Kris' 1992 Ford Explorer Jurassic Edition

Over the last few years I have been building a clone of the movie car from Jurassic Park. It started with me picking up this truck. 1992 2wd Auto with bench seats and a motor that threw a rod. So it not a new 4.0L motor and 5-speed 4x4 trans. Now on to the list of goodies on this Explorer

1992 Explorer XLT
2wd to 4x4 conversion
auto to Manual conversion
Jurassic park Paint job
rear disc brakes
4.10 gears
Limited slip front and rear
98 explorer master cylinder
Manual shift 1354 transfer case
1 inch coil spacer
warrior shackles
31x10.50 15 BFG all terrains (cause thats the tire they used in the movie)
Wagg Grill Guard
Wagg Taillight guards
Bilstein Shocks.
Dana 35 skid plate.
Jurassic park tour vehicle hang tag

Future Mod
5.0 Conversion with a 97 Explorer 5.0 and 4R70W Auto Trans.

 

[Kris Guilbeaux]

Photos from the paint job...

 

[NICE59FORDF100]

As always, looking good! I love this truck!!

 

[briwayjones]

Nice!

When you put the 5.0 in there though I think you should go manual transmission too.

 

[Heath]

Beautiful...

 

[Kris Guilbeaux]

I do not mind manual but the auto from a 5.0 explorer is a pretty strong trans... So I think I am going to stick with and auto on that part

 

[ghosttrain2]

Looks Great Kris!!!!

 

[NICE59FORDF100]

I like the tour tag!

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

lookin good kris

 

[Kris Guilbeaux]

Well it looks as thou I will be doing the 5.0 swap sooner then I expected.

The awesome rebuilt rebuilt transmission I got locked up in 4th gear after 6000 miles of use.

 

[GRNMACHINE]

As Always, your work is incredilbe!

 

[XLT]

Very nice truck Kris. It looks like you did a great job on painting that beast.

 

[NICE59FORDF100]

Nothing to see here, move along now, move along :shifty_ey








Hmm, i wonder what I will be doing to JPX soon...

 

[NICE59FORDF100]

Ok, well work finally commenced on the heart transplant of JPX. First thing first is to get Guilbeaux out of the engine bay! Silly Kris!

First we removed all the normal stuff as usual (Driveshafts, transfer case, transmission, crossmembers, etc)

Then it was time for the motor. While kris was off doing god knows what and left me to do all the work D) I disconnected all the motor stuff and popped it loose from the motor mounts. Then up and out she came!

The main reason for this swap was this culprit...A bad M5OD. After looking inside, it was determined that a syncro had failed and wouldnt allow the forward fork to engage. So off to core heaven this thing will go!

And there you have it! Now work can commence on me building the wiring harness for this beast and getting motor mounts for the 5.0

Side Note: Where do you put a spare 4.0 OHV when you have no room in the garage? In the StoraHoe of course!

 

[Kris Guilbeaux]

That store-a-hoe comes in handy.

 

[GRNMACHINE]

You Guys could sell one to the secret service...

Looking like another great build to watch! As already stated, that paintwork looks stellar Kris!

 

[NICE59FORDF100]

In case yall haven't been following, here's the latest on JPX:

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358410

 

[NICE59FORDF100]

So some news on JPX. After the 5.0 swap and moab, we were invited to display JPX at the Austin Symphony Orchestra's concert of John Williams. So excitedly we said yes!