Raceranger's 4x4 Build

[Uncle Gump]

Really sweet pair of Rangers... and a new Bronco. You just need a bigger garage now...

@Jim Oaks

Just want to ensure you are seeing this one...

 

[Jim Oaks]

I've been watching it and wiping the drool off of my keyboard.

 

[RaceRanger97]

I'm definitely looking to see some off road pictures with this ranger. Have you chosen a name for this one?

I've just been calling them Race Ranger and Rock Ranger lol

 

[RaceRanger97]

Really sweet pair of Rangers... and a new Bronco. You just need a bigger garage now...

@Jim Oaks

Just want to ensure you are seeing this one...

Could always use more room for activities! lol

 

[pentode]

Little test before the trail next weekend
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Nice flex. Literally and figuratively.

 

[RaceRanger97]

Added some paint and a few lights, including rock lights for this weekend’s night run.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Nice work. Are those Axle Pro logos on the hood and door? You seem to know your way around suspensions and axles pretty well.

 

[pentode]

Added some paint and a few lights, including rock lights for this weekend’s night run.
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Your "some paint" looks better than my "all paint"

 

[MT_PLS]

Added some paint and a few lights, including rock lights for this weekend’s night run.
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I am going to nominate this truck for December's ROTM!

 

[Jim Oaks]

I am going to nominate this truck for December's ROTM!

It's definitely getting featured here if I can gather enough photos and details about it.

 

[RaceRanger97]

Nice work. Are those Axle Pro logos on the hood and door? You seem to know your way around suspensions and axles pretty well.

Yes Axle Pros is my company.

 

[RaceRanger97]

It's definitely getting featured here if I can gather enough photos and details about it.

Let me know if you'd like more info!

 

[Jim Oaks]

Let me know if you'd like more info!

Hell ya.

Post details and more pics. These are the builds that motivate people.

 

[RaceRanger97]

This truck was purchased from a good friend that used it for many years as a desert prerunner down in Mexico to aid several different race teams. It had been sitting for a while and was happy to give it a new life as a rock crawler.

1989 Ranger
1992 Mustang H.O 5.0 V8 Swap (CA Smog Legal)
AOD Automatic
Manual Shift 1350 Transfer Case

Front axle:
-Custom MitchMade Inc. 3.5" housing with plate truss and AR500 steel bash plate utilizing 02 F-350 D60 Inner C's and knuckles.
-Knuckles have Artech high steer kit welded on and use factory F-350 brakes and unit bearings that have been machines to fit 35 spline outer shafts with conversion Warn locking hubs
-Axles are chromoly 35 spline with 1480 joints
-3rd member is a Gearworks load bolt High Pinion case and pinion support with 10" REM polished 5.83s and Eaton TrueTrac built by Axle Pros

Front Suspension:
-Custom 3 link designed by MithMade Inc.
-Links are 2" .250" wall tubing with 1-1/4" heim joints
-Panhard and steering linkage is 1.5" .250" tubing with 7/8 heims.
-Currently uses factory coil buckets with 5.5" "Crawler Springs" From Wild Horses for an Early Bronco

Rear Axle:
-Custom MitchMade 3.5" trussed housing with AR500 bash plate utilizing Trail Gear unit bearing pockets.
-Hubs are 02 F-350 unit bearings machined for 35 spline and use Trail Gear drive slugs
-Uses F-350 Rear Brakes
-3rd member is a Strange 3.25 case and pinion support with 35 spline Detroit locker and 5.83s built by Axle Pros

Rear Suspension:
-Deaver 64" Leaf springs with custom mounts and shackles
-2.5" King double bypass shocks with custom bed cage

Body:
-Custom front and rear tubular bumpers
-Fiberglass 4" wide front and rear fenders
-LED Rock lights, bumper and hood lights

 

[RaceRanger97]

Hell ya.

Post details and more pics. These are the builds that motivate people.

hopefully my above post is enough info. I should have a bunch of good pics of it after our trail run this weekend.