and understand why the later DIS lower intakes don't clear it. The fuel rail is also visible, and at this point
it had the stock Fuel Pressure Regulator (FPR) on it, which later got changed for an adjustable one. The
thermostat housing seen here is actually from the 2.0, simply because it was in better shape than the one on the
TC. They were basically the same. |
| The rear of the frame was then cleaned and primed - at least the parts that were expected to be kept. As you can see, there is no gas tank in the truck at this point. I changed tanks to one from a 87 or so with EFI to get the fuel tank sending unit assembly, which included the electric fuel pump for the EFI. This is not quite as easy as it sounds, because the tank must match the configuration of the truck exactly (short bed, regular cab). I still have to find another sending unit, because the one I got doesn't work and therefore neither does my fuel gauge. Installed here are some Tokico shocks I was planning to use, but because of their length I swapped them out later. The plans were to lower the truck about 2" all around, and these shocks would not have been appropriate. |
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 | These Koni adjustables, however, were well able to stand up to lowering. The suspension was later changed to match 1995 specifications, with '95 I beams and spindles, but since I kept the 83 radius arms, I was able to keep these shocks. Shown here on the stock suspension, they match the new arrangement with Eibach springs very nicely. You can also see the oil pan peeking through there above the radius arm. |
| This is the outside of the truck at this point, up on jack stands. I had at least one friend ask if I was converting it to four wheel drive when seeing it like this. That pulley peeking through the grill opening is the timing auxilary pulley that runs the distributer. As you can see, at this point there's not a radiator in it. The stock one is marginal in a turbo application, but I stepped up to one from a 4.0 Ranger with the super cooling package. This involved switching sides for the inlet and outlet, but I'll get more into that later. |
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