supercharged 5.0 true fire 98 explorer sport

[vroomzoomboom]

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 don't have any pictures of when i first got it, but this is what it looked like in october 07





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
pioneer head unit, with ipod interface
alpine 4 channel amp (all four speakers)
custom made kick panel speaker pods which hold alpine type r 5 1/2 mids and 2 inch tweets
alpine 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
duel a pillar gauge pod, housing autometer boost gauge, and Innovate LC-1 wideband gauge

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
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
4 door leaf springs
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
foose speedster 20' rims
goodyear wrangler hp p245/50 r20
1 1/4 wheel spacer in the rear, 3/8 in front
2 inch lowering blocks in the rear, reverse TT in the front (2 inch as well)
and most noticeable, black with blue pearl paint, and blue true fire (ground effects are black with blue pearl as well)

performance

5L swap
gasket match lower intake
gasket matched heads, with mild port on exhaust
87-93 fox body mustang cam
torque monster headers
trans go stage 2 shift kit
amsoil cone filter
flowmaster series 50 muffler.
explorer express m90 super charger
ford racing 42 injectors
90mm ford lighting maf
walbro 255lph fuel pump
4 inch intake pipe
sct tuned by henson performance

Transfer case

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

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...d.php?t=118975

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

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

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

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...d.php?t=209015

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

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/296394...lar-cab/page-6
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/296394...ar-cab/page-12
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/296394...ar-cab/page-23

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

http://www.speedhut.com/

Buzz4x4 for his write up on blacking out ford emblems

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/customemblems.php

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

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...ers+window+mod

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

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...threadid=84968

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

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...ht=BIG+COUNTRY
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...message+center
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...ghlight=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/...t=awd+4x4+swap
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...d.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/...d.php?t=271813

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.

danny a.k.a WhiteLimited, and lindsy a.k.a Spas, because for what ever reason, they have inspired me in one way or another.

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/...d.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/201...room-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!

I want to mimic your flames DAMN! So sexy! I'm so jealous! How much did he charge you?!

[MustangP51]

Tim the truck looks absolutely amazing. The paint and fog lights truly make it one of a kind.

Glad to have been some help to you.

Great Work!

[vroomzoomboom]

danny i will make you sick when i tell you how much they cost me. i had the truck, masked up, clear sanded, and wiped down. the only thing he had to do was come in and lay down the flames. i drove to my buddy's place, witch took 1 hour both ways, spent about 2 to 3 hours painting it, and brought his own paint (ppg vibrance blue and white). total cost for flames....... $200. no lies!

[vroomzoomboom]

thanks ryan, you don't know how hard it was for me to make the lights! even with your pictures. if you didn't post them, i could of done it, and they made a monster of a difference as well!

[ExplorerSport77]

the truck turned out "Hot" literally......cant express my Love for it enough..Hotness also gave her beep of approval.

[Spas]

Damned rollpan turned out HAWWWT When are you gonna mass market those suckers so I can buy one for Blackjack, hmm? The flame job is just straight up sexy, you need to buy your boy beer for the rest of his life for that one!

[vroomzoomboom]

ya know something spas, i actually did make a thread to see if anyone would have been interest in buying any roll pans if i made them out of fiberglass, and i only got one response! thanks for the compliment as well!

[Turdle]

Oh Man--That thing is hotter than hot. I really like the flames. Very sexy--

I like your new avatar!

[Sams01XplrSprt]

looks awesome u got pics of the hids on

I was board:

[vroomzoomboom]

Originally Posted by WhiteLimited

I was board:

hey danny, i like that!

Originally Posted by vroomzoomboom

hey danny, i like that!

That's what I do when I'm fighting my sleeping meds. Ha

[jad2411]

This is way too cool Tim! I wish I had the resources to build me something unique like you did, glad to see that the antenna worked out OK for what you were going for

[vroomzoomboom]

Originally Posted by WhiteLimited

I want to mimic your flames DAMN! So sexy! I'm so jealous! How much did he charge you?!

here's some more for you danny

YouTube - true fire 98 explorer sport

[blueka]

your sport is gorgeous.. I'm in love...


Si

Originally Posted by vroomzoomboom

here's some more for you danny

Ugh not fair bro you should fly him over here to do mine. Wow...

[vroomzoomboom]

Originally Posted by blueka

your sport is gorgeous.. I'm in love...


Si

I've had it done now for a little over a week, and it is starting to get a little sickening to drive. everyone stares at it. so much for driving in the nude!

[vroomzoomboom]

Originally Posted by WhiteLimited

Ugh not fair bro you should fly him over here to do mine. Wow...

well danny, you now have basically every picture that i have, with the exception of the ones that i took today. i will post them later, I'm pooped. that was the first video i have ever made, and it took me about 4 hours to do. someone up there has got to be able to do them. that or see if you can find a stencil for them, and give it a try.