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!

 

[techieman33]

I think she's really saying she wants some new wheels and tires

 

[vroomzoomboom]

i have the wheels, they need a little love, but i have them.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

I think she's really saying she wants some new wheels and tires

eric, ask and you shall receive!

so yesterday i was searching the classified looking for another explorer or 3 to fix and resell (up until this weekend i had 3 of them, 2 for sale, 1 that i have to fix when my finger heals, different story, different time). sometimes i look for mustang stuff as well. today i got REAL lucky. someone was advertising a set of 20" FOOSE SPEEDSTERS for 900 with rubber! i called him up, went there. i offered him 500 for them, and we settled on 550! that's Canadian my friends! so when i got home, i sized them up! yup, there keepers! looks like i will be having a set of cobra r's for sale in the near future!

but on a different note, evils been playing some games with me lately....not funny ones either. the person that saved me from selling her needed my ranger, witch left me to drive evil, even though she's been parked most of the winter. weeeeell, the other night i went to move her out of the back yard, and needed to open my house. ok, shut her off, unlock my house door, start evil back up. i go to shut her door when a fraction of a second before the door latches, i hear the dreaded "lock" sound........yup, evil locked me out of her, while she was running. house was unlocked, but with my spares 30 mins away i was screwed until i remembered how to break in! tim 1, evil 0. well tonight as i was going to get the rims, i noticed that the lights in the dash where dim. meh, i figured the indaglows where starting to die, until i looked at the volt gauge......problem! my deck has a voltage reading in it, so i checked that. it was reading 12v, then 10, the 13. i got the rims, booted it home and prayed! is -27C here right now, and i will say, it was a pretty chilly ride home! made it back, unloaded the rims, and that was it. battery was so low it wouldn't even go into 4x4. looks like i make a mad dash to my buddy's, and change a alt. tonight evil 1 tim 1.

 

[corkey]

they look decent,. going to have to see them on now,,

 

[corkey]

on the mad dash take a spare battery with you,,

 

[Spas]

Congrats, Tim! You got a really good deal and they're gonna look awesome at Carlisle. Now time to lower her

 

[lynchy wa]

Wicked score mate. The rim's and rubber look choice.

 

[sport97]

That's what evil has needed. Can't wait to see them on there.

 

[techieman33]

Nice wheels, what size are the tires?

 

[vroomzoomboom]

20's baby!

 

[techieman33]

20's baby!

well duh, what brand, and size of the rest of the tire.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

one tire is nfg, the others, meh, not sure if i would want them anyway. there too small. that and i dont think i would keep them with one new, and the other ones used anyhow.

 

[techieman33]

Ah ok, the way you said with rubber I thought you were going to keep the donuts.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

ok, sure she looks a little funny with rubber bands for tires, but at least i know what she looks like with the new/used fooses on!

 

[Keeper0311]

Are you picking new meats to put on those wheels?

 

[vroomzoomboom]

oh hell ya. one tire has a slice in the side wall, and they look even smaller then i expected. i'll pull those off and see if i can get any cash for them locally if possible. if i can i will drop it first, then get tires second that way it will look proportioned.

 

[Spas]

I wish I could "like" posts, lol. Tim, just an idea so you can take it or leave it, but I wonder how the rims would look if you could get a thin blue pinstripe or maybe paint just the indentation part of each spoke blue. You know, to link the flame color to the wheels? I think the second idea would look really unique! Can't wait for Carlisle to see them in person

Oh, are those 20x8 all around or 20x8 and 20x10? If it helps any, I had 255/50r20's on the 20x8's up front and the handling was perfect. Not too wide, not too tall.

 

[Spas]

And one more thing: Painted calipers = MUST HAVE. Especially when you can see so much rotor!

 

[techieman33]

And one more thing: Painted calipers = MUST HAVE. Especially when you can see so much rotor!

Or better yet powdercoated

maybe something like these

 

[vroomzoomboom]

actually lindsy, that's what i was trying to call you about yesterday was what tire size did you have on jack. blue on the rim lip, meh, not sure about that, but in the spoke, that might be a idea.
i know what you mean about painted calipers are now going to be a must, as well as everything else. as of today, the hotel is booked, and evil is registered. come hell or high water, I'm come back to carlisle, and getting first!