supercharged 5.0 true fire 98 explorer sport

hi everyone, my name is tim . i live in selkirk, manitoba, canada and as if this date that i am posting this, i am 36 years old.

i bought my sport in jan 05 from a local ford dealer. it had 111,000KM's on it. this is the second sport i have owned. it was sitting on the lot for about 8 months before i came along. i am the third owner (i was able to track down the person that traded it in, and they got it from a friend, who bought it new in 98).

i started to do a few things to it after i first got it, then i found this site, and all hell broke lose! i've never been satisfied with something the everyone else has, so i started to tinker with it even more.

mods include

interior

installed factory tilt, cruise, overhead console, auto dimming mirror, full length console, with a message center (it didn't have these from factory).

white face with blue flames indigo gauge covers (they light up blue)
blue l.e.d. everything
white l.e.d. interior lights
Kenwood DDX392 Touch Screen Head Unit
alpine 4 channel amp (all four speakers)
boston acoustic front and rear speakers
alpine mono amp (for sub)
2 12 inch jl audio subs
rockford fosgate cap
passenger side one touch window down mod.
custom transfer case shifter
tripple a pillar gauge pod, housing autometer boost, Innovate LC-1 wideband, and oil pressure gauge
12v power inverter with 120v plug in a 2 usb plugs built into the center console

exterior

BMW E46 projectors, mounted into stock housings using clear lens
6000K HID head lights
angel eye "driving" lights, with 8000k h.i.d.'s
clear parking/corner lights
billet grill (powder coated by Turdle)
blacked out ford emblems
custom front steel 95-98 bumper, with 4 inch round tubes welded in for driving lights
shaved radio antenna
shaved roof rack
black euro tall lights
l.e.d. license plate lights
smoked out 3rd break light
lund rear tailgate spoiler/wing (formally from the truck "blackjack" owned by EF member Spas)
hand made roll pan (made from 3 1/2 rear bumpers, with 1/4 inch diamond plate on the top, and it is removable)
aluminum T/A differential griddle/cover (powder coated by Turdle)
Motegi Mr107 20' rims
goodyear wrangler hp p245/50 r20
1 1/4 wheel spacer in the rear, 3/8 in front
and most noticeable, black with blue pearl paint, and blue true fire (ground effects are black with blue pearl as well)

Suspension

2 inch lowering blocks in the rear, reverse TT in the front (2 inch as well)
Explorer Express rear sway bar
4 door leaf springs
rancho rs9000 adjustable rear shocks
03-05 sport trac spindles with drilled and slotted rotors

performance

5L swap
347 stroker
TFS twisted wedge alum heads
comp gold 1.6 rockers
comp cams CCA-35-556-8 nitro cam
heavily modified edelbrock victor jr air gap intake (which serves as a valley pan now)
eaton m122 supercharger (metco 2.70 pulley, and ASP 8 rib 7 1/4 crank pulley) with custom made mount with bell intercooler core
8 rib serpentine belt conversion using pulleys from a 7.3 powerstroke
custom made 3 1/2 inch throttle body elbow
accufab 75mm throttle body
4 inch intake pipe
PMASS MH90 90mm Universal 3000 KG/HR MAF
amsoil cone filter
F.A.S.T. 60lb injectors
edelbrock fuel rails, trick flow specialties fuel pressure regulator with summit racing fuel pressure gauge
walbro 255lph fuel pump
1/2 inch steel braided fuel pressure line from tank to rail using 8AN fittings
torque monster headers
2 1/2 duel pipes with flowpro duel in and out 2 1/2 single muffler
accel extreme 9000 ceramic 45 degree plug wires with boot protectors
4R70W w/2600 stall with J mod
tuff stuff 200a alternator
tuning made possible with sct pro-racer package, and tuned with major help from member [MENTION=102869]Dono[/MENTION] and [MENTION=81804]4pointslow[/MENTION]
flex a lite duel 12 inch electric fans
big 3 upgrade (4 gauge wires)
meziere innercooler water pump
2 froozenboost innercooler rads

Transfer case

4406 manual shift from a 97 F150
modified stock trans cross member to accept 93 mustang 5L polyurethane tans mount
double cardan rear drive shaft

because of all the "fun" i had doing the bodywork, and some other things to my truck, i have nick named it "evil dora" or if you like, just plane "evil"!
and now the thank yous

my buddy gord leiss, who let this thing sit in his garage for 3 months while i did the body work to it. he also gave me a hand with some of the prep work, and painted it for me

kevin willson for doing the true fire http://affordableairbrushing.ca/

Joe Bukoski for letting me do the 5L/4406 swap in his garage

now people from this site, weather they knew it or not, they helped

BIG THANKS to tara a.k.a. explorersport77 for pictures of her truck. wouldn't been able to build the roll pan with out them!

