Lightning Power in a Ford Ranger Body - Trucks! S12, E2
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2020
- Take a look back at when the Trucks! shop wedged a Ford dual overhead cam 4.6 liter V-8 into a 2001 'Ranger' based truck to build a smaller version of Ford's Lightning. Since "Mini Lightning" doesn't sound that tough, we're calling this Project - Rolling Thunder!
PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
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I remember watching these episodes when it was still on spike TV. Still good to watch.
Takes u back dont it
@@nathanmabry7068 oh yea it does lol. good way to spend a sat morning watching the powerblock
I remember when it was TNN before Spike and it was Stacey David..
I remember cable...
Then TV got all woke so I turned it off. I didn't know spike is gone. Probably one of the only things worth watching was power block. And the History channels,modern marvels which I heard is also gone.
Ottienger hell yeah sat morning were the shit!
Ah, everyone's go-to donor vehicle, the Panoz Esparante.
LOL
I was literally about to head to the junkyard to start doing this to my ranger when this popped into my feed. Obviously I subscribed
Check out Copart. I'm dying to pick up a wrecked Mustang or Camaro and graft it into my Tacoma
The coyote is pretty available now too. And has a way better crankshaft as well as already having 360hp in the 1st Gen version. Sadly they have issues in 2011-2012 with cylinder warping.
99-02 navigator has a 5.4 quad cam that made 300+ HP and it was before that garbage 3 valve thing with variable valve timing that dies when it is looked at funny.
And they are dirt cheap on offer up if the interior is spanked along with the paint... Like in the $500- buck range for a driver.
Do not look at expeditions as they only have 2 valve engines.
It is to bad I live in Commiefornia where we still dyno smog 1976 cars so this swap would never fly here... And it sucks as I got a Mazda Clone Ranger that really could use some extra power.
Personally I would find a 2000ish Explorer as the 302 would be a straight bolt in if tou had the explorer for all the bits. There are numerous CZcams videos with guys doing it,
czcams.com/video/uFv12eYEngU/video.html
@@RyanMcIntyre the old school ford 302 and Chevy 350 fit perfect (with a Ford/Chevy truck pan) but the new coyote and the LS have a load of fitment issues to resolve mostly the front cross member and rack location
We are all sheltering at home so we’d appreciate just uploading the entire series pls lol
You could just pay for it too
Panoz Esperante. Like those are just hanging around.
I had an '87 Ford Ranger with the 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine. I purchased it new for $7K, and it came with no extras, no radio, or even a cigarette lighter. I loved that truck. Driving on the highway, it got a fantastic fuel economy, but around town, it was a thirsty little beast.
Ford did this exact swap when they were building the second generation lighting. The truck was the dark blue that the Lightning came in. They shrunk alot of F150 stuff to get it to work. It was a test mule that never made it into production.
Was this in a hot rod magazine picture somewhere with a small caption?? Sounds like i read this 20 years ago.
It passed through the dealer I worked for at the time. Think Motorweek was testing it at the time. Pretty neat truck.
The video is on youtube motorweek
7:53 he said high flow exhaust manifold. Next week when he is pushing headers. He will say the stock manifolds extremely restrictive.
Well, yeah, Ford (like most other car companies) really liked to skimp on the exhaust manifolds and make them as cheap and compact as humanly possible, in spite of them flowing like you shoved a brick in the exhaust pipe and the garbage design sapping a bunch of potential power/efficiency.
He should get some stainless works headers them stock manifolds are kinda junky
RyanBringsReason nah
Omg I remember watching this episode way back haha
I've been waiting for years for this trucks! series to come to CZcams
Almost my dream build,, how bout doing it in a extended cab 4wd?? That is my dream!
I have a 99 Ranger and doing a 5.0 swap on it but have started to look into the mod motor in a later Ranger 2002 and up. Electrical and fuel system compatibility is what I want so it looks like a factory job.
I just realized the younger guy sounds like Chris Fix
Ha! He sure does!
This is awesome! I love sleepers! Very good work.
FINALLY A MOD MOTOR
It's not the first time. One of the shows put a cobra drivetrain in one.
IKR
Just for your info motors are electric, engines are internal combustion.
@@NewtonWashinton Beat it, nerd!
@@NewtonWashinton Webster says your wrong as do I
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor
Its like saying you drive a car (or truck) instead of an automobile. Its the same thing and we all know what he meant.
