2nd most controversial mod...

[Apples]

This is sort of like being single, and making the bed every morning, just in case some one stops in. Sort of anal in my thinking.

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[FoD]

 

[Fitzmotor]

My gardener put his lunch on his engine all wrapped up in foil and by noon it's hot and ready to eat, no joke!

I agree about the rat shelter, but I would like to lessen the noise.

 

[Grumpaw]

It does help with the aesthetics. lets face it, the Ranger's engine is not a visually exciting thing to look at ! It's just a big black "thing looking blob" with a lot of hoses and wires.
I come from an era where engines were a thing of beauty, and the first thing everyone at a cruise in looked at was the engine compartment. Anything that helps in the "looks" department is welcome.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I used to have a Taurus SHO

The Yamaha engine was a thing of beauty.

You can slightly tell from this image but they were actually gold in color.

 

[dtech]

I used to have a Taurus SHO

The Yamaha engine was a thing of beauty.

You can slightly tell from this image but they were actually gold in color.

I had a 1991 SHO - I recall my intake manifold as sliver, yamaha IIRC did the upper end of the engine and used a Ford block. It was a fun car but I found quality to be really subpar - had an extensive list of things that broke/failed. The engine was reliable and for the time powerful.

 

[LoneRNGR]

then why don't all current models have the cover if there was a TSB?

I understand, and as previously mentioned, I will not be getting an engine cover. After this TSB they actually deleted the engine cover from the Lariat package. The only way you get the cover now is to purchase it separately.

 

[Foodieguy]

My gardener put his lunch on his engine all wrapped up in foil and by noon it's hot and ready to eat, no joke!

I agree about the rat shelter, but I would like to lessen the noise.

When we Did family road-trips when I was a kid, we would stop at grocery stores along the way for food. Mom would buy a box of some cooked fried chicken in the frozen section, wrap it up it alum foil (minus the box), and stick it in the engine bay. Thirty minutes or so later we’d stop and have a picnic at a roadside rest stop. Good memories!

 

[mailbox4449]

I had a 1991 SHO - I recall my intake manifold as sliver, yamaha IIRC did the upper end of the engine and used a Ford block. It was a fun car but I found quality to be really subpar - had an extensive list of things that broke/failed. The engine was reliable and for the time powerful.

Friend had one too. Quick car at that time. He too had many gremlins in it

 

[mailbox4449]

there will be a trade off for some people.
I haven't experienced a water issue, I don't have a cover.
the cover may stop water that the hood doesn't, the hood is the bigger umbrella obviously. so if water is getting onto the top of the engine, its getting there some other way...remains debateable how.
if its splashed up water from driving in rain, then i guess we will never have a safe place for the alternator.
I am wary of rodents making homes under their new digs. that cover is soft, warm and comfy for those little shits.
solve your water problems, create rodent problems.
which is the worse of the two?

there's only two things I see the cover benefitting....some sound deadening and dressing up the top of the engine.
My trucks not a show car, don't care what it looks like.
as far as noise, I'd rather Dynamat the hood and front firewall and not introduce a rodent high-rise condominium into my engine bay. I might as well install a Hamster Habitrail cage on there if that's the case.

Agree with dynamat the hood for sound deadening and the comment on housing for rodents There's enough soy based plastic in there, why add building material too

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I had a 1991 SHO - I recall my intake manifold as sliver, yamaha IIRC did the upper end of the engine and used a Ford block. It was a fun car but I found quality to be really subpar - had an extensive list of things that broke/failed. The engine was reliable and for the time powerful.

Mine was a 1994 and I had no issues with it in the 5 years I owned it.

The engine had a faint gold tint to it that looked terrific in the sun.

 

[Apples]

Imagine a Ranger with a SHO V6? Perhaps add on a centrifugal blower, and wowzie!

 

[THLONE]

Disclaimer:

All you people that are scared to see the guts of your truck should not look at my avatar. Cover your eyes dont let children see it because it may disturb your sensibilities.

 

[dtech]

Mine was a 1994 and I had no issues with it in the 5 years I owned it.

The engine had a faint gold tint to it that looked terrific in the sun.

Failures I had included fuel pump, ac, shift position rod and eventually clutch (common although mine lasted 80k) spark plug wires , front rotors, rear brake calipers and several rear suspension components - sway bar and struts. When a rear strut failed I had Sears replace the pair , lifetime guarantee and they had to be replaced twice, rear sway bar broke twice. I lived in Pittsburgh then and had a 1986 Saab 9000, when working on the SHO a lot of bolts on underside components would just snap off, whereas bolts on the Saab wouldn't. Most of these failures occurred with relatively low miles - several before the 12/12 warranty expired.

 

[gfitzge2]

It does help with the aesthetics. lets face it, the Ranger's engine is not a visually exciting thing to look at ! It's just a big black "thing looking blob" with a lot of hoses and wires.
I come from an era where engines were a thing of beauty, and the first thing everyone at a cruise in looked at was the engine compartment. Anything that helps in the "looks" department is welcome.

Me too. Todays engines are truly a thing of beauty when it comes to their HP vs cubic inches, low emissions, fuel economy, durability, and many other things. However there is no match for the aesthetics of an older bad ass V8. Case in point. This is from Hemmings auction site. And you could be the proud owner of this one and the mustang it is attached to. Current bid is 67K and the reserve is not met.

I am good with the blob with all the hoses wires because of the performance. Even high end exotic cars today just use an engine cover to make them look a little better.

But I can still drool over the one below.

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