What did you do to your other vehicle today?

Most of our Mountains around here are flat top Plateaus.

East Georgia, Western North Carolina Mountains are more like the Western Mountains.

Those North Carolinians get all the credit cause they have The Great Smokey Mountains, Us here in the Southern Carolina have cool mountains too!

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Been busy on the new Ranger. Latest additions: hood insulation pad, hood struts (Ford gives you neither), stop/start technology eliminator, Scangauge 3, OFFROAM phone mount (for SG-3) tilting rear headrests, bonnet protector, window film, body side moldings, on board battery maintainer and GoRhino running boards. Still waiting for A.R.E. topper, Bedrug, seat covers, on board air and 12 volt socket in bed for the fridge.

BTW it pulls the TJ great with my Ready Brute tow bar.

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Looks like a tall deck. 351w?

Full roller 351W.

Everything is turning out a little bigger than I expected.

I had to get the Holley valve covers to clear the roller rockers.

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The Edelbrock EFI intake is going to require a slight dimpling of the firewall to clear.

The stock EFI intake and exhaust manifolds are a big restriction on the 351W so between the Edelbrock and the stainless headers I hope to open it up a good bit.

It certainly barks nicely on the engine test stand.

It's going into my old Bronco

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Full roller 351W.

Everything is turning out a little bigger than I expected.

I had to get the Holley valve covers to clear the roller rockers.

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The Edelbrock EFI intake is going to require a slight dimpling of the firewall to clear.

The stock EFI intake and exhaust manifolds are a big restriction on the 351W so between the Edelbrock and the stainless headers I hope to open it up a good bit.

It certainly barks nicely on the engine test stand.

It's going into my old Bronco

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She's a beaut, clark! The engine and the bronco
 
Full roller 351W.

Everything is turning out a little bigger than I expected.

I had to get the Holley valve covers to clear the roller rockers.

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The Edelbrock EFI intake is going to require a slight dimpling of the firewall to clear.

The stock EFI intake and exhaust manifolds are a big restriction on the 351W so between the Edelbrock and the stainless headers I hope to open it up a good bit.

It certainly barks nicely on the engine test stand.

It's going into my old Bronco

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I'm not typically the biggest Ford guy , but I really like this ! Great job RangerTJ ! Can't wait to see/ hear it running !
 
After 3 days of fabrication which I love to do but suck at it I put together a 3 piece assembly to hold an ARB single under the hood of my new Ford Ranger. The first attempt was a disaster and went in the trash, but by then I had enough experience to succeed on the next one. The only one available comes from Australia and not only would cost over $600 by the time shipping was included but they didn't want to send it saying they can't guarantee it will fit the US Ranger. All that's left now is the wiring and plumbing, going to keep everything under the hood including the switch.

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Not today, but Tuesday. Our daughter rear/ended a car that just slammed on their brakes. The cops said if it wasn’t for the dash cam they would have put her down at fault. Also insurance saw the dash cam video and also said not her fault. She swerved in hopes to avoid it. Shoved the axle back about 3”. Been at the shop since Wednesday and haven’t heard a word.

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