I have a 2000 Ford Ranger extended cab. I replaced the original 3.0L with a remanufactured 3.0L 6 a few years ago. The remanufactured engine is doing fine. It took me some time to get it done because I don't have a garage. I am a 'shade tree' mechanic without the shade tree. And I have picked up my mechanical skills the Nike way (just do it). All I know is what I picked up from manuals and some videos. I never had any real training.
I've been waiting for something like this
Download the powernation AP you can watch the whole build
Local friend installing one of those in a 1962 Mercury Comet and added Twin Turbo's. I just dropped a 450/510 Raptor Crate engine in my 1966 F100 along with a 10R80. Just got it running yesterday. Expecting weight 3700 lb.
That's a monster battery for such a little truck...
Wooo!!! This is sweet!!
I've got a 5.0 V8 swapped Ranger, but I went another route. Lift, 33" tires, 4.56 gears. Fun little flareside.
Its about time someone covered a build lioe this
Mother's Aluminum Wheel Polish cleans headlight lenses really well too!
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
Theses guys are the best
Oh shit. I remember this build. Took a really long time but it came out badass
Wow.....I remember watching this back around 2006 or so
The copyright tag at the end puts it at 2010. Not saying thats the official original air date, but....
This is an old ass episode lol. I remember this one from years back.
Yeah doesn't he even make a new front bumper from a fleece blanket?
Lmao I don't have the tools to do the headlights cleaning, starts cleaning with the tools.
Hahahaha!!!! They call that rust lol😅🤣🤣 Here in Illinois that's considered rust free 😅
I have a 73 Chevy luv me and my 3 boys are working on and were stumped....... but I think that's about to change.
Thanks guys.
Cab off is the only way to go. Back when I started at Ford there was only one guy that took the cabs off for major engine work. Less than a year later it was common practice. It's so nice.
If you don't want tooth paste you can use 1 part backing soda and 1 part corn flour mix to paste .
Holy shit it's a 4V! I live and breath those engines what's a gift. Both my cars have it, mercury marauder and lincoln aviator
8:24 They say Panoz Esperante like you're ever going see one of those in a junkyard.
I was gonna say lol, I have seen a few but they are in INSANEly (good) condition
I've dismantled a few 🤷♂️🤷♂️
I just wanna see the rest of the series!
I have a worn & tired 1994 Ford Ranger (Regular Cab with Longbed) clocking in almost 400K miles! The engine has NO SPARK, but has always been a "Limp Fish" with its 2.3liter 4 cylinder mated to a 4-speed with Overdrive.
As compared to buying a "NEW TRUCK @ $35K" I want to resurrect it with more power for a "few nickles".
Thanks for this Ranger Series!
Take care,
🤓 -Thomas
Western Washington State
where are the rest of the videos for this project? as a teenager i loved watching these shows when they came on
I have a 2000 Ford Ranger. The interior is pristine, no joke. The paint is original, in perfect condition. Like your truck, it has light underside rust and it is a manual shift. I am eagerly waiting for the next video of this series. I wonder; would a Ford Police Interceptor Crown Victoria engine work?
Our 1998 SVT Cobra has the modular 4.6l V8 as well.
That's the first generation teskid block. This is second gen. You could use that but it's more wiring and crap because of the ignition not being coil on plug
Next yall should do a pushrod 5.0 exploroer in a 2000 ranger 4.0 4x4
That's what I am doing to mine. I got a 99 Ranger extended cab 4x4 and 2000 Mercury Mountaineer 5.0. It's a mostly bolt in swap except that I am going with a manual transmission out of a 97-03 F-150 with a 4.2 V6 and using an early Bronco transfer case. The 98-2000 Ranger has locking hubs and I converted them to manual.
@@jamesford2942 let me know how the build goes I'm wanting to do the same thing!
Svt made one with 5.4L back in day saw those guys rip burning with in it in their parking lot they called it lightingbolt n expedition was called thunderbolt
Ah yes, two of my favorite car things combined. Early 2000 Ranger/Mazda B series trucks, and Mod motors.
Really?
I have a 98 b2500 and I like it a lot better then the Nissan Hardbody I worked to death but it definitely has so faults of its own...
