{"id":1243,"date":"2010-05-23T18:36:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T23:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2016-12-31T13:17:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T18:17:56","slug":"project-rolling-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"Project Rolling Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Spike<\/p>\n

Spike’s Trucks has a series of shows dedicated to swapping a Ford 4.6 L V8 into a 2001 Ranger. It appears they are using a Mazda B-series truck but both should be identical. They are going for a mini version of the Ford Lightning. The show airs on Saturday and Sunday Noon E\/P (United States). I would guess after the series is complete they will release the entire set on DVD at their shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spike’s Trucks has a series of shows dedicated to swapping a Ford 4.6 L V8 into a 2001 Ranger. It appears they are using a Mazda B-series truck but both should be identical. They are going for a mini version of the Ford Lightning. The show airs on Saturday and Sunday Noon E\/P (United States).… Read More »Project Rolling Thunder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ranger"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10464,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10464","url_meta":{"origin":1243,"position":0},"title":"Ford Ranger 4×4 with a Cummins 4BT Diesel Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When Zach Jeffers set out to build a truck, he wanted something really different. 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