Been a long time since I've logged in here, rough guess, 2013. Been through a lot of cars since then, but have managed to hold on to the Cougar through them all. Car has been in storage since 2010-11 I think. Wow, first time I've actually though about how long it's been off the road. Hopefully in the next year, if everything goes as planned it will be coming home, and work can start.
Really just wanted to stop in and say Hi to the guys that have been around long enough to remember me, and check in on a few cars/builds I remember. Curious to see whats happened with Blackjack, Chuck, fastcat, Vinny, Eric, and a few other for sure.
Havent been around in a while but I'm kinda back in the Ford game. Bought a 91 Ranger 2.3 5speed a few months ago and I've been trying to get it right ever since. I'm out of ideas. It has a miss I can't figure out.
So far I've done plugs, wire, coil packs, DIS/ICM, crank sensor, and timing belt. The tach was jumpy when I bought it and it missed randomly. Once it started missing all the time the tach reads between 600-3000 full range. After I threw all the parts at it it runs better but not right and the tach still isn't correct.
I've tried another computer and no change. At this point I'm thinking there is an issue in the harness.
I know a lot of you guys have years of experience with these 2.3s and just wondered if you had any ideas.
So the 89 needs to go away now. No more WWD for a while. First "big boy" car I've had and next to the GP, the most cookie cutter car I've ever had.
Now i have less reason to rush the Cougar and do it however I want later. Who knows, this drivetrain might end up in it.
3' all the way back, no cats, resonator, or ler... Its loud! 4.11s arent bad at all with 6 gears. Guess I need to start learning LS motors. Second GM Ive ever owned out of 17 cars, wonder how this one will go.
Door is really open on this one. I want another 4 eyed car for a DD. I kind of want to try the 2.3T thing, not set on that. Just want to see whats out there. I have a few thousand to spend.
The local SHO ChumpCar team here is trying to win a $10,000. The video explains everything, but if anyone deserves this its them. They are as competitive as a race team come, and as nice and helpful as a neighbor could be in the pits. After working the pits at the Iowa race this year you really see how expensive it can get.
You can vote everyday once. PLEASE help us win this!
Been throwing around the idea of BBF for the Cougar now that my track car project is sold.
What I want to accomplish is a factory quality install, fuel injection, and retain A/C and have all my gauges (digital) work as before. As far as bolt ons I'll handle that as parts come up.
I'm open to suggestion for anything to make this as simple and easy as possible. Depending on how easy it is to go carb and still retain everything for a later FI swap I might be open to that.
Ringed and welded Diff (Prevents roll pin ejection)
Gen III SubFrame swap (Better suspension set up, less bushings)
Tokico/Moog -3 coils front
Tokico/Eibach -2 coils rear
13" Cobra front brakes w/ Hawk Black pads
11.6" Rear brakes
Magnaflow catted Y pipe
Single exhaust/DynoMax ler
Ported Intake
COP conversion
Valeo Clutch/Stock Flywheel
New FORD headlights
17x8" wheels with 235/45-17 Cooper Zeon Sport A/S
Just throwing it out there.
This car is STRIPPED. 2 seats, steering wheel, gauges, and a shifter is all there is for interior. Car weighs in at 2980lbs. It could be a competitive AutoX or road course car as it sits, little more work and it would be very competitive. My interest has just ran out, Im ready for a 4WD project. I realize there is little interest here for this so Im not going into too much detail. If someone is honestly interested I will answer any questions.
If it doesnt sell by Spring, Im getting the sawzall out.
I had a pair of 265/50-15s for spares just to move the car around. They went flat so I took them to work to fix the leaks. Bead ripped on one, Plus they were bald so I really didn't feel like it was worth messing with them anymore. Just so happens we put 4 tires on a Nissan last night and 2 of them had a little tread left so I mounted them up. Figured if they didn't fit oh well I'll just wait for something smaller...
They fit and I still have room to spare. On a side note I got it started, drove it up and down the street, remembered how slow it was, then parked it and covered it back up.
Think I might get tagged in the next few months and start driving it to work to tie up some loose ends. Get it solid again then start throwing parts at it slowly.
