Exploder compatible hood?

Post by **DanHall** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:17 pm

For those of you that have put a 5.0 Exploder engine in your EB without a body lift what tricks are you using to get the hood to close? There looks to be all kinds of interference.

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:02 pm

With a 5.0 and stock motor mounts you should only need to reposition the power steering reservoir.

Post by **D&D72** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 1:05 am

And the coil packs

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 1:25 am

D&D72 wrote:And the coil packs

Oh, yes. My 5.0 has a distributor.

Post by **DanHall** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:24 pm

Thanks guys! I need to do something for the intake as well as the stock Explorer intake tube is hitting as well. Glad to hear it is nothing major though, when I looked I thought it might be more.

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:27 pm

Use a '96 or early '97 throttle body if you have clearance issues there. The TPS is shorter.

Post by **sykanr0ng** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:06 pm

Dodge Neon type coil packs can replace the Explorer packs.

They have male HEI style plug wire connections that come out on the sides.

Post by **DanHall** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:16 am

I thought I had the coil packs but ran into interference with the fuel rail. Where did you move them to? I was simply lowering them and it didnt work as planned. Anyone able to grab a quick picture of good spots for both the coil pack and ps res?

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:37 am

DanHall wrote:I thought I had the coil packs but ran into interference with the fuel rail. Where did you move them to? I was simply lowering them and it didnt work as planned. Anyone able to grab a quick picture of good spots for both the coil pack and ps res?

For the PS reservoir, you just need to move it down and back a little. How far you can move it will be limited by clearance to the suction hose.

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Post by **DanHall** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:46 pm

Thank you Viperwolf. I got the coil packs by moving down and driver. Just clears everything. Getting closer. Now that huge oil neck and then throttle body. Looks like you are running no EGR with no elbow in the intake. I didnt have EFIguy flash for no EGR but looks like that may be the way to go for clearance.

Post by **BroncoRaider** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:48 pm

Are you using the explorer valve covers? The oil neck is HUGE. I took Viper and Rox's advice and ordered some fox body mustang valve covers, much shorter oil filler.

Post by **DanHall** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 6:18 pm

Still have the explorer valve covers on. You are right though, that thing is HUGE!

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:57 pm

DanHall wrote:Thank you Viperwolf. I got the coil packs by moving down and driver. Just clears everything. Getting closer. Now that huge oil neck and then throttle body. Looks like you are running no EGR with no elbow in the intake. I didnt have EFIguy flash for no EGR but looks like that may be the way to go for clearance.

No elbow but I am using EGR with the mustang style spacer.

Post by **BroncoRaider** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 5:56 pm

Valve covers like these work if you can't get the neck trimmed enough to work: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-1993-OEM-F ... 2307395741

There are some out there that do not have the vertical ribs inside. Depending on which rockers you have, you might need to find a set of those or clearance a set like this.

Post by **Rox Crusher** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:01 pm

BroncoRaider wrote:Valve covers like these work if you can't get the neck trimmed enough to work: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-1993-OEM-F ... 2307395741

There are some out there that do not have the vertical ribs inside. Depending on which rockers you have, you might need to find a set of those or clearance a set like this.

#lookslikethosewereinvolvedinanenginefire

Post by **BroncoRaider** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:06 pm

#iwishiahadacomeback

edit: #notmyfirenotmyproblem

Post by **D&D72** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:43 pm

#lmao

Post by **DanHall** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:59 pm

Obviously some touch up paint required but the ECU box is in. As simple as it seems for some reason I have been kind of dreading it so I'm glad it is done.

Post by **Eck** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:08 pm

One thing you may want to do that Garry suggested to me is drill a hole in the back of the box and put a rubber grommet in it from inside the cab where the electronic connection on the back of the ECU is. Makes it easy to connect a quarter horse if needed for tuning.

Post by **DanHall** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:33 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:
DanHall wrote:I thought I had the coil packs but ran into interference with the fuel rail. Where did you move them to? I was simply lowering them and it didnt work as planned. Anyone able to grab a quick picture of good spots for both the coil pack and ps res?

For the PS reservoir, you just need to move it down and back a little. How far you can move it will be limited by clearance to the suction hose.
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Probably a dumb question but did you keep the coolant flow to the upper intake and split to the EGR spacer or just reroute to the spacer?

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:39 pm

It's routed though the spacer only. Just like the fox body egr.

Post by **DanHall** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:38 pm

Well crap, I assumed the explorer egr valve would fit the new spacer but no dice.

Post by **D&D72** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:52 pm

EGR? you don't need no stinking EGR!

Post by **DanHall** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:21 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:It's routed though the spacer only. Just like the fox body egr.

Can you give me some details on your set up? I'm assuming you are running a fox body EGR valve which, if I am reading the wiring correctly, means that you simply left the wiring at the solenoid to open and close without worrying about the valve position indication. The Explorer is looking at dP across an orifice in the EGR tube with a DPFE sensor for valve position. So I should be able to just fab a little piece to cover the hole for the position switch on a foxbody EGR valve. Will the valve mount directly to the Explorer EGR tube?

Post by **Viperwolf1** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:11 pm

DanHall wrote:
Viperwolf1 wrote:It's routed though the spacer only. Just like the fox body egr.

Can you give me some details on your set up? I'm assuming you are running a fox body EGR valve which, if I am reading the wiring correctly, means that you simply left the wiring at the solenoid to open and close without worrying about the valve position indication. The Explorer is looking at dP across an orifice in the EGR tube with a DPFE sensor for valve position. So I should be able to just fab a little piece to cover the hole for the position switch on a foxbody EGR valve. Will the valve mount directly to the Explorer EGR tube?

Everything is Fox; computer, harness, EGR and position sensor. The only explorer parts are intake manifold, front accessories and oil pan.

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Post by **DanHall** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:02 am

Gotcha, thanks.

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