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My 1986 Ranger on 35's!


Hagan

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Here is my 1986 Ranger I bought a couple years ago. It was stock and broken. Had a broken rear axle and the fuel filter was clogged. I realized that the stock Ranger wasn't going to work for me. I began by replacing the rear axle and drove it for a couple months.

Front Axle

It was about time to lift the front and decided to go against TTB and go with a solid axle. I swapped in a full width Dana 44 out of a '77 F-150. I used the coil setup but with 4.5" lift EB coils. I extended the stock Radius arms approximately 12" and used 1.25" Heim joints at the ends for better flex. I built a cross-member to mount the radius arms to. I geared the front axle with 5.13's and a Spartan Locker. I used Chevy 1-ton steering set and tie rod ends on the steering and swapped the steering about the knuckle instead of below. I built the track bar and track bar mounts on the axle and frame itself and used heim joints.

Rear Axle

Since I was done with the front axle I decided to finish the rear. I picked up an 8.8 out of a early 90's F-150 and swapped it in. I moved the leaf spring mounts inward to accommodate the narrow width of the Ranger vs F-150. I also used Chevy 63" leaf springs to lift the truck and I got a cheap set of Belltech 6400 knock-offs to further lift the truck. I geared the axle with a set of 5.13's and a Spartan Locker. I finished the axle off with a 3/8" thick diff cover from RuffStuff.

Engine

The old 2.3 I had in the truck was slow. I needed more power but didn't want a lot of weight. I picked up a whole running TurboCoupe for $500 and swapped the engine in. The truck has a lot more power since the turbo swap and it didn't add very much weight.

Body

I bought a set of 4.5" wide universal Fender flares from Pacer and put them on my truck after cutting fenders. I like how the flares look and they are flexible and wont break. I bought a bumper off of Craigslist and made it fit the truck. I am using a Smittybilt XRC8 winch. I am running 35" Mickey Thompson Baja Claws on 15"x8" Black Cragar wheels.


Here is the truck...


 


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Looks great
 

88_Eddie

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sweet truck....moar pics!
 

90jurassic2

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Finally a build thread for this thing. Looks nice! :icon_cheers:
 

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Looks good. Simple and just plain bad ass looking.


Sent from my iPhone.
 

rangerguy1996

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Nice truck bumper is badass
 

kaytor692

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i agree we need some more pictures of this rig
 

josuegdl

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really nice!!!!
I like that truck!!!
wath is the bumper?
I think I am going to paint my truck White!!!
 

n_bannerman

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How did you mount your blinkers in the grill? Sweet truck! And more on the front bumper
 

Project84

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Wow, this truck is amazing. :icon_surprised: This is almost what I want to do to my truck! Would this project brake a 17 year olds wallet?
 

SGTDHS

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This truck is sweet. Where was that first picture taken?
 

SGTDHS

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How many feet of the Pacer Flares did you use? And do you have a close up of how they are mounted on the lip?
 

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