Recent content by Sharpie223

Look up diy tire alignment. All you need is a cheap digital angle gauge, a straight edge, and some way of marking your garage floor. Install the lift, roll the car back and forth to settle, then do the diy tire alignment. It's just as accurate as a shop. I think the tutorial I used was on...

Ford doesn't want the Ranger cutting into F150 sales. So they intentionally produce less and don't advertise. Outside of North America, nobody really buys full sized trucks, so the Ranger ends up in competition with the Hilux/Tacoma as the best seller. I think a lot of the North America...

My guess is at higher loads such as high speeds, wind resistance, weight, the mpg are probably about the same between the two engines. At lighter engine loads, that's where the extra mpg of the 2.3 will shine. The bikes on the back are a bigger drag than you'd think. The canopy probably...

I think those letters are just stuck on with badge adhesive. You can probably take them off, though the vent might look odd with nothing. I want to remove xlt from mine and replace with something like "2.7 TT"

I think it looks incredibly tacky. Haven't come up with a good solution yet, but I think some kind of painted sheet metal cover adhered with panel bonding adhesive could look okay if it was a matching profile.

Assuming oil is good, my biggest concern would be a leak between cylinder and coolant passage that slowly erodes the block or head overtime and becomes a much bigger leak.

Did you say you've added some before and it's decreased again? What level did it start at before you added more? Or if you didn't add any, what level did it start at?

I'd recommend getting a block tester to check for exhaust gasses in your coolant. My challenger had an almost imperceptible head gasket leak, a couple small signs that were easy to ignore and assume we're nothing, but the block tester did in fact show exhaust gasses coming from the coolant...

On my 2004 ranger I had made a simple metal L bracket that was fastened by screw to the bed rail area, and then it held the flag on the other end. Literally a metal bar with a hole in each end and then bent 90 degrees in the middle.

I don't know about phev, but I wish we had a hybrid option. Also like that bumper style better than the "H".

The 3.0 is a bored and stroked 2.7. Essentially the same other than no port injection on the 3.0 for some reason, but that isn't a reliability issue in my mind.

I might have an unpopular opinion, but probably only worth it on a 3.0 or the older 2.3 without port injection. Won't make much difference on a 2.7 or the newer 2.3 since these have port injection that wash the intake valves. Yes, you will get a tiny bit dirtier intake track, won't really...

It's possible that they already have enough parts on the shelf to continue 2.7 production for awhile. Also, I haven't heard of they are doing away with the 2.7 in the bronco? I'm thinking they'll stick with 2.7 on lower trims or go to 2.3 only, give some incentive to buy a raptor.

If it wasn't a raptor, I'd think someone hooked up an aftermarket keyless entry since they all are made that way. Is it possible that some did this anyway?

2.7 was built stout. It's also been well proven, it should make it to 300k, easily. Whether the rest of the vehicle will or not remains to be seen...