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Thank goodness!! Well done 5.0 are tough!!!

Alexs parts Nice springs for sure! Comp cams is great imo… but you can’t please everyone Researching is the key to getting what you want out of your build… nice work

Lowered 4wds are dominating the drag strips… just sayin ;) these days a 4wd f150 is faster then a mustang due to traction :) Just ask Tim :) our Canadian lowered 4wd sport drag racing neighbor Here’s info about the early manuals...

P0500 on these trucks can be tricky because these are conversions The p0500 on the 97 pcm was simply because I did not have a 97 style vss installed. in 97 the vss gear driven makes the 8000 pulses per mile.. the pcm cruise control etc need that signal. The pcm has a wires directly to the...

Bosch 4 hole only Stock injectors go 200-300k miles typically Change your oil a few times Fuel in the crank case will wipe out your crank bearings

What brand calipers? Did you replace the slide pins? Those things wear out 95-97 ranger knuckles would give you dual piston calipers with no slide pins Replace the master and the soft lines

Ahhhhh yes What injectors did you install? Bosch 4 hole only!!! We get flow matched reman sets off eBay but you gotta get from a reputable seller The injectors they sell at brick mortar stores are cheap garbage if you hold one in your hand it is literally as lite as a feather So which...

Good find I collect as many of those boots and shifter linkages as I can get That’s a 89+’dash so likely the Mazda not toyo or mitsu those were mostly 84-88

Exactly!!!!! Blamo!! Besides a small spacer even 1/2” will stop the heat soak transfer into the upper plenum and it can plug that hole. Easy cheap solution

Or arb locker Nice how the v8 traction bars are above the spring The 3rd shock is blah I remove that sucker asap the replacements are cheap garbage anyways The traction bars and 3rd shock are limiting your flex ;) while providing traction. The rangers and bronco2 have fore and aft shocks...

You will find a bunch of black soot at the end of the egr orifice at the throttle body elbow gasket Some who have come before you have tapped and plugged the hole at the lower intake in and effort to keep the heat out of the upper plenum. A good spacer with no egr hole in spacer and gasket can...

I only have one set of these wheels hahahahaha I had one other set years ago and let them go when I sold my 96 explorer This set came off the blue 07 v8 truck I built, the stock wheels and tires were part of my pay They were on my sport trax for a while and then found there way onto this ranger...

There are two egr setups the gt40 with internal egr passages and the gt40p with the egr line on passenger manifold However there were 3 upper and lower intake combos I believe you will find your egr passage ends at the elbow. Later they finally ended it at the upper intake It should dead end...

The internal egr on that intake should end at the throttle body elbow?

9 years later I Just replaced/ helped my stepson replace a broken valve spring on a 2005 explorer sohc engine from a rolled truck We were axle to use the cam lobe as a folcrum and with a 19mm box wrench we got enough leverage to compress the new spring enough to seat both keepers I came...

So the crystals in your inner ear when they get dislodged from the fluid they are suspended in can really mess with your equilibrium! There is a maneuver you can do to help drop them back in where they belong Eply maneuver...

The copper will work fine, it is ultra high tempature silicon usually used around exhaust bits and turbos. It will still seal an intake just fine. Just not the exact correct application Good Job! Dropping in a head and gasket in frame for sure takes some magic

96-01 5.0 explorers have rear traction bars those will help keep wheel hop under control as well as a good set of shocks and leaf springs that are not 200k miles and worn out

TTB v8 for the win So when ford made the 302 fit the gen ii explorer they made it much easier to fit the gen 1 explorer as well… you just have to be a wizard to get it all in there wired and plumbed. Not sure what the holdup is ;) lol I can tell you a v8 bronco ii with two lockers and 35s is...

Ultra copper is not for sealing intakes I would use grey or black The rocker arms will have some play on them depending on the squish in the lifter and position of the camshaft With the pedestal Mount rockers there is no adjustment there is no lash to set… basically you torque to 24 ftmlbs and...

