410Custom's builds a 2007 Ranger V8 - custom truck build - Project "Ranger Premier"

[vroomzoomboom]

congrats. i think the both of us have faced a few uphill battles over these last couple of years.

 

[BKennedy]

Awesome!!

 

[allmyEXes]

Did your crocs come off during the happy dance?

 

[410Fortune]

Local crocs enthusiast here

Truck is going home this next weekend!!

I’ve been knocking things off the checklist
Lots of info to post
I also have/had walking pneumonia.. what a disaster

Anyways she’s running great
We are doing a tune this week
Drivelines are getting balanced

The big news is the wideband 02 sensor was relocated to the x pipe

The Holley comes with one sensor, it was mounted in bank 2. Piston on bank 1 melted. So after much research and help from some friends, I confirmed with our tuner Andy that the x pipe is an acceptable location for the sensor. Now it can monitor both banks
This is the only place in the exhaust where the two banks come together
Getting the x pipe out so I could drill and weld in the bung was a challenge… but this is exactly why I used clamps on the exhaust… so it can be removed

Passenger door glass was replaced
Drivers door panel felt installed (somehow I left it out before!?!?!)
And a ton of other little things while she was here
I’m planning to lift the bed in the next couple days (i have help) and fix the fuel sender so it’s no longer backwards (empty is full)

Final stages of project get Eddie his truck back and make it reliable

Stay tuned

Big SHOUT OUT to my buddy Tomazs Jankiewicz from Poland for the suggestions.
You see Tomazs is the ranger based vehicle expert of Poland, Tom and I are pen pals. He has built a wicked custom bronco ii (we are not worthy) using a v8 and Holley setup… he and his tuner were able to do similar with the wideband sensor… Tomazs is ahead of the game….. thanks man!!!

 

[410Fortune]

More pics

Picked up a couple of rolls of heat protector from Amazon. I used it to help extra protect the plug wires. This stuff is like gold.
I got two sizes to use in the shop.

No more plug wires arcing to headers!!

Built a different crossmember for the transmission with a superior trans mount, this will allow even less movement and more strength to hold up the heavy 4406 t case
See my transmission mount shootout thread for details… crossmember is getting final weld and paint today

How to: - V8 transmission mount shootout

So I am always looking to upgrade the weak sauce factory transmission mount that came on the 1996-01 explorer and mountaineer v8 5.0 models. Many of us like to remove the small factory blah awd transfer case and replace it with a much heavier half ton / three quarter ton part time transfer case...

www.explorerforum.com

Only the best for this truck, one of my masterpieces!!!

 

[410Fortune]

When truck was broken in Seattle some a hole vandal broke the passenger door glass

So I replaced it for Eddie
I happened to have a 2002 door from another project. You can see patch panels already used from this donor part.

Replacing door glass is a pita on these suckers

Door stripped down until you can move the glass and carrier shuttle into position for cutting the rivets

Battery and jumper leads used to move window up and down to get proper postion

Air grinder makes short work of rivet heads

Glass now can be removed from track and door

Ignore dusty truck she will clean up nicely

Passenger door busted down to gain access. Eddie made a really nice plexiglass piece for temp use… it fit great!
Served its purpose

Tons of broken glass was removed from door and shop floor… large shop vac and broom. Don’t need the cats and dogs walking in this stuff

Stainless bolts washers lock washers and nuts used in place of factory rivets, cut for
Clearance. All tracks cleaned and lubed

Good as new with factory glass!!

 

[ThePolishJoke]

Big SHOUT OUT to my buddy Tomazs Jankiewicz from Poland for the suggestions.
You see Tomazs is the ranger based vehicle expert of Poland, Tom and I are pen pals. He has built a wicked custom bronco ii (we are not worthy) using a v8 and Holley setup… he and his tuner were able to do similar with the wideband sensor… Tomazs is ahead of the game….. thanks man!!!

You are making me blush. I learned so much from your topic, so that my humble suggestion what our thoughts were installing WB02 mean nothing compared.
Generally speaking to explain for the rest of guys.
Holley wants you to put 02 sensor in one bank. Mostly because Term x does not offer any way of WB02 setup or configuration of the sensor, so when building the software that had to estimate some distance from the cylinder and calculate the reaction time.
But in Europe we do stuff a bit differently, and on my setup I decided to do stuff my way and I installed the sensor a bit downstream just after the down pipe merges into one pipe. Both for me and for couple very reputable guys I talked to, being able to monitor just one half of the engine was unthinkable.

Holley is not very common standalone in Europe. To be honest I have never heard of anyone using it, and for my tuner it was first time too.
And what his impression is? Term x max has very powerfull and fast hardware. It is very good in AFR management, compared to some real motorsport ECUs. So it handles placing WB02 further than expected very well. The only place where it may be lagging because of the O2 placement is low idle. On higher RPM exhaust gas travel so fast that extra foot means nothing. Just miliseconds. But after we tested and tuned it there were no issues with idle, or any part of the map. The downside of Holley ecu is it lacks in software advanced options. I guess they wanted to keep it simple.

About Bronco. I just suck in documenting stuff. I have a ton of pictures, but none of them show the truck as I would like to present it. After we will dyno it, we will have some professional photoshoot, and promo video done, and then I may find some courage to share it.


