Surrey
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- Vancouver, Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 2.9
- Transmission
- Automatic
So I have been doing some thinking about the next stage of my build, and I have decided it will definitely be a 4.0 swap, manual tranny, 8.8 explorer rear end, aussie lockered, and d35, also aussie-lockered.
My understanding is at some point the axles got wider... I wanna say 1992?
So this leaves me with the question of the best choice for donor truck. It seems the obvious option is a 1993-94 4.0 Explorer with a 5 speed, but explorers with 5speeds seem to be pretty rare?
I say 93-94 'cause they have wider axles right???
Would I better trying to find a 5-speed 4.0l ranger and getting the explorer axle elsewhere, or....?
My understanding is at some point the axles got wider... I wanna say 1992?
So this leaves me with the question of the best choice for donor truck. It seems the obvious option is a 1993-94 4.0 Explorer with a 5 speed, but explorers with 5speeds seem to be pretty rare?
I say 93-94 'cause they have wider axles right???
Would I better trying to find a 5-speed 4.0l ranger and getting the explorer axle elsewhere, or....?