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My former Supercharged 2007 Ranger Sport
4X4 - 4.0L V6
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New Cargo
Basket and 4 more Hella's!
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Awarded
January 2009 "Truck of the Month" on RPS - |
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| My last truck
was a
2007 Ford Ranger Sport 4X4 pickup with a Leer 100XL Cap.
I had a 4" Superlift kit installed by WC Motorsports &
Offroad in Walpole, MA. I also ran a set of BellTech
6400 rear shackles. I replaced the 3" Superlift
rear blocks with a pair of Skyjacker Softride 4" lifted leaf springs and had them
installed with the original 2" factory blocks and my
BellTech Shackles. These leafs offer a little more
lift and a much more pleasant ride than the blocks. The
ride was further smoothed by four ProComp ES-9000
Nitrogen Gas shocks from Summit Racing! |
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I ran LT285/75R16
(33") ProComp Xtreme M/T's. I had them mounted on
my 16x8 American Racing Outlaw II aluminum
wheels. The new tires were mounted, balanced and a front end
alignment performed by WC
Motorsport &
Offroad in Walpole, MA. With the Superlift, everything
fit neatly under the truck and in the wheel wells with
no clearance issues. The increased circumference
however, affected the gear ratio. For that
reason, Mike and Steve of "WC", installed new 4.10 gears at both ends and a Ford Racing
"TrakLock" limited slip carrier in the rear.
It pulled nicely now, even with the taller tires. |
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engine was a SOHC 4.0 V6 with an Eaton M90 Supercharger
providing the horsepower. With the assistance of Ron Caster of "Forced
Induction by R.P. Caster" of Winchester, CA, I
purchased a remanufactured M90 from Supercharger
Technologies of Old Towne, FL. I used Ron's kit to mount
and adapt the entire system to the existing Ranger 4.0. I
then adapted my K&N Cold Air Intake system using
the housing of the stock air box as a heat shield. |
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| For exhaust, I opted for a JBA
Catback exhaust system, all in stainless steel. Now it was time to fix
that factory tune -
hello SCT! I purchased an SCT
XCalibrator 2 from Rogue
Performance with 3 custom normally aspirated tunes.
These worked fine before the M90. Dennis Gomes of the
Tasca Ford Performance Center in Cranston, RI created a
base supercharger dyno tune for the M90. I also worked with Fred from Rogue Performance to refine his new
supercharger tunes by datalogging and tweaking via email. Low end torque
was the first thing
you notice with the M90... wow, what a difference! |
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Check out
individual project page links below... |
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Winch Bumper
project! |
Cowl
Hood project! |
Eaton M90
project! |
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Updated - 04/27/08 |
Updated - 06/12/08 |
Updated 07/06/08 |
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Still need to wire
in the Hella's! |
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Spare Tire and
Hi-Lift Jack are now up on the cargo rack. |
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At Sandy Neck with
the new bumper & winch installed! |
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Climbing one of the
tidal washes at Sandy Neck! |
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- Rock Slider
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Both Sliders are complete,
powdercoated
and installed! |
| I decided, with
some assistance from a friend, that we could build our own nerf bar/sliders for a
lot less money and have them look the way I wanted. He
was right... I purchased two 10 foot lengths of heavy
wall steel conduit at Home Depot for about $30.00 and
began cutting and welding. My friend and
co-worker John Pellegrini, a very accomplished MIG/TIG welder and
fabricator, helped me design and fabricate the mounts. I
shaped and welded the original bars themselves and
brought them to John. We then added a short
piece of thin channel to the top of the bars just below
the doors. These acted as steps to gain entrance to
the truck and avoid a slip hazard on the round pipe. Both bars
were completed, powdercoated and installed as well as some black non-slip material
for the top of each step! |
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Gears, Springs, Etc.
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New 4.10 Ford Racing Limited
Slip carrier with Ford Racing Girdle cover...
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...Skyjacker Softride 4"
Lift leaf springs and BellTech 2" shackles...
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...expertly installed by WC
Motorsport & Offroad!
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