There's nothing like an old school Ranger with a good 6" lift & 33" BFG's. Gotta love them.My Oldie but Goodie.
1989 with swapped in 4.0 and M5OD 5 speed.
Thunderbird TurboCoupe seats (they bolted right in!), 6" lift and 33" tires.
Fun truck. Should have kept it.
What engines did these have?Hi Folks,
A few more of my old Rangers.....
1986 Ranger "race truck" which started the SCCA Professional Series
My SCCA Racetruck development Test Mule. Still the Record holder at the Ford Handling Track!
The SHO Ranger...Great fun! This truck was an absolute Rocket.
Hi Daniel,What engines did these have?
Record holder for Rangers, trucks, or anything?
Any word on why the Ranger never got the 5.0/4.6 like the Explorer did? Seems like that would have sold well, at least to the crowd here; maybe not for Jim's Pest Control. Lol
https://www.therangerstation.com/resources/ford_sho_ranger.shtmlHi Daniel,
Okay. Handling track record for any Light truck. Handling track is dismantled, so the record stands...fastest truck ever on the handling course. Fastest was the Beniton Formula 1 car prior to the Detroit GP. I was there at the track with my Ranger for the press to drive...Scared a bunch of the "Automotive Press" with their ride in the Ranger. ?
Lime Rock Rangers...No 77 shown with me behind the wheel were 4.0 l M5OD stock powertrain with modified suspension for racing.
My test mule....2.8L tall deck 2.3L Lima 4 cylinder built by SVO and cranking out around 180 Hp on racing 102 fuel. ( reason was to push the handling to the next level) Our work culminated in the Manufaturers and Drives Championship in 1991. A lot of hard work, but I just donated the Trophy to the La May Museum in Washington, a memento I hated to give up , but if I die tomorrow, it is where it should be instead in a dumpster outside of my house...
The SHO Ranger was built at Roush by Paul W. where we stuffed a SHO Taurus motor into the Ranger. I did the suspension and this truck handled well, not to the degree of my test mule but I made it streetable...or almost streetable. Engine Engineering removed the rev limiter so I could twist it to just a tad over 10,000 rpm. It was coupled with a M5OD and a 4:10 rear gear....Goodyear shaved tires of a compound that you could not get as a customer... Ford Public Affairs scheduled many drives with the Press and when they donned their helmets, I told them to hang on and they got the ride of a life time for many of them....Even the Car&Drover and Road&Track gave us accolades. I hated sending this Ranger to the crusher....but such is life at Ford and things move on. SHO Ranger was a go production project, but Marketing required Air Conditioning and this darn XR50 steering gear was in the way so no can do and Marketing pulled the plug.... If only we had waited until Ranger went SLA and Rack and Pinion steering we would have the most Kick Ass Ranger Ever....Sigh...
Hey! Codyhttps://www.therangerstation.com/resources/ford_sho_ranger.shtml
Here is the rangerstation link for the SHO Ranger... 5.0L V8 transplants are pretty common, I wonder how many people did that SHO engine swap?