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how short can my wheelbase be?


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well its finally wet enough out to cut the old girl up and haul her out.shes the truck that got me into rbv's(drove her in high school:3gears:).i've had a b2 and i'm on my second ranger.she got stopped short of retirement by my brothers great driving and a redwood tree:icon_surprised: still drove straight down the road with your hand off the wheel.



but i got the idea, what if i just cut her down to b2 wheelbase and hacked off all the rest except the front floorpan and firewall.then went madmax with tubing?how short can you be with 3-4 inches of lift? does anyone know the b2 wheelbase offhand?

i'de fab up mounting for a d30 i have and toss the 33" boggers on it.hopefully 2000 lbs or less that my ranger will tow easily and i don't need to be nice to?

whatcha tink?
 
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Bronco IIs have a wheelbase of 94."
 

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I am ashamed that.., that thing bears the Ford emblem.
 

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its been a great truck,shit in your own stupid threads:flipoff:
Lol


Why kill the wheelbase? Just extra work

I say tube it, lift it, and bog it! :headbang:
 

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Lol


Why kill the wheelbase? Just extra work

I say tube it, lift it, and bog it! :headbang:
not really much extra work,i'll just hook up a sploder front driveshaft i have and scoot the axle forward till the spline depth is good.:icon_thumby:the only things on the truck worth anything to me are the frame and 4.0 setup.with 33's the axles need to be close together to keep rocks out of the belly too

the nature of the beast is free to cheap parts in any weird config that works.theres a couple ways i could go 4.56 for almost free.
 

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I vote swap the driveline into a BII.....or get a new body, they're cheap around here.....

-andrew
 

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.....or get a new body, they're cheap around here.....

-andrew
you couldn't catch me dead building up a ploder that still resembles one.i get the same feeling driving a volvo:thefinger: yuppy!
 

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Ugh....and to think I can be seen in one of these when I'm not driving my truck:

hey you gotta save money for those crawlers somehow.

sorry i didn't mean you, i meant that i get the yuppy experience while driving one:icon_twisted:
 

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HAHA, better response then I thought.....Thats the GF's 07' Toyota Yaris, gets 45mpg at 120km hwy and about 35mpg in town.

-andrew
 

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94 is B2 and from what most wheelers do is stretch to 100. From what I hear that is about the best overall WB.
 

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