ExplorerSport77's X "Hotness"

jon a.k.a. Turdle for selling me some real swanky rear shackles, as well as powder coating the diff cover and sending them up to canada. as well as much needed info on v8, and 4406 swaps as well as doing the grill and showing me how its done.

don aka dono for the help with the tuning, and wideband, as well as the supercharger

andy aka ahodges for some parts, and any help i needed for all the go faster goodies

5.0 swap - w/ 4406

jad2411 for finding me a link for my hidden antenna

ryan a.k.a. MustangP51 for doing his write up on making l.e.d.'s for interior lights, and how to make projectors

P51's HID Headlight (Projector) and Fog Conversion (PICS)

and N3ELZ cardomain page for L.E.D. switch and cruise pod mods

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/296394/2002-ford-ranger-regular-cab/page-6
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/296394/2002-ford-ranger-regular-cab/page-12
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/296394/2002-ford-ranger-regular-cab/page-23

bob a.k.a. rwenzing for showing me speedhut's sit for the gauges

Gauges, Custom Gauges, Tachometers, Speedometers, Shift Light, Pod

Buzz4x4 for his write up on blacking out ford emblems

How to Make Your Own Custom Ford Emblems

the late aldive for his write up on one touch down passengers window mod

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141027&highlight=touch+passengers+window+mod

BIG COUNTRY, for his write up on how to install a auto dimming mirror

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84968

BIG COUNTRY, 98formulaLS1, and Ryon40 for there write ups on how to install a message center

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225017&highlight=BIG+COUNTRY
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80670&highlight=message+center
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245085&highlight=Ryon40

MountaineerGreen for his 4406 swap write up and "Custom" Driveshaft for a 4406 and 4" Superlift on the Cheap " (even tho its lowered

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166726&highlight=awd+4x4+swap
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185232

Simon, aka blueka for his "pickle" thread, and help anytime i picked the phone up the phone on the 5L swap

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271813

Jon, aka 4pointslow for any MAJOR technical advice i have needed

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219092

i wish i could find who did the write up on the overhead console install, but here is the link

http://www.explorer4x4.com/overhead.htm

Russ aka NICE59FORDF100 for his help on the wiring, and what to watch out for electronically.

hopefully one day, i will be able to help people on here just as much as the people that i have mentioned above!

plus you know you have done something right when.....

your truck (as well as corkey) wins truck of the month

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums//showthread.php?t=296023

is the feature truck on the fun hump day radio show (starts roughly around the 30 min mark)

http://explorerforum.podbean.com/2011/03/23/19-vroom-zoomboom/

and you drive 26 hours ONE WAY to the carlisle all ford nationals in june 2010 and 2011, and grab second place in the s.u.v. all category!

then in 2014 you go back to the same show you have been to 5 years in a row (nothing by most, but its one hell of a long drive) and take first!

 

[ExplorerSport77]

so outta alllllll the pics i took..u upload the not so great ones... i see how u are!

 

[vroomzoomboom]

:scratch: whatta ya mean! i like these! i like em all actually. its just so hard to pick. i still have to sorta all the ones with evil and hotness, as well as everyone else there so i can put them up here as well. i thought you did a great job taking these!

 

[corkey]

they look great Tara,, ,,

 

[vroomzoomboom]

a little update.
when i was heading down to carlsile, i had noticed that the muffler was on its way out. when i came home, i had discovered that there was a hole in it the size of my thumb. off to the speed shop i went, and got them to put on a flowmaster series 50.

as well as thanks to the late aldive, and once again for working where i do, i had found a one touch down window module from a older explorer, and put it in the passengers side door.

there is one more thing that i might be doing to evil, and will find out later today about it.

 

[blueka]

I'm sorry, I must be on crack... cos for a moment there I thought you said you might be selling Evil.... now... that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever read on here.... well, after Stic-O selling the JP Mobile.... so I think the moderators need to look into this cos there's obviously something wrong with the forum cos it's it's putting up spurious messages that make no sense..


