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1996 Ranger Splash 5.0 W/M112 Supercharger


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Hello,
I haven't been on a ranger forum for a while so I thought I'd say hello again with my latest project. I had a 5.0 Ranger for about two years as a daily driver. Now I wanted something a little more unique. I found an SVT Cobra M112 Supercharger and set out to build it so it would fit under the stock hood. Keep in mind this is a splash street truck so no body lifts allowed. :) I built the "upper" intake myself from rectangle aluminum tubing and 3/16 aluminum plate. I thought I was going to have to trim the hood insulation to make it fit but in the end it just fit with no modification to the hood at all. I have many more pics of the project in progress but here is the end result.

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Looks good. I'm building two 5.0's that are supercharged, one with an M90 going in a jeep, the other using an M122 temporarily going in my ranger...

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Thats cool. I would like to see pics of both!

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Here is the M90 5.0 in the jeepHere is the link to the build ...



I gotta dig up the photos of the M122 build, its towards the end of my SVT build thread in my sig...

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The pics look good. The lower looks a lot like mine. I guess there really is only one way to make them. :)



 
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How much boost you running and what size pulley? My M122 has a 2.59 pulley on it set up to run 19.5 psi boost on the original motor, so I'm guessing about 15 psi on mine...

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how are you guys controlling your bypass valve? I picked up an M90 recently and was thinking of supercharging my 4.0, but I have no idea how I'm going to work the bypass valve. Sorry for the thread jack
 
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The gm M90, the M112, and the M122 all have bypass valves built in. I'm also getting ready to do a 4.0 supercharged build. I picked up a 97 4.0 to go in project HWW, a 94 xcab 4x4 ranger...

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That is something I'm working out right now. The original pulley was a 3.25". The problem is on an SVT Cobra the crank pulley is 7.5" whereas the explorer is 6" I started with a 2.8" pulley and as far as I can tell, I'm only getting about 4psi. I'm currently fabricating a 2.5" pulley to try out. If that is not enough, I'm going to machine the crank pulley and put on a 6.5" from an F150. My ultimate goal is 6-8psi. This is a daily driver so I want to keep it mild. I just like having something unique. I need to data log a bit as its hard to watch a digital gauge and drive at the same time. The numbers flip so quickly from vacuum to boost. I have a Zeitronix data logging system installed.

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As for the bypass valve. It is spring loaded closed and vacuum actuated open so, I just hooked up a vacuum source and it operates as designed.

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Holy Crap that would make some boost. :) I know with the explorer FEAD, anything bigger than about 6.5-7" would require a smaller water pump pulley as they interfere. I found out something interesting today. I finally hooked up my Zeitronix logger to a laptop so I could see exactly what was happening to boost,rpm,afr etc. I was looking around the menu's and found a MAP calibration setting. My map sensor wasn't even calibrated yet. I was showing -5(vacuum) with the truck on but engine off. Once I calibrated it, its shows 0 when on. It turns out that I'm making Almost 6psi not 3psi. I'm almost right where I want to be.

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I'd run a mechanical boost gauge, and wide band O2 on any boosted vehicle. You want as accurate info as you can get under these circumstances...

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Mike, how tall is your adapter? I'm planning to squeeze an intercooler in one of mine...

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