rangerbrink
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- 1994 Ranger 4x4
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I have a some drivetrain questions but I'll start with a brief project history first.
This is my first post and first Ranger project. My son and I are combining several different trucks into a creation of our own as you can see in the photos.
Built from an 83" long bed 4x4 frame, 94" body. It will have a 4.0 from a 94 Mazda truck. Swapped the old dana 28 to a dana 35, installed a 2002 explorer 8.8 in the rear. (3:73 gears) Lift is about 5" built from Skyjacker coil springs and our own custom fabricated drops. Rear springs are custom from local spring shop.
We have the original 83 T5 transmission and BW1350 transfer case. Neither will work on this truck. The T5 won't hold up to the 4.0 as we plan to use it and the BW1350 wont work with the 5" lift due to it have a sliding yoke on its front output shaft. Too much driveshaft angle for a sliding yoke into the transfercase.
My questions are:
This is my first post and first Ranger project. My son and I are combining several different trucks into a creation of our own as you can see in the photos.
Built from an 83" long bed 4x4 frame, 94" body. It will have a 4.0 from a 94 Mazda truck. Swapped the old dana 28 to a dana 35, installed a 2002 explorer 8.8 in the rear. (3:73 gears) Lift is about 5" built from Skyjacker coil springs and our own custom fabricated drops. Rear springs are custom from local spring shop.
We have the original 83 T5 transmission and BW1350 transfer case. Neither will work on this truck. The T5 won't hold up to the 4.0 as we plan to use it and the BW1350 wont work with the 5" lift due to it have a sliding yoke on its front output shaft. Too much driveshaft angle for a sliding yoke into the transfercase.
My questions are:
- Can anyone recommend a good 5 speed manual transmission and transfercase for the 4.0? This truck will be a daily driver but see plenty of hard trail action. Transfercase must be a manual shift. Not worried about driveshafts as we plan to have both front and back custom made. We have the original 83" cross member for the T5 but can custom fit parts if need be. Must bolt up to the 94" 4.0
- With the T5 and BW1350 in the truck we are having difficulty setting up the ideal front Dana 35 pinion angle to match the transfer case output shaft angle. We can adjust the dana 35 angle slightly with our custom built radius arm drops but not enough without adding too much caster angle. (that's considering anything over 6 degrees positive too much caster) Maybe that's wrong? Any thoughts on the front dana 35 pinion angle? Has anyone else run into this issue?
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