This is cool. I want to stuff a coyote in a 2004 ranger. I know they are using a 4.6, But it’s close and a good way to see how it could be accomplished with a modular engine.
I always thought about this exact build....I put a mark8 engine in a tbird once
I like this episode and can't wait to see the happy ending! 👍🏼🔥
I'm curious, will they swap the grill for that blue oval or leave it doing math *√* equations?
Mother's Mag Polish works good for those headlights. Just polish and go.
This is not a bad engine swap, great idea. I wonder how many beers it took come up with the idea :P
Read the article in Hot Rod titled "Poisonous Pinto". Take inspiration from that.
Think I'll have to binge this one. Want to see what was done with the axle. That bastardized Ranger axle is a pain in my ass for my Overlanding-rigged Danger Ranger. Gonna replace it, but not 100% on it yet.
Nice trick I saw on another channel. Want a narrowed rear end on the cheap? Buy 2 front 8.8" axles and swap out the shorter end with the longer end and boom, narrowed rear end.
Last year ranger already had the 4.6 from the factory. The ideal swap engine wise would be an explorer since they are based on the same platform. Then all you need is the 4v heads and stuff and you are pretty much done.
Cant swap the heads around mucacho. Blocks are different
instead of toothpaste use Mothers Mag and aluminum rim polish it will absolutely give your a body shop finish... and its only 2 - 3 bux per jar.
Nice, thats a 2.5 with the two plugs per cylinder towed a trailer of furniture & belongings back to Chicago from KC ,it bogged a little on step hills but a good little motor. A bitch to change plugs on that motor. I Now have a Mazda b3000 with the 3.0 v6 flex engine,came from Texas very clean body. I paid $4300 from a dealer. This will be a good video to watch.
Kevin that Harley truck is worth money, I worked @ Ford were they make the F150 & the Transit van the big one not the connect. I was electrician in the body shop.
Round up weed killer works great on headlights. Think monsanto makes it. Spray it on heavy!
Can you mount the engine a couple inches back and move the rear axle forward a few inches? Or would that be a major undertaking?
It's a shitty Ford ranger body this is all 100 percent pointless. It's a turd. How many ford ranger do you look at and say wow that thing looks amazing? 0. Complete waist of time and money. Might be fast but you would have to put large slicks on it to use it.
I had one almost exactly like it but silver. Mazferd.
When can we get that small block Mopar that you guys teased a while back?
now im gona have to do the same thing to my ranger
Weren't the 03-04 engines iron? You could go with lightweight Teksid block from 96-98 Cobra / Mark VIII (had both cars)
Yes Terminator was the only cast 4V and only one that didn't have 6 bolt mains.
I lately been thinking of doing this exact truck but with an eco boost
did they say anything about the bell housings being different on some 32v 4.6 engines?? If memory servs, they arn't all the same.
I'm pretty sure tho's intec motors are different bell housing patterns that the 03-04 cobras.
the lincoln Continental 4v is different its fwd the rest i do believe are the same
Lightning had a supercharged 5.4 shoc. But still a good swap
Same concept
Wow, nobody actually watched the video before commenting, they explained all of that. It's why they called it "mini lightning".
I really wish that they would markdown what year this was filmed is that plays a big part financially because those B 2500 now if you can find them are worth their weight in scrap so this has to be at least 10 years old they write down the time that it was published which is today but there's nothing telling me the year they filmed it even at the end that used to say what year was filmed they cut that part out I don't know why
It said 2010 at end of video . Pretty small and easy to miss .
They have been uploading stuff from years ago. The intro is a dead give away. I just saw two days ago, the first episode of Sargent Rock uploaded. I think the awd k1500 is the newest thing uploaded... however old that is.
This was filmed some time ago.
Are there any old motors that that ol five speed might bolt too? Like an old 289 or an FE block by chance?
That is a very weak 5 speed behind the 2.5 4 cylinder. It will fit behind a 2.3 Lima engine that was used in Pinto's and other things.
very cool but would have loved to see you put a 2.3l ecoboost in there.
I have dreams of doing this to my 79 courier
Do a Barra in it. Narrower and beefy.. and torque for days
Put that on a ford falcon would be bad ass
Did anybody else hear Marauder? 👍👍
Yes considering I own one 🤣
How hard would it be to swap the ford 3.2 diesel into an older ranger? I have the new Ranger Wildtrak here in Thailand with the 3.2 and it runs great and it is a bigger, heavier pickup.
yes make a go kart YES SHAKE MY HAND
ARE YOU READY
1:16 the dude sounds like chrisfix
God I remembering watching this episode after musclecar on spike back in the day.
