EVLSPL
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- 2002 Mountaineer
This weekend I installed the M90 supercharger and rpcaster intake manifold on my mounty. We still haven't worked all the bugs out yet but, it's coming along nicely.
If anyone else is thinking of doing this to their third gen be warned it takes 9 hours to put this kit on a ranger and about twice as long for a third gen mounty or explorer. The rpcaster kit is designed for a sohc 2002 ranger which is similar but with some differences that makes you modify the kit.
Ok lets begin.
you have to take out your intake and maf.
then unhook your iac valve also your egr.
then unbolt your intake manifold.
stuff a balled up shop towel in each one of the ports.
clean them and the contact area with tb cleaner and a toothbrush
unbolt your fuel rails and remove the injectors.
now tape over the intake ports to ensure that nothing falls in.
remove your injectors and clean them with the same cleaner.
insert them into your new fuel rails making sure the blue fitting is facing forward.
take the an8 ends off of the line in the kit and then put them on a fuel line that is about 13 inches. You need your own steel braided fuel line to go onto the factory fuel line. the peice included in the kit is not long enough.(ranger fuel lines are on the opposite side of third gens).
with that done now it is time to put on the intake manifold.
use a just enough sealant to keep it from gushing into your ports when you tighten it down.
sealant up the bottom of the supecharger then attach it to the lid the manifold.
Afterwards seal up the the top of the intake manifold and bolt down the top plate.
now onbolt the egr pipe off of your passengers side exhaust manifold and cut it at the highest and straightest point. put one of the 45's on it from the kit. attach the copper tubing to the 45. slide the plenum in to see where the copper tube needs to be cut. once cut attach another 45 to it. put a healthy dose of sealant everywhere you can on the plenum as it will be the most likely to leak. start attach all of the vacuum hoses and sensors. use the with in the kit to lengthen you iac valve sensor wire.
attach your intake and maf.
then you need to remove your upper radiator hose. put the belt on. attach the hose back to the thermostat housing. the hose is going to need to moved off the belt. to do so get some exhaust straps and move the hose.
with that done you will need to attach the throttle cable. The peice from the kit will have to be modified because rangers throttle bodies pull opposite of ours.
*There are probably a few things I have left out, It's been a long weekend*
If anyone else is thinking of doing this to their third gen be warned it takes 9 hours to put this kit on a ranger and about twice as long for a third gen mounty or explorer. The rpcaster kit is designed for a sohc 2002 ranger which is similar but with some differences that makes you modify the kit.
Ok lets begin.
you have to take out your intake and maf.
then unhook your iac valve also your egr.
then unbolt your intake manifold.
stuff a balled up shop towel in each one of the ports.
clean them and the contact area with tb cleaner and a toothbrush
unbolt your fuel rails and remove the injectors.
now tape over the intake ports to ensure that nothing falls in.
remove your injectors and clean them with the same cleaner.
insert them into your new fuel rails making sure the blue fitting is facing forward.
take the an8 ends off of the line in the kit and then put them on a fuel line that is about 13 inches. You need your own steel braided fuel line to go onto the factory fuel line. the peice included in the kit is not long enough.(ranger fuel lines are on the opposite side of third gens).
with that done now it is time to put on the intake manifold.
use a just enough sealant to keep it from gushing into your ports when you tighten it down.
sealant up the bottom of the supecharger then attach it to the lid the manifold.
Afterwards seal up the the top of the intake manifold and bolt down the top plate.
now onbolt the egr pipe off of your passengers side exhaust manifold and cut it at the highest and straightest point. put one of the 45's on it from the kit. attach the copper tubing to the 45. slide the plenum in to see where the copper tube needs to be cut. once cut attach another 45 to it. put a healthy dose of sealant everywhere you can on the plenum as it will be the most likely to leak. start attach all of the vacuum hoses and sensors. use the with in the kit to lengthen you iac valve sensor wire.
attach your intake and maf.
then you need to remove your upper radiator hose. put the belt on. attach the hose back to the thermostat housing. the hose is going to need to moved off the belt. to do so get some exhaust straps and move the hose.
with that done you will need to attach the throttle cable. The peice from the kit will have to be modified because rangers throttle bodies pull opposite of ours.
*There are probably a few things I have left out, It's been a long weekend*
.... gunna post some videos soon? im quite interested to see how she does... oh and what compression are u running? cuz it looks like ur using the stock pulley
