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Desertchild
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- Feb 27, 2011
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- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey everyone!
I've bee thinking a lot about my B2, trying to decide what I what to do with it once I have it running. It's an 1988, manual 4WD, and is fuel injected, so all questions I might ask will be with these things in mind. If there is any additional info needed I will get it and post it here asap.
Basically, I want my B2 to be a fun off road vehicle. I want to be able to take it out into the desert and make it to whatever destination I may come up with. But at the same time, I want to be able to use it as a DD between projects when I get tired of taking the bike.
I know of a few projects I would LIKE to do, but a lot of them depend on what donor parts I have, and if any of them are time sensitive (as in the whole project needs to be finished in one sitting), I would probably have to hold off on them while I save up my vacation days!
I currently do not have any donor parts, but I hope to change that soon. My brother will be swapping his D35 up to a solid axle off of a full size, so the D35 will hopefully be going on my B2. I would also like to put an 8.8 on it. Thoughts on that?
Once I have a donor, I'd like to go for the explorer 4.0 and dash swap. My brother is starting that soon too, so I'll have his wisdom once he's finished.
I would also like to put a good size tire on there. I'm thinking 35". I don't know much about lifts though, and when I tried reading up on it I just got more confused. I don't fully understand the differences between suspension lifts, body lifts and spacers, or which is best. I would greatly prefer not to have to shave the fenders to be able to fit 35's on, but if it can't be done, I accept that.
All advice, suggestions and knowledge are greatly appreciated
I've bee thinking a lot about my B2, trying to decide what I what to do with it once I have it running. It's an 1988, manual 4WD, and is fuel injected, so all questions I might ask will be with these things in mind. If there is any additional info needed I will get it and post it here asap.
Basically, I want my B2 to be a fun off road vehicle. I want to be able to take it out into the desert and make it to whatever destination I may come up with. But at the same time, I want to be able to use it as a DD between projects when I get tired of taking the bike.
I know of a few projects I would LIKE to do, but a lot of them depend on what donor parts I have, and if any of them are time sensitive (as in the whole project needs to be finished in one sitting), I would probably have to hold off on them while I save up my vacation days!
I currently do not have any donor parts, but I hope to change that soon. My brother will be swapping his D35 up to a solid axle off of a full size, so the D35 will hopefully be going on my B2. I would also like to put an 8.8 on it. Thoughts on that?
Once I have a donor, I'd like to go for the explorer 4.0 and dash swap. My brother is starting that soon too, so I'll have his wisdom once he's finished.
I would also like to put a good size tire on there. I'm thinking 35". I don't know much about lifts though, and when I tried reading up on it I just got more confused. I don't fully understand the differences between suspension lifts, body lifts and spacers, or which is best. I would greatly prefer not to have to shave the fenders to be able to fit 35's on, but if it can't be done, I accept that.
All advice, suggestions and knowledge are greatly appreciated
