yeah some good info there thanks, im thinkin imma go ahead and use full size axles, should give me better stability on the trails, remember this is going to be my first build so ill be needin some help from yall haha, the 98 should be pretty close to the 97, im sure i could get the spring buckets/brackets from the F150 to work, why couldnt i jsut use the springs from the F150 though?
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You can use the F150 springs.
I've seen it done a few times. Just find yourself a decent donor truck. You won't want to try and buy every thing seperate, you'll nickel and dime yourself to death.
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you can use f150 springs. and the 98 and 97 ranger are very different. 98 they redesigned the frames and front suspension. 98 frame is fully boxed in front and they went to the torsion bar setup on 4x4s but im not sure if they switched to it on the 2x4s. or if they run a coil spring as they did on some of them ive seen. 98 and early 99s are a ******* setup as they were the trial and error for a lot. mid 99 they switched from the crappy pulse vacume lock hubs to a fully locked frontend like the awd explorers.
You can use the F150 springs.
I've seen it done a few times. Just find yourself a decent donor truck. You won't want to try and buy every thing seperate, you'll nickel and dime yourself to death.
x2 on that/ try and find a 78 or 79 and just swap everything over. i know you had a hard time finding a decent one to build and thats why your trying to do the ranger but all yoiu need it the running gear so find a junk bodied one and scrap or part out what you dont need. parting it out could give you more money for your build thou.
well have fun and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, yeah thanks for advice guys, ill start lookin around for a junked one to try and get what i need, ive seen a couple trashed 70s F150s, ill try and find one local here and see what i can off of it, so ill need to pull the axles, springs/mounts and all that good stuff and part out the rest and then scrap whatevers left, guess thatll be my best option, on the hunt now!
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that would work i guess, just the thing im worried about is im just learnin how to weld, how hard is it to weld that to get the proper penitration and all, of course my dads buddies real good and hes teachin me but i could always get help from him, or maybe i could just run the full length axles under there, would get better stability and all like matt said, id just have to do a little fabbing to make the spring perches line up and all
mike, if you were about 3 hours closer i would make a trip down one weekend and give ya a hand with this project. its really not too bad esp with the correct tools. maybe we can work something out. i have a place in cedar key which is about 2 hours from you... just dont know when i would be able to get down there.
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Well after mucho researching... ive decided i like the sound of a propane powered rig... potential to save alot of money is there...
anybody else consider propane power?
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Actually I'm looking at a turbo off of some 300 something cubic inch diesel motor, guy's supposed to get back at me with a model number and whatnot. Should be close, and if the price it right I'll get it. This isn't something I'll do soon. More like gather parts few a few months thing.
yea... i deff understand that... Well sounds pretty intresting... I dont have any projects going right now that i would do it too... But deff something i want to know more about.
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95. f250 4X4. "stock" 5.8l mated to a zf 5speed.
37" good years and some fender trimmin.
Theres some interesting stuff out there out doing it to a efi 300, but not alot on carbs. I dont want to deal with setting a carb up for blowthrough, and I want an intercooler so that rules out a draw through. That leaves efi, or far simpler, propane.
I'm thinking a custom exhaust header and log type intake manifold, and medium sized intercooler.
Sounds like fun... I have decided that i need a project to work on. Ive been getting into to much trouble lately. I need something to devote my time to and something to learn about also. Very intresting i absolutly despised school, but i love to learn new stuff, well stuff that i can use anyways. I think im gunna build a new motor for my truck... a smaller version of what kris has goin on right now. Probably alot cheaper too. I was thinking a 351 stroked to probably a 408, turboed and runnin on propane. Just a though i got goin right now.
So what do yall think?
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i hope to also weld up my hydro mount to!
