Well you have a 4.0, others have an anemic 2.3 or 3.0 that could be partly why yours has "rain" issues. The tire pressure is probably your issue too. My 3.0 with programmer will spin the tires at will, and is kinda dicey in the rain. But manageable. A good limited slip rear axle would help alot.
Yep it's a body lift..Good looking truck. Since it's not your daily driver, take your time and do things right. Your list isn't too bad but you will find more as you dig deeper. After all its a 35 year old truck.
The reason it's slow is the Ranger tailgate doesn't weigh anything. The same strut on a F250 is MUCH faster, 'cause the tailgate weighs alot.
As for mods, and I'll catch some crap for this, is a tuner or programmer. I use a Super Chip on my 3.0 and it helps alot.
mine is 2wd so a LSD was a great improvement..Ok I'm in south Texas, we don't get snow. We get freezing rain & ice, a light foot and white knuckle steering, but it goes where I want
keep looking around, there are alot of shops around me that would love getting the work. I would just go with replacing the heads, not the whole motor.
Keep us posted as I too have an 04, so something I may be looking at sometime
Axle wrap? even with a 4.0 they don't and you have larger tires? No axle wrap..this ain't NHRA it's low power mini trucks Ford Rangers 2.3L 3.0 and 4.0L none make enough HP to worry about axle wrap.
Water weighs 8lbs per gallon. So do the math. some overload springs might help. and air shocks in the back..Still its a heck of a strain on the truck frame and drive train.
Been too darn hot to touch the Ranger, but I did get a new set of running boards..just too hot to install them..
I hope its something local, but someone is stealing all the FORD badges off the Ranger grills. Out of the 5-8 guys I know with Rangers and the ones I see around here are all missing.
I run a pair of overloads on mine--its a long story---but it also depends on how the 1000 lbs was distributed in the bed..I'd almost bet once you get it unloaded you'll be fine.
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