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Stangman

12-11-2009, 10:02 PM

It's a 2004 Ford Ranger EXT FX4 Level II...

FX4 Level II's came with 4.10 gears, a Torsen rear diff. Bilstein shocks, skid plates, 31" BFG A/T's, Alcoa wheels, a 207HP 4.0L, front towhooks, 2" hitch, deep rubber floormats, bedliner, a really kick ass interior, heavier sway bars, higher lift and other little stuff...

I love it and it's 15mpg's! :lol:

R825OH

12-11-2009, 10:05 PM

Thats nice Jesse,I loved my Ranger!

k062693w

12-11-2009, 10:48 PM

Congrats !!! Good Looking Truck !!!

firestang70

12-11-2009, 11:12 PM

Now put a brush guard on before Bambi knows you got the new ride.

mustang8998

12-11-2009, 11:54 PM

Looks slow!

JFWY, nice truck, Jesse!

Waffles

12-12-2009, 12:16 AM

Hey, now you can drop off that 351 and pick up the Mark 8 stuff! Do you still want the Mark 8 stuff? lol

DeckerEnt

12-12-2009, 12:31 AM

x2 on the brush guard!!! Good looking truck Jesse!!!

Blacksunshine

12-12-2009, 09:39 AM

Nice truck Jessie , now all you need is a ls6 engine for it and it can haul ass too... ha ha

Markcore

12-12-2009, 10:28 AM

Thats what I need!! My Ranger is a little 2wd reg cab 3.0L : (

Good looking truck for sure!!!!

Kevin1989

12-12-2009, 12:15 PM

i love the FX4 Stage 2

Gearhead

12-12-2009, 01:02 PM

:bigthumb Nice looking truck Jesse !!!

rush88GT

12-12-2009, 01:23 PM

Nice looking truck!!!

INSANEBA

12-12-2009, 01:32 PM

Nice rig, 15MPG's! OUCH! My lifted Ram gets 17.5-18 on the highway... Still sweet though lol...

thecollector

12-12-2009, 02:44 PM

Nice rig, 15MPG's! OUCH! My lifted Ram gets 17.5-18 on the highway... Still sweet though lol...
what? im lucky to get 15 on the highway in my ram with a light foot and its only 2wd...

good looking ranger though.

Camaro86SHOCKER

12-12-2009, 05:37 PM

very nice.

stangman_5

12-12-2009, 08:26 PM

Now put a brush guard on before Bambi knows you got the new ride.

I was going to tell him the same thing :lol:

quik lx

12-13-2009, 10:20 AM

What is it the gear that sucks the mileage down?

My '97 Cherokee gets 17-18. Our new AWD Mariner doesn't do much better at 20 MPG. I miss the Focus already!!!

SMOKE

12-13-2009, 11:05 AM

I had one of those for a short time... Get ready for a rough ride! I only had mine about a month because they will beat you to death!

Nice truck though! :)

306Power

12-13-2009, 01:14 PM

Thats a sharp little truck, maybe its just me but I dont see too many of the stage II FX4's.

Stangman

12-13-2009, 03:13 PM

It rides better than my '94 GT so I LOVE it... but nothing compares to the ride in the Lincoln...

And no there aren't many FX4 level II's around

kennebellcobra

12-13-2009, 03:34 PM

Good lookin truck Jesse!

ADaughen

12-13-2009, 03:57 PM

What is it the gear that sucks the mileage down?

Yeah, just like in the stang, 4.10s at highway speeds push the engine to higher RPMs and cause the vehicle to guzzle more fuel. It is always a trade off.

IIRC, if he swaps it out he'll have to swap out the front axle final gear, too.

My sister's S10 Blazer is getting ~12mpg, but it runs pig rich due to a clogged spider injector.

Really nice truck there. I was looking at one but they wanted more than I wanted to pay.

5.0calypso93lx

12-13-2009, 11:15 PM

I had one of those for a short time... Get ready for a rough ride! I only had mine about a month because they will beat you to death!

Nice truck though! :)

What did you have? Mine rides great???

Nice truck Jesse, they are great little trucks. Gas mileage does suck though lol.

Steves LX

12-14-2009, 08:49 PM

The truck looks even nicer in person. I dont miss my Ranger one bit but then again it was only a 4 banger.

5.0calypso93lx

12-15-2009, 10:29 AM

Stangman

12-15-2009, 11:08 AM

Jesse we need to do a group tuning session at MD haha. I don't know what trans is in yours, but mine has the 5R55E I think and the shifts are wayyyy to sloppy. They need firmed up big time and should make the trans live longer too. Maybe we can get some more MPG's out of the SOHC with a good tune :lol:

My trans seems to shift pretty firm, but i think it has issues going back down into low gear when I stop, when I slow downit bucks right before I stop and when I take off it feels like it bucks twice then goes... does yours do that?

relaxednoma

12-15-2009, 11:17 AM

wow thats great lookin!

5.0calypso93lx

12-15-2009, 11:35 AM

My trans seems to shift pretty firm, but i think it has issues going back down into low gear when I stop, when I slow downit bucks right before I stop and when I take off it feels like it bucks twice then goes... does yours do that?

Not that I'm aware of, I'll try and pay attention to that next time I'm driving. I know ford has all kinds of problems with these transmissions so anything I can do now to make it last longer I'm down for lol.

WHYTRY

12-15-2009, 12:20 PM

It rides better than my '94 GT so I LOVE it... but nothing compares to the ride in the Lincoln...

And no there aren't many FX4 level II's around

electric fan and 1.6 rockers and cold air intake.. good mods to do to a ranger.. mine gets 17 18 mpg but its a stick and 2wd

93lincolnmk8

12-15-2009, 01:06 PM

My 94 4.0 4x4 gets 18 mpg. But it has 3.73's and a 5spd it. I am also running 31x10.50x15's on it. Oh yeah it also has 250,000 miles on it :eek:

Stangman

12-15-2009, 01:12 PM

My 94 4.0 4x4 gets 18 mpg. But it has 3.73's and a 5spd it. I am also running 31x10.50x15's on it. Oh yeah it also has 250,000 miles on it :eek:

Don't forget the burning oil and blow by!:bigthumb

RACEME

12-15-2009, 01:25 PM

now that you have a truck, come get those doors!

Stangman

12-15-2009, 02:01 PM

now that you have a truck, come get those doors!

There is a method for my madness! :bigthumb

Hang on to em Tim! As soon as I get my bills taken care of I'll be knockin on your door

DeckerEnt

12-15-2009, 02:06 PM

RACEME

12-15-2009, 02:50 PM

There is a method for my madness! :bigthumb

Hang on to em Tim! As soon as I get my bills taken care of I'll be knockin on your door

Just come get them. You can trade me something you don't need later.

93lincolnmk8

12-15-2009, 05:33 PM

Don't forget the burning oil and blow by!:bigthumb

Just found out the burning oil is a leaking intake gasket that 4.0 pushrod motors are notorious for and I really dont have very much blow-by at all suprisingly

5.0calypso93lx

01-05-2010, 01:53 PM

Did you get a chance to take this thing out in the snow? I about spun off 275wb after wards corner when it was snowing like crazy at about 7:30 last night. Probably a good 20 cars were either wrecked or pulled off to the side of the road right there, east bound was basically shut down cuz of a nasty wreck.

I pulled off the side, put it in 4x4 high and I couldn't even tell there was any snow on the ground after that point.

Stangman

01-05-2010, 03:53 PM

I pulled off the side, put it in 4x4 high and I couldn't even tell there was any snow on the ground after that point.

Thats pretty much how my truck is... seems pretty sure-footed soo far