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Owner: Jim Licata
Location: Summerville, South Carolina
Year/Make/Model: '97 Ford Ranger
Engine/Drivetrain: 5.0L V-8 / C4 automatic / block bored 0.030 over stock / bottom end balanced / Comp Cams roller camshaft / 1.6 ratio rockers / Hastings timing chain / APM connecting rods / Hastings pistons / Seal Power rings / 9.4:1 compression ratio / Edelbrock Performer intake / Holley 750-cfm carburetor / '65 Shelby Mustang headers / B&M shifter / TCI shift-improvement kit
Installers: APM Racing of North Charleston, South Carolina / Jim Licata
Wheels/Tires: 18x8- and 20x8-inch Center Line Avengers / 215/35R18 and 245/35R20 Toyo Proxes 4 tires
Suspension: (Front) Phoenix 2,600lb 'bags / DJM dropped I-beams / Toxic Shocks/ (Rear) Pete & Jakes four-link / Phoenix 'bags / Toxic Shocks / Air Lift 1/2-inch electric valves / 1/2-inch stainless steel hard lines / four Firestone air compressors / 12-gallon reserve tank
Fabricator: Kunfused Kustoms of Gulfport, Mississippi / Jim Licata
Body Mods: shaved everything including the bodylines / FBI tailgate skin and roll pan combo
Body Work: Elite Concepts / Jim Licata / Xdreme Toyz of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Custom Paint: DuPont custom-mixed colors and House of Kolor Pearl and Tangerine
Painter: John Pryor of Xdreme Toyz
Interior: hand-formed fiberglass dash / door panels center console and subwoofer enclosure / re-covered factory Ranger bench seat / Colorado Customs steering wheel
Upholsterer: John Pryor of Xdreme Toyz
Audio/Video: Infinity 6.5-inch component speakers in the doors / Memphis Audio dual voice coil 8-inch sub in custom enclosure / Memphis Audio five-channel, 1,400-watt amplifier