I have no idea why the 97 pcm had it shifting incorrectly I assume it was a bad pcm At this point, or it was not happy with the lack of a 4th 02 sensor, or the lack of the power valve in the intake? Not sure I am running a 2004 upper intake The 99 pcm is working fantastic We have had 100+...

Very interesting stuff and great pics!! Thank you

I have the el cheapo one with red boot in my son’s truck, it’s holding up fine. I used stock coolant sensors with new o rings The factory housing will eventually explode… like they split in half and leave you stranded kind of explode… that part never should have left the factory plastic imo

Why would you take the new injectors out and put the old ones back in before you do any diagnostics? You need to see your fuel pressure A long crank to start is the first sign of a weak fuel pump Rent a fuel pressure tester or buy one they are like $35 A tire pressure gauge, the dial type...

The lower intake gasket on these sits on the head gaskets or perfect alignment The gasket gets some rtv in the corners where the heads meet the block before you set the gasket down and then some more on top of the gasket where the intake is going to sit in that valley. Where the wall gaskets...

Prep For a no leak gasket install it is all about prep! Clean surfaces and proper application of rtv in the corners

Just curious! Maybe the intake valves get the +0.05 keepers? I would for sure ask them!! Curious minds want to know. If they supplied them they can tell you where to stick them hahahaha

Vertigo is a real thing! It really sucks to get because it makes it dangerous near impossible to work on cars and especially under dashes I had a bad fight with vertigo, turns out I had a piece of compacted wax the size of a grain of rice on my ear drum. Two doctors couldn’t help me… they kept...

He changed the fuel pressure regulator You should check your fuel pressure You can also bench test / clean each injector before installation, No need to buy new ones if yours are still testing good I am also short (5’-10), so I have a topside creeper in my shop it allows me to work on the...

Are you sure your 99 has 4 o2 sensors? I thought only 97 and 98 had that setup? But remember my 05 engine is even wired for 4 even though only 3 were hooked up by Mazda? So odd The trans is ????? 02+ that’s all I know because it has the second speed sensor It came from junk yard, it actually...

Here we go some more! Yesterday my stepson was at the junk yards and he found me some gold 1999 explorer sohc auto pcm with key and tumbler and pats module!! So I will be wiring this truck a little more 97 pcm is not happy. The engine runs fantastic, but the trans shifts off… it holds 3rd and...

Holy smokes that’s just what a tiger needs is a big block? The 302 was plenty in that car hahahaha Any pics? Hahahahahaha I have a 472 in my plow truck… what a beast!!!

I figure the only way to get Josh to quit pushing the 351 on us is to build one!! I would Love to build a sport trax with a bored over 351 based small block ;) Then he will be coming in here saying what?… “ 460 time!!! “ Trying to get me to big block a poor little ranger lol lol

Why do you have those Gold ones? They are +0.050 so I’m assuming they compress the spring a bit right from the start. The factory keepers are the same on all 16 valve stems My comp cams setup uses the same keepers on all 16, the regular 11/32 ones the black bag… never seen those gold dudes before

So now that you are inside th slush box maybe you can help me understand my synchro issue In my sport trax, no idea what year the m5od-r2 is or how many miles Sucker shifts great until it gets warm… after a highway run shifting into third gear gets grindy… it gets worse and worse until...

Get the hd unit They are better Can deal with the tailhousing issue If the concern is the extra speed sensor on the tailhousing and it has no bolt bosses for your t case linkage you can simply remove that tailhousing and add yours, ignore the drive wheel for the vss sensor you don’t need I have...

So those rocker arms with the wear on them How do they get that way? Usually lack of oil to the valvetrain The lifter fails to pump up fully and allows lash between the rocker arm and pushrod, eventually you get worn out parts and they need to be changed So the lifter that was under that rocker...

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I’m assembling a 5.0 valvetrain right now if you want to follow along This is a explorer 302 being rebuilt It’s got a comp cam with comp cam valve stem seals and valve springs I detail every step of the install Might find helpful...