Btw I can't stop laughing how you spelled my first name. Polish language is apparently unpronouceable and unspellable for English speakers

Keep going.
Tomasz

 

[dvdswan]

You are making me blush. I learned so much from your topic, so that my humble suggestion what our thoughts were installing WB02 mean nothing compared.
Generally speaking to explain for the rest of guys.
Holley wants you to put 02 sensor in one bank. Mostly because Term x does not offer any way of WB02 setup or configuration of the sensor, so when building the software that had to estimate some distance from the cylinder and calculate the reaction time.
But in Europe we do stuff a bit differently, and on my setup I decided to do stuff my way and I installed the sensor a bit downstream just after the down pipe merges into one pipe. Both for me and for couple very reputable guys I talked to, being able to monitor just one half of the engine was unthinkable.

Holley is not very common standalone in Europe. To be honest I have never heard of anyone using it, and for my tuner it was first time too.
And what his impression is? Term x max has very powerfull and fast hardware. It is very good in AFR management, compared to some real motorsport ECUs. So it handles placing WB02 further than expected very well. The only place where it may be lagging because of the O2 placement is low idle. On higher RPM exhaust gas travel so fast that extra foot means nothing. Just miliseconds. But after we tested and tuned it there were no issues with idle, or any part of the map. The downside of Holley ecu is it lacks in software advanced options. I guess they wanted to keep it simple.

About Bronco. I just suck in documenting stuff. I have a ton of pictures, but none of them show the truck as I would like to present it. After we will dyno it, we will have some professional photoshoot, and promo video done, and then I may find some courage to share it.


Btw I can't stop laughing how you spelled my first name. Polish language is apparently unpronouceable and unspellable for English speakers

Keep going.
Tomasz

Welcome to the site.

 

[410Fortune]

Tomas, that is how your name came across in my email, I wanted to be respectful and make sure I spelled it correctly hahaha


Rest of the pics
Exhaust all back together
Stripped one clamp Dangit… will get new one in am
Plenty of wire on the Holley to reach new location
Bung used to close the old hole

 

[donalds]

Nice!

 

[DintDobbs]

@410Fortune This, this is a work of art. Greater beauty can only be crafted by God's own hands.

 

[410Fortune]

Thank you

Took a bit, the driveline shop I now use was booked, but he got it done. Rebuilt a fresh front d shaft and straightened/ balanced the rear. So basically two drivelines good enough for formula one will handle highway speeds in Seattle

These things are not getting any cheaper.
I would have preferred spicer lifetime joints in the cardan section but it’s ok… Eddie will just have to grease em

Crossmember also painted

Truck is being prepped for remote tune will happen on the warmest day we have next week… our local temps are below 40 right now so this will likely be a “touch up” tune for the new engine and wb02 sensor location so Eddie can drive her home next Saturday the 21st
Being sick really slowed me down, I have completely lost my voice and still coughing up crap, antibiotics give me a brain fog like no other…. Battle on!

 

[410Fortune]

Crossmember and drivelines in
5 quarts of Mobil one 5-30 high miles and a 820s filter
All fluids topped off
Many little things buttoned up
Pc computer in shop and close enough for data cable to reach Holley
This afternoon we tune

Front d shaft clearance to crossmember about 1/4+ all around. This is a 96 explorer sport rear shaft modded to fit 4406 and superlift.

Boom! New engine, wb02 in the x pipe.. shop semi cleaned, ready for remote tune

 

[410Fortune]

Scratch that… tuning tomorrow
Starlink WiFi not strong enough in my shop, router too far away
Wifey ran to town for 100’ Ethernet cable always something

 

[CDW6212R]

Very nice, very clean and ready to work.

The Wifi, I just found out my PC running on Ethernet is limited to 100mb/s speeds. My router is new and my TV gets 1200mb/s now, my old one was 800mb/s. I don't need much speed for my PC generally, but I didn't know that Ethernet was that slow. My PC test showed 93mb/s through the Xfinity website. The tech installed the router last week and said if I needed more for the PC, I'd have to install a Wifi card into it. Tech is not my thing, I pick it up very slowly.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

couldnt use your phone as a hotspot, then tether it to your cell phone? thats how mine was done and were also able to do real time as i drove it.

 

[410Fortune]

My phone does not get serviced back here so I’m WiFi enabled only (att)
Tried wife’s Verizon phone and my pc would not connect to her hotspot even though it shows up as avail network??? So Ethernet cable it is…. Lucky I already have the starlink to Ethernet adapter… starlink router ko Ethernet ports… I swear it’s always something
Blue truck does not want to go home
Well tooo bad!

 

[Josh P]

Very nice, very clean and ready to work.

The Wifi, I just found out my PC running on Ethernet is limited to 100mb/s speeds. My router is new and my TV gets 1200mb/s now, my old one was 800mb/s. I don't need much speed for my PC generally, but I didn't know that Ethernet was that slow. My PC test showed 93mb/s through the Xfinity website. The tech installed the router last week and said if I needed more for the PC, I'd have to install a Wifi card into it. Tech is not my thing, I pick it up very slowly.

Either the network interface card is only 10/100 or possibly the network cable.

 

[CDW6212R]

Either the network interface card is only 10/100 or possibly the network cable.

Thanks. The Xfinity tech told me the Ethernet was limited that way. I guessed that he meant the cable itself, he ran the speed test so he explained it that way to me.

 

[Josh P]

Thanks. The Xfinity tech told me the Ethernet was limited that way. I guessed that he meant the cable itself, he ran the speed test so he explained it that way to me.

It's possible to get 1000 mb/s over Ethernet but if the pc is doing everything you need it to I wouldn't worry about it.