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T top ranger would leak no doubt . The idea keeps popping into my head, no idea why. I imagine driving mad max style standing up out the T top. Lol. Maybe it's a bad dream...
I've yet to find a thread that says " stop with the swap n build a 6" or anything of that nature. But I have read plenty of threads on explorer plug n play 5.0 swaps. I've also been told the numerous benefits and reasons to do the swap vs building the 6. But I thought I'd check one more time incase their was anything new. Thanks for all the in depth explanations and pics. I'm a swap supporter.
Building a 6 is just so you can say "I built a 6". A guy I work with (for another week) did a mustang V6, he did injectors, fuel pump, a tune and a turbocharger. Had to put the battery in the trunk the turbo sat right where the battery was. Tune took him weeks of sending the file back and forth to someone and he drove it with a laptop connected for a long time. Hardest part was the exhaust, he did it all himself.
When he was done it had a little more power than a stock V8 but was really cool. Passed it off to his son eventually and Sean still has it. It is a different kind of cool I guess.
When I pulled the 2.5 out of my V8 project I put the block and trans for sale on craigslist. The dude that bought the block bought it for the crank, he had some screwy racing class he ran where you could only use a 4. He has the journals ground to "stroke" it and claimed he was getting a couple hundred HP out of them after. Had no reason not to believe him if I told you I have seen a single charger tractor motor over 4000 HP on a dyno you might not believe me either but I have seen it. Seen a few send a glowing inconel turbine head crawling up the walls too, though only in vids from our staff that went to the dyno runs.
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