Recent content by Railer150

Well i finished my SBC swap into my 86' a few years ago and now another ranger is getting a swap but alot easier since its a 302 with an AOD, Anybody know what motor mount and header combination will work well without much interference? The truck is a 93 2WD.

Well long story short i need a set of new radius arms for my ranger left and right, but all i can find is 89' and up radius arms including LMC truck, was wondering if anybody knew of where i could acquire a new pair

Alright then, I'm looking for 8 inch long ones now. nuts for it shouldn't be too hard to find either

Wow you sir are a lifesaver, gonna look for a 8 inch long one, they need to be grade 8 right ?

No problem, im hoping to find a set moderately priced, really dont wanna pay $90 for bolts

Just Called Ford, they gave me a part number, one hell of a pricey bolt, hopefully i can find a cheaper one, part # is 390386S2 if thats any help

LMS has them really ? all I saw that was similar was a coil spring stud, but the picture makes it looks like a stud instead of a bolt

Hello Forum, I am fighting removing the bolt at the bottom of my 86' rangers coil spring, i have tried heat and PB Blaster and it still wont budge. does anyone know where i can get a replacement bolt, if i could just cut the old one off and put a new bolt in it would make things alot easier.

Thanks guys, Just got the beams and i have to press them into the beam, kind of a pain but oh well

Hello All, Since my truck is being lowered soon, my cross-member has blown bushings and i know they are non-serviceable but i was wondering if i switch to the cross member from illusive fabrication, will i have to change my trans mount since there are no bushings in it, i have Turbo 350...

Im about to install the DJM dream beams on my 2wd 1986 Ford Ranger and was wondering if the ball joints were actually pressed into the spindle or pressed into the beam

Hello, Im preparing to drop my 86' ranger, and was wondering if anybody ran into any real problems when doing the dream beams or flipping the rear axle with the flip kit, all of it shouldnt take me more than a day but im hoping it will be easily done in my driveway on jack stands. any...

for the rear i will be swapping in a ford 9 inch rear but thats not for a while now, in terms of backspacing, i have wheels that have 5.50 inches of backspacing for the rear

thanks. how wide of a wheel are you running ?

I have an 1986 Ford Ranger Longbed with a Small Block Chevy swapped in and next on my list was lowering both front and rear. i have the beams for the front and i plan on getting the flip kit for the rear but I'm having a hard time picking the best offset/backspacing for 15" wheels. i want to be...