RangerTurbo

What year is it? And I'd say he beat the hell out of it the last (first?) 2500 miles.

Being "Built Ford Tough" can't be implicated as a lie on Ford's part because some jackass can't drive.

I'd definitely like to read about it.

This comment and your before comments are why you should stick to receiving advice and not trying to give it. Please explain why an air to water inter cooler benefits from being front mounted. The water does the cooling, not ambient air passing over the cooler's fins. Eventually you'll understand that you really don't understand, and then you might get it, but probably not.

Never heard of this. Could you possibly be confusing it with the SVT Ranger Lightning Bolt? http://www.pickuptruck.com/IMAGES/stories/lightningbolt/lightningbolt2.jpg That is the only SVT Ranger I know of to exist, and not to float my own boat, but if there was a 93 SVT Ranger, I would have known about it. But, stuff slips under my radar from time to time too.

You're right, the Volvo head swap will add a cluster fuck of complications and build time to your build up. Just stick with a stock head and port the ever lasting shit out of the top/sides of the runners and focus on the short side radius on the intake. I'm sure someone on here could do a sheet metal intake for you to help keep things low. The rest is just picking the right combo of top end parts and a turbo.

Not necessarily special edition, it was supposed to be the next generation of the 2.3/2.3T. However, as most things "concept" it never came into production, as the head had oiling problems and wear problems. Nothing that couldn't have been iron'd out, but in 85/86 there wasn't a market for, or rather I should say, Ford was behind the times (imagine that) and didn't think DOHC would be the "wave of the future."

Been done before I found this on our local news website one time and made a thread about it. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/D94R/NewImage.jpg

Many many many desolate roads, unfortunately no one takes advantage of that. I could be doing 85-90 (though I try not to cause a lifted Ranger isn't too stable on non perfect roads) and inevitably catch up to some Utard doing 45 down the 55mph road. Another thing that kills me is: We have and HOV lane out here in Utah which is awesome,... when people actually take advantage of it. Most of the time there will be one jack ass in his SUV with his wife doing 65mph in the HOV, while traffic is flying by on the highway doing 85-90. Seriously, what is the point of using the HOV lane if you're not going to use it. And it's not like anyone behind them can just pass them whenever they want, its unlawful out here to cross the double white line. You have to wait for the designated dotted double white lines to exit the lane. I could write a book on how different states drivers drive based on my multiple trips from Ohio to Utah taking I-70 to I-74 to I-80 out here. Utah being the worst, Ohio coming in second.

You guys have it good. You should come out to Utah for a day and drive. Like in Ohio they merge when they want onto the highway at usually slow speeds, but there is added bonuses to the exceptionally great drivers out here. Turn signals out here are an option when purchasing the car, and it seems like no one has opted for them. They make their own right hand turn lanes from the shoulders, regardless of if there is already a posted right hand turn lane or not. They believe out here that no matter what the gap is between you and the car in front of you, if they are in the other lane, and turn on the turn signal to get between you and the car in front, that they automatically have the right to occupy that space. Though like I mentioned, turn signals are an option so it's rare they actually use them attempting squeeze their Suburban in a 20ft gap. Left lane bandits are just rediculous out here, I thought they were bad in Ohio but jeez-o-weez are they worse out here.

gad, if only you knew how much I hate these people out here.

Utah... Or are you asking more specifically where I live? Out here, all land is bought up by developers, who then split it up just big enough to put a house on and a tiny back yard. It sucks. There is limited access to the major cities of business, so finding cheap land means traveling an hour away, which sucks again cause there is really only one major highway that travels through the part of Utah that I live. So, it becomes a six of one, half dozen of the other problem to figure out if you want to live close and pay more, or live far away, pay less, but spend a shit ton more in gas money yearly. For example on real estate price differences. My parents own a 2500ft house on 6 acres. Its worth ~$250,000 where they live. In Utah here, that same house and land would easily crest the $1,800,000 mark.

Lucky fucker. Out here, that land alone would be $700,000-$1,200,000. Add a ~$200,000 house and you have Utah fucking real estate prices. I'm building on a goddam postage stamp. But luckily, the real estate prices keep the welfare/low life/government feeding fuckers out of the communities.

Nah, Give me an Allegheny, Big Boy or Challenger any day of the week. Stream liners were cool for their uniqueness, but its like adding fender skirts to a big brawny diesel truck. Damnit I want to see the real thing, not covered up. I'd paint it though. BTW, killer wood working skills.

LOL, our neighbors don't secure their wireless. This post was brought to you courteously by stolen wireless.

Generally, it's cheaper to build. You're not buying someones equity when building a house. Though it depends on location too.

Congrats, our house just entered the framing stage of things. Won't be too long and it'll be done as well.

CS Engineer for the second biggest Lithography Company in the world. First largest in producing flash technology for processors. I install, integrate, service the 30 million dollar tools used to produce 12" wafer boards that the flash chips are developed on. My biggest problems, are measured in nano-meters.

Go figure, woman driver. Though who was really at fault? Regardless she was probably putting on her makeup. Took her forever to get out of the car because she had to put it all away first.

That is ironic truth. Book smarts always displace street smarts or common sense.

Not sure this can be expressed any better.

Good buy and good choice for engine swap. Never mind all the people who think the 2.3T is slow, they have no clue at all what they are talking about. Grand Nationals, or V8's aren't the fastest things out there, it just allows them to make up for short comings. There is no "right 2.3 turbo engine". All EFI 2.3Ts are the same. There were minor differences in head ports, computers (tune) and injectors/vam, intake setups, and accessory bracket setups. Other than that, they are all the same. One short block can be exchanged for another with no problems. The 2.3T can be found in Cougar XR7's, Turbo Coupe T-Birds, SVO Mustangs, Merkur XR4Ti's of the Mid 80's. Megaman, if you need any help. PM me.

Dressed up Passat driver.

delete your Win32 folder, should take care of that pesky little problem

Is it a better vid? Kinda disappointed that I watched some dudes foot for the most part.