Lift?
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Lift?
Im trying to fit some 44" boggers on my 91 f150, how much lift do i need to do this and what kit should i buy, im also considering a body lift, what is the best one out there?
can i just use blocks for the rear and keep the stock springs?
thanks....
can i just use blocks for the rear and keep the stock springs?
thanks....
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Depends on how much fender trimming you want to do.
But the main issue here is your half ton drive train, which won't hold up to anything bigger than 35s for any substantial amount of time or abuse. Do you plan on upgrading you're axles? gears? motor? It takes a lot of money to put 44's on a truck the right way, and body lifts and blocks is not the right way to do it.
But the main issue here is your half ton drive train, which won't hold up to anything bigger than 35s for any substantial amount of time or abuse. Do you plan on upgrading you're axles? gears? motor? It takes a lot of money to put 44's on a truck the right way, and body lifts and blocks is not the right way to do it.
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im going to keep the stock axles.....my buddy has almost the same truck with 44's on his and hasn't broken anything and he beats the hell out of it.
i'll prob. put some 4.56 gears and im thinking about dropping in a 460 for power.
can you suggest a kit to do this? im new to this kinda thing.
i'll prob. put some 4.56 gears and im thinking about dropping in a 460 for power.
can you suggest a kit to do this? im new to this kinda thing.
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But on a serious note, 4.56's would be overkill for 44's. Somewhere around 2.80- to as low as 3.55 would be perfect and get somewhere in the neighborhood of 17-19 mpg.
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Hey, i take my truck to the mall, quite often, happens to be that the mall also shares a parking lot with home depot...
My truck would probably break if i tried to crawl over a speed bump, man thats a little to extreme for me...
Hey, i take my truck to the mall, quite often, happens to be that the mall also shares a parking lot with home depot...
My truck would probably break if i tried to crawl over a speed bump, man thats a little to extreme for me...
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I did see a ranger running around here with 44's and the stock axles. He had a 302 swap in it and flogged it off road quite a bit, so the D44 ttb should be fine for your needs. As for the rear, if you can't get new springs, try looking for some interlocking bricks. They work in a pinch
Now for the body lift, they can be quite expensive, so head down to your local sporting good store and get a bag of hockey pucks. Stack 3 together by using some gorilla glue, then drill the center for a longer body bolt. If you are anywhere near Florida, theirs some douchebag down there with a big underpowered lawn orniment that has a body lift he might be pulling off his, so you can see if he'll sell it to you cheap.
Now for the body lift, they can be quite expensive, so head down to your local sporting good store and get a bag of hockey pucks. Stack 3 together by using some gorilla glue, then drill the center for a longer body bolt. If you are anywhere near Florida, theirs some douchebag down there with a big underpowered lawn orniment that has a body lift he might be pulling off his, so you can see if he'll sell it to you cheap.
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I see what you did there.
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why wont 4.56 gears be enough? I should be running about 600 horsepower