Si

 

[vroomzoomboom]

so i get a text last night from our fellow member, and fellow canuk corkey
corkey "guess what, i broke a front axle"
me "****ty. i have a set in my shed"
corkey (jokingly) "you should come for a ride"
me "k, i'll be there tomorrow"
10 seconds later (ring, ring)
"are you serious? you'll come out and bring a set of axles for me?"
"ya, i need to get the hell out of manitoba for awhile, this place is driving me nuts!!!!"
so, woke up this morning, jumped into evil and went for a 3 hour drive.

i wasn't kidding when i told corkey i NEEDED to get away.....as fast as possible!

funny story about this pic (^^^) was i needed to go and get some gas, and asked pete to come for a quick ride. started telling him that i got a flowmaster put on, and wanted him to hear it. as i step on the throttle, he warns me to watch out for the opp (ontario police). when we get there, somehow the subject comes back up about speeding. i pulled out the camera and showed him this
corkey "holy crap, how fast were you going?"
me "'bout a buck 50"
corkey (with a confused look on his face, nervously says after zooming in on pic "i think you better look again!"
me (with also a confused look) "i wondered why that charger disappeared in the rear view so fast, and evil stopped pulling!"

i also saw this in winnipeg when i was driving out there

i then spotted this down his street

got there, unloaded his well needed axles, chatted while he put his truck back together, then broke out the cameras!

thanks pete for giving me an excuse for going for a needed ride. was great to see you and chat with you again. it was a good day.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

so now she sleeps. this winter she's going to be parked. yes, she wont be for sale. my buddy that painted her has had it for a little over a month now while he painted his truck, and i brought her back tonight. you have no idea how many people *****ed at me for thinking of selling it.....NO IDEA! i needed a ride to gords so i could get my other truck. one of my female friends gave me a lift back there. she met me at the car wash before taking it home, she had tears in her eyes because she thought i sold it. that and this thing does have a mind of its own. it must be mad at the thought of me selling it, because i forgot something in it, went to open the door, door locks frozen. ok, i thought, grabbed the key fob, doors now unlocked, but little did i know, doors frozen (no bs either). it didnt want to let me in! so i guess its now teaching me a lesson. if i do got back to AFN next year without it, and see everyone, they more then likely will stone me!

 

[corkey]

she needs to have a sit anyways, we are going to get alot of snow and damaging her would suck,,

 

[vroomzoomboom]

she needs to have a sit anyways, we are going to get alot of snow and damaging her would suck,,

that and i would rather bang a drift in the new truck.......kinda like i did last night going to and from work

when i was talking to you last night, i almost swore i heard you breath a sigh of relief when i said selling it or thinking of selling it was on hold now.

 

[corkey]

i did,, you know Tim unless a collector bought that thing it would be a piece of crap in a short time,, you care for it, regardless of past months events,,

 

[Joe Dirt]

Well, since I dumped my FB page, I didn't see the issues cropping up- hope all is well Tim. Nice pics too...

 

[bats]

Tis a shame man. That was definitely one of the sexiest explorers I saw at AFN.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

Tis a shame man. That was definitely one of the sexiest explorers I saw at AFN.

no worries. that and normally this time of year, it is covered with grime and salt. some days you can even tell what color it is. i was talking with jay the other night and he still couldn't believe that i drove the thing in the winter, and the paint still looked the way it did! you will see it again this year when i come back down. instead, what might happen is it will be a little shorter, and have different wheels when i come back. hey, after all, cant bring the truck two years in a row looking the same, right?

 

[vroomzoomboom]

oh, btw, this is what it looks like right now. covered in snow. i have to brush it off somehow this weekend, start it, and take it for a ride around the block to get everything moving.

 

[Glen4X4]

Thought you would have kept it garage kept.

 

[corkey]

you call that snow covered,,,

looks like a dusting to me,,

 

[vroomzoomboom]

glen, i would have stuffed it into a garage, but i don't have one. that and i didn't want to put a cover on it. it would have either froze to the body, or the wind would have beaten the paint, and left rub marks on it.
pete, i've wiped it off of snow a few times already. this was just within the last week or two. but yea, i know what you mean.

 

[Joe Dirt]

All things said- salt is what does the most damage. I have a buddy that parked his Mustang outside every year and it lookes spectacular 10 years later. She'll be fine.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

To tell you the truth, I have noticed 3 bubbles on the lower rockers. I would fix it but I will wait for a while. Don't really want to tare into it again this soon. I have my car that I want to finish, and its a ways away from being done (like the only thing in it is the rear suspension!)

 

[vroomzoomboom]

well evil got a day pass today. well, not even a day pass, more like a half hour to stretch out. i think shes getting bored sitting in the back yard all by herself. she's pulled the "I'm going to get a low tire so you have to drive me to get it filled up" crap. but i have to say, she's still fun to boot around in, in the winter!

sorry about the crappy cell pic. forgot camera when i went to the gas station