Oh my;
A wild ranger has appeared
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
When I bought the engine off CL it was assembled, so I couldn't read the cast number on the heads.
I put the heads on the work bench today to take a peak and to my surprise, they're off 78 351w...
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Probably the worst possible heads for a small block ford.. these heads have a large combustion chamber, so bolting these up to the 302 block will drop compression too much for my liking..smog era heads (thanks obama)
First thing that comes to mind to solve this is to go with a edelbrock aluminum street heads and sell these off.
I might be able to run the same suspension up in the front with the saved weight by going aluminum. The lima is all cast, so she's a heavy girl.
As for the transmission, seems like the most logical and cost effective rout is to go with ah MO5D-R2 of a 90 something F150. Still mazda, but this one will bolt up to the 302 block and I'd just have to cut out the trans tunnel for the shifter.
With this trans, the shifter is going to be located more towards the underside of the dash, so I'd have to whip up some shifter relocate thingymabobbbber to keep the lever somewhere not so outrageous.
While I did take two steps back, I did take one step forward... Some of the parts are starting to trickle in for the rear end swap...
New drums showed up.. just waiting on the brake shoe stuff with the wheel cylinder.
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo progress bb
The truck is still working for me as I put together the remaining parts to pull the ol' weezer out
Got my last seat done a week ago, so the ranger was on transport duty to take it home until it's ready to go in the car after my carpet and headliner get finished
(yes, the e30 build thread will be vaguely mentioned through the ranger build thread)
Bonus pics;
Here's a 71 super beetle I've been restoring for a client over the past year or so
It' was a rusty roller with sentimental value, so a lot of body work needed to be done... Wish I had more pics on me of the earlier days.
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
as of last week
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
The new harness is mostly in, but I'm waiting on a new dash to wrap that up.. Excuse the mess
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
An R107 is hiding there in the back that I'm restoring as well (1 of 3) lol
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
She's coming along well, almost ready to go home..
Really a great experience essentially building one from the ground up..
A wild ranger has appeared
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
When I bought the engine off CL it was assembled, so I couldn't read the cast number on the heads.
I put the heads on the work bench today to take a peak and to my surprise, they're off 78 351w...
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Probably the worst possible heads for a small block ford.. these heads have a large combustion chamber, so bolting these up to the 302 block will drop compression too much for my liking..smog era heads (thanks obama)
First thing that comes to mind to solve this is to go with a edelbrock aluminum street heads and sell these off.
I might be able to run the same suspension up in the front with the saved weight by going aluminum. The lima is all cast, so she's a heavy girl.
As for the transmission, seems like the most logical and cost effective rout is to go with ah MO5D-R2 of a 90 something F150. Still mazda, but this one will bolt up to the 302 block and I'd just have to cut out the trans tunnel for the shifter.
With this trans, the shifter is going to be located more towards the underside of the dash, so I'd have to whip up some shifter relocate thingymabobbbber to keep the lever somewhere not so outrageous.
While I did take two steps back, I did take one step forward... Some of the parts are starting to trickle in for the rear end swap...
New drums showed up.. just waiting on the brake shoe stuff with the wheel cylinder.
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo progress bb
The truck is still working for me as I put together the remaining parts to pull the ol' weezer out
Got my last seat done a week ago, so the ranger was on transport duty to take it home until it's ready to go in the car after my carpet and headliner get finished
(yes, the e30 build thread will be vaguely mentioned through the ranger build thread)
Bonus pics;
Here's a 71 super beetle I've been restoring for a client over the past year or so
It' was a rusty roller with sentimental value, so a lot of body work needed to be done... Wish I had more pics on me of the earlier days.
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
as of last week
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
The new harness is mostly in, but I'm waiting on a new dash to wrap that up.. Excuse the mess
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
An R107 is hiding there in the back that I'm restoring as well (1 of 3) lol
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
Untitled by Omar Albasateneh, on Flickr
She's coming along well, almost ready to go home..
Really a great experience essentially building one from the ground up..
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