sufikation

we got a 98 mountaineer from the fiance's sister for 500 bucks, its not too shabby. it does have some body damage and a salvaged title...but i dont care, i plan on doing a mild build to it so we have a winter/camping rig. anyways, here are some pics of it after i removed the damaged fender and bumper...more to do today. peace. }=)

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newb

What motor and tranny does it have?

sufikation

its the 5.0 v8 with the 4r70w auto tranny...and its awd.

newb

Ooo, aughta be pretty fun. If you plan on wheelin it very much, that 5.0 should be sturdy for you.

sufikation

yessir, we just needed a decent 4x4 so we could hit up the great out doors. this is what we had literally laying around, so might as well put it to use.

newb

Yup yup. A lot of the parts on that were used in the Mustangs of the same years. You could swap cams, throttle bodies, get a set of factory mustang exhaust manifolds, and a mustang ECU and get a nice bump in power for dirt cheap. The intake manifold sets on those are supposed to be equivilent to the GT40 top ends, so you dont need any work there.

sufikation

ya i found a decent forum for them full of info...but since im a hs forum junky i plan on keeping it updated on here too. heh heh.

newb

Lol good deal. Ya read up on em, you can do all kindas of stuff to em without havin to break the bank.

BodyDroppedNikes

shit if i found a Mountaineer for $500, id body drop and bag that bitch and make it lay out....AND still have the 4wd still functional. ive seen it done before...

Calesta

Drop drag and destroy eh?

BodyDroppedNikes

fo sho Mike! lol

Calesta

4wd to have more traction and pull more drag blocks.

phyregod

Pull the fenders off, glass out, gut the interior, slap some mud tires on it and have a fucking blast until it falls the fuck apart. Its a mountaineer for christs sake.. a reject version of a reject suv.

INJEN78

agreed!!!
one of my friends had a yota suv we just beat the shit out of it,,no doors,roll bar,muddin,climbing and trailing,,it was awesome

BodyDroppedNikes

nah...to drag body

BodyDroppedNikes

btw, rangerpowersports.com may help you at as well as far as stuff for your Mountie since the Explorer/Mountaineer/Ranger/newer B-series Mazda pickups are pretty much based on the same platform...

Calesta

Ah, I see. Why drag a hundred blocks when you have one humongous free one built in right?

sufikation

lol all good ideas, but im going to sick with the winter/camping rig. }=)

Calesta

Oh don't worry, I would take the same route that you are. BDN here is just our resident minitruck fanatic.

BodyDroppedNikes

NissanNiNjA2nd

The heads on that motor are worth more to 302 junkies than gold. If the entire car blows to hell and back, pull the heads and sell em on a mustang forum for what you paid for the truck.

newb

The whole top end is worth bank. Its a "GT40" style intake, with matching heads, you could pull a couple hundred for the intake manifold set alone.

sufikation

this project is ended. its getting a new fender and bumper then its staying as is, the fiance will keep it as her winter rig. i figure if im going to build a 4x4 i will just save up for a 94-02 dodge 2500 inline 6 turbo diesel, seems a bit more worthy to me.

**edit** its back on! i cant stand seeing it stock when i know what it could be.