I decided to create a project thread so I can track my progress and maybe share some of my ideas with fellow members.
1991 Ranger XLT
302 swap from a 91 mustang
heres pics from the craigslist ad before I picked up the truck:
pics from when I got it home:
Youtube Idle video:
First few things I did was new serp belt, and water pump.
Needed a rear view mirror, and I swapped the side mirrors because I thought that the stock ones were the most god awful things known to man kind.
Next I plastidipped the ENTIRE truck! Couldn't stand the paint, wanted to keep it low budget so I did it myself, for less than $400, I bought the procarkit from dipyourcar.com, which included 3 gallons of flat black, sprayer with vacuum motor, painters tape, respirator, mixing sticks etc.
New filter
Swapped the carb from a Edelbrock 650 to a Holley 750 with dual fuel feeds that was built by a good friend of mine for his 302 Ranger:
One of my front tires was consistently leaking air, so I swapped my wheels to an old set of mustang bullitts that I had lying around.
staggered 17x9 front and 17x10.5 rear
They rub very slightly in front when you do a full rotation of the steering wheel, other than that the ride is better and she picks up better.
Less rotational mass = MORE POWER!
Thanks for looking, feel free to chime in with comments.
Last but not least, I decided to throw in a few pics of my other cars: