Jim's Little 460 AND 2000 RANGER

To start out it is a 89 d9 short block that I payed $300 with c6 trans it had ,new d3ve pistons.crank turned .10 rods, mains.10 ,c9 rods,with new bearing,in it.A buddy gave me a set of bear dove-c heads got the valves from 69fb off ford460.com, bought solid lift LN cam, lifters,and spring off ebay off ebay kept the springs traded cam and lifters for 750 holley or might say give it away never got the carb from a member on 460 well lesson learned,timing cover from turbo528onlp on 460 after about 2 months,motorsports duel plain intake from Lem,oil pump from DPSCoupe361 on 460,roller rocker arms from a member on 460 can't remember name, comp dp chain billit the my buddy that gave me the heads gave me, holley billit 1 wire dizzy got off ebay,oil pan off ebay,getting some motorsprts valve covers for it,got arp rocker studs ,guide plates,and push rods,comp cam ex274h cam,lifters, and gasket kit from mad dog off ebay.

cool deal whats that red car?

it is my buddy's Mazda RX 7 557 bbf around 900 hp, with pg trans,486 gears. wt 2340#

What this going in

some kind or small truck ex cab realy want mid to late 90s ranger or might go with s10 still looking

There was a man around here that tried to put onein a little mistibishi truck and the oil pan was about 3" off the ground and the air cleaner was about 6-7" over the hood

ya they are the same as the d50 dodge i looked at 1 of them but wouldn't even think about it cost to much if i was going to spend that much i would buy a running ranger to put it in but i don't have the $$$$$ to spend right now got to do it as i get the money.bad to be poor man but i have as much fun as the rich man if not more just take alittle longer to get everything

true true i hear you on that one.

69F100 wrote:ya they are the same as the d50 dodge i looked at 1 of them but wouldn't even think about it cost to much if i was going to spend that much i would buy a running ranger to put it in but i don't have the $$$$$ to spend right now got to do it as i get the money.bad to be poor man but i have as much fun as the rich man if not more just take alittle longer to get everything

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My old man called me today told me may have found me a ranger not far from his house he ask what i wanted to put in one he is one that can talk somebody to just about giving it him i can't shoot the bull like the old man can if i get it i will post some pics of it

cool deal keep us posted

will do

So did ya go look at that truck

no the guy was out of town last weekend daddy gave him my # he is suppose to call me when he gets back I bought valve cover today from fordtec1 on 460 I got a set of tall alum ford racing they look as good as new in the pics back to the ranger it is one of the older ones with ex cab but it has twin I beam front under it and I don't want and will have to change it out with a strut front as long as I can get cheap

Well guys I just bought a ranger 2000 ex cab fairside bed smoke grey ordering a roll cage this week so the 460 has a home now.Now it want have to sit on the stand for to many more months hopefully.debaeting on motor plate or motor mounts one thing i like about the plate is you dont have to worry about the motor mounts with the headers.
will post some pics when i get it home wed

Ordered the 12 point roll cage today from A.R.T out of clearwater fl. now to find time to work on it

get her done

Ranger pics soon to be a bbf ranger

Looks cool man

Order roll cage from Applied Racing out of Clearwater Fl yesterday around 10:30 am deliever today at 2:30 pm talk about Quick service now to getter done when I can find the time nothing to do until you get something you want to do then you have to do everything in the book to come up where you can't get to what you want to do

Why would you need a Ext cab?

Moving the enegine back some to tranfer wieght better moving the seat back to have enough room I am 6'1" got to have leg room and why not use ex cab

Got about 3 hours worth of work done this afternoon heres a couple pics
before

after

Just got through taking dash out ford put that sucker in with about a billion screws and bolts more wires than any one truck needs i lost over 100 lbs with all that junk out now to get the seats,head liner,door panels,carpet and windows out and start cutting for I can get the roll cage in.I will post some pics tomorrow got to dark took some but they are to dark can't see anything very good.

PICS WITH DASH OUT