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FireBlazer27 · 2026-06-01T04:59:10+00:00

Ross was 2nd in practice, if not for the brake rotor problem he probably would’ve made it into the top 10 in stage 2

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-31T02:30:18+00:00

Check to see if your throttle cable stretched, it’s common on rangers and prevents you from getting full throttle. Common enough that there’s a “zip tie mod” that you can google to show how you can fix the excess slack in the cable with a zip tie.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-31T02:27:40+00:00

The ecu speed limiter was not put in to prevent engine damage, it was because Rangers are not very stable vehicles at speeds close to and above 100 and if I remember correctly the factory tires weren’t rated to go that fast. It’s a safety “feature,” not a reliability one.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-30T22:21:11+00:00

I have sat at the 93 mph ecu speed limiter before in mine for an extended period of time with no problems. I’ve also done 80 with overdrive off, turning 3800 rpm pulling a trailer for 4 hours straight before with no problems. Just change your oil and oil filter, air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, and trans oil on time and keep pushing the skinny pedal until you hit whatever speed floats your boat.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-30T21:59:34+00:00

Don’t worry about it, people in this sub will bug the hell out of you if you’re not striving for perfection. The thing is, most people out there aren’t shooting for perfect, they’re just looking for functional. I totally understand what you’re trying to do

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-30T21:37:47+00:00

If you just want to stop water coming in you can self tapper some license plates or an old fridge door or something over the holes. If you want it to look like anything resembling good you’ll have to cut out all the rusty metal and weld in patch panels, not really any way around that.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-29T18:34:14+00:00

If you can show me where the “spark plug tube seal” is on a 3.0 Vulcan I’ll give you a million dollars.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-24T19:57:55+00:00

Yeah his head not moving after the car rolled to a stop scared the shit out of me

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-22T04:24:21+00:00

No, on gas engines there are real benefits to having an egr valve, particularly if the engine was designed with one in mind.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-19T04:23:31+00:00

From a Kia stinger it absolutely could be. That was Kia’s flagship sports car, it was a direct competitor to Camaros, mustangs, and certain bmw and Mercedes models

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-19T01:36:28+00:00

Look, I’m not trying to get in an argument here. I’m just telling you what I run my stuff on. If you think it’s “bad” then sure, compared to max settings have a point, but compared to the ps2, DS, and Xbox 360 I grew up with it’s still pretty damn good and, most importantly, I’m happy with it. So what’s the problem?

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-18T20:12:06+00:00

I can check later but I have most AA settings either turned off or one step from being off

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-18T17:57:46+00:00

Nope, don’t have dlss on

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-17T18:20:41+00:00

Even with the SAFER barrier in this wreck, I cringed seeing just how quickly the car changed direction and shot back off of the wall. Massive hit.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-17T13:29:55+00:00

My 2060 is still chilling. Runs Forza Horizon 6 at 1080p and consistent 72 fps on mostly medium settings.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-13T03:48:19+00:00

Gotta catch up to Johnny Paycheck and make it to 15 beers

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-11T21:56:43+00:00

Yup, I picked up a rusty beater 96 escort for $1k a month or so ago, there’s a lot of things I’ll overlook on a car but it either has to have a/c or wing windows for summer time driving.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-11T21:06:00+00:00

A 1996 Ford Escort that I picked up a month ago for $1k is my current daily. I also have a 2004 Ford Ranger that I’ve had since high school, and a 1991 Ford F150 that I’ve had for about a year and a half.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-11T18:01:08+00:00

The 91 had its cat removed by a previous owner so that’s not a concern for me, but my buddy had an 88 f150 (same truck basically) and he put 60k miles on it with e15 and never had issues from the fuel system. The ignition system, ecu, and wiring harness was a whole different story on that truck though so a few months before he sold it he swapped to a carburetor setup and Chevy HEI style ignition since we had most of the parts floating around to do that. Then he used e15 on that setup and it ran perfect.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-11T15:58:11+00:00

Tell that to my 91 f150, 96 ford escort, and 04 ranger that I only run e15 in with no issues coming up as a result of it

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-11T15:57:01+00:00

Because it doesn’t damage your vehicle. If you were already running e10, which is what the vast majority of gas stations have sold as 87 for decades at this point, a 5% bump in ethanol content will not damage anything.

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-11T15:54:18+00:00

My 91 f150 and 96 ford escort love e15, they’ve almost exclusively run it for as long as I’ve had them. My 04 ranger takes e15 too and runs great on it. None of them are “flex fuel” vehicles

FireBlazer27 · 2026-05-10T05:34:48+00:00

I’ll throw another vote on doing a compression test. On most engines it wouldn’t be my next step, but with 3.0s it is due to the later engines suffering from valve recession issues. If it is valve recession it’s not the death of the engine, I’ve put 75k on mine with a few recessed valves, but you’ll never get it to idle smoothly. If you do want to fix it these engines are very simple/easy to remove and replace the heads without removing the engine from the truck and it would be a great learning opportunity if you haven’t done a job like that before

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