OFF brand bug spray does a good job just spray it on wait about 3 or 4 minutes then wipe it off with a paper towel put mother's headlight protectant on 👍👍good to go.
1999-2004 Lincoln Navigators had the 5.4L 300hp engine that would substitute
Too tall of an engine to fit under the hood
@@brandonthomas2249 thank you, someone who finally gets the concept and watched the video before commenting
Anything can fit, if you have the money and know how to do it.
In case anyone is curious... A 4.6L DOHC is about 28" tall and a 5.4L DOHC Navi is 35 1/2" tall.
@@Bun_Can_Do_It that's correct
I did a 2001 Mazda b3000 ext cab with a 407 Chevy with a 700r4 Ford 9 inch built all my engine mounts used block hugger headers because no body makes parts for this swap!
Did they ever finish this project?
4:05 I think it could handle the power, it's kind of the same as the crown Victoria's axel
Crown vics all had 8.8" axles. The 7.5 is totally different. That being said, they did use them in mustang it's until 85.
351 Windsor stroked to a 408 would be a smaller engine package with a lot more horsepower and torque
Kevin Tetz looks like the Tiger King before the crack cocaine took hold.
I want to build a 2010 Ranger to have a tow capacity of and F-150. Is it possible? What would the ranger need to increase the tow capacity?
I had a 93’ Mazda B2600, for what it was, it ran like a top. A 4 liter Lexus V8 would have been perfect
Wait, is Chris fix watching this?
What a teaser
I've done a few F150 Lightning swaps and I just can't figure out how they get so little power out of that monstrosity of an engine. It's effin huge! Best stock one I had dynoed was 375hp. I didn't have the heart to tell my customer that my stock LS2 put down more power without a blower and 10" shorter.
I live in Arizona and Here in Maricopa the government doesnt allow us to do much to our daily drivers. We have to register the vehicles out of the county.
Minty fresh lol
sure any SVT or Mach 1 make the list for donors... sure
Lima engine block can handle 600 RWHP no problem. Rods, Pistons, and turbo is all you need, no engine swap needed, don't believe me there are plenty of videos here proving it in ranger, mustangs, and tbirds.
The lincoln continental isn't a good option for this swap. The block is completely different, and has motor mount locations similar to a Taurus Vulcan and duratec V6. You would still have to find a regular rear wheel drive style block and swap the continental heads on. The continental heads are also different. More similar to the 1996-1998 cobra B heads. The mark VIII is the most desirable, as it's a teksid block.
I swear all the keyboard warriors are gonna go mental before they even watch the video 😂
No link to the next episode. Left me hanging. Aw well, on to cats...
Is that a 4x4? or are these two from the Shire?
2 wheel drive and it has the coil spring front suspension as apposed to the tortion bars that came in both 2 and 4 wheel drive versions. 2 wheel drive tortion type can easily be converted to 4x4.
Ford already did this with the 5.4 supercharged triton
👍👍
I don't know how old this is, but the Continentals 4.6 is a fwd and practically useless to use or part.
No, it is not. There was a guy using those with an adapter plate he designed. Another source for Tesksid blocks.
My 99 ranger 4.0 3.73 rear end with bfgoodrich off road tires can break mouse real easy
ive got a mark 8 engine and a black ranger in mygarage right now, brb
2011 Ford Mustang V6 3.72L was 305 hp and would probably bolt-in easier since the Ranger came with the 4.0L V6
Guessing that you have more speed parts for the v8 if you want to get a bit more aggressive.
Navigator 32v and Lincoln lsc Mark 8 are piled up everywhere. Easier to find the donor than a motor these days.
Just be careful if you throw a blower on that engine. My buddy had that motor in a Mach 1 and put the '03 Cobra blower on it, those cast parts inside came out in a hurry...on the dyno...on the first pull. Yikes!
Well isnt that mach 1 an aluminum block? The cobra was cast iron what did he expect? Cant just throw a blower on non cast low end. But the cobra blower increased power to 390 the 4V stock aluminum can take about 400ish so something must have been messed up with his
What is the intro song called