1993 Splash build

[brinker88]

Tacked in place with caster set. What a PITA that was (making them both the same)

 

[wizkid00104]

Tacked in place with caster set. What a PITA that was (making them both the same)

Well done and that sounds like an unbelievable pain in the ass!

Are you going to beef up the original sections of the radius arms?

 

[RangerSVT]

Since your experimenting with the TTB, ever thought of doing a cut and turn or even custom beams?

SVT

 

[brinker88]

I did, but that will come at a later point in time when I can padiddle with an extra set of beams I have

 

[brinker88]

Well done and that sounds like an unbelievable pain in the ass!

Are you going to beef up the original sections of the radius arms?

Everything's getting plated with 1/4" steel

 

[-Nathan-]

what did you set caster at? and how much lift are you looking to run? Take a look at my build if you want to see how I did my cut and turn....

 

[brinker88]

I set caster at around 4 degrees. I will dial it in better with the alignment cams.

 

[brinker88]

And Nathan, just read your whole build thread. Amazing truck so far. I dont think Im that fab saavy right now to try cut/turn beams so I'll just stick to my Skyjacker Drop brackets to be on the safe side. Im sure down the road I will try to do it.

Oh, and I just realized. The only piece I need to order yet is my coil springs. Woo!

Btw, F250 shock brackets went up in price at Ford. $17.00/piece. Vs. the 46+25 dollar S&H charge for a pair from broncograveyard.com

 

[wizkid00104]

Everything's getting plated with 1/4" steel

I like the sound of that

 

[brinker88]

I know I've seen some people build their own "superrunner steering" Anybody remember who it was and if they did a writeup on it? I need to look into it.

 

[wizkid00104]

I'd suggest Stone Crusher Steering, but you may have problems getting that inspected in PA. Hell, my Ranger failed inspection because I didn't have the factory intake on it...

 

[-Nathan-]

I know I've seen some people build their own "superrunner steering" Anybody remember who it was and if they did a writeup on it? I need to look into it.

His name is legoms013...the commuter mazda thread.

 

[brinker88]

I do like the look of that Stonecrusher setup. Looks like I'll be ordering some more DOM tubing in the near future...

Just ordered my 1 ton GM TRE's. Got all 3 on RockAuto for $47.00 shipped!!!

 

[brinker88]

So I did some research on BC Bronco coil springs. I talked with a tech and convinced him to give me measurements.

ID- 3.89
OD- 5.31

14.75 coils tall.

This tell me enough information to get the PPI of the coil.

I know that 1 full coil sits on the bottom and 3/4 coil sits in the bucket at the top. That leaves me with 13 FREE coils.

Then to get the mean diameter of the coil you take 5.31-3.89 = 1.42. Take 1.42 and divide that to get the thickness of the coil material (0.71). Take the ID (3.89) PLUS the thickness of the coil (0.71) and you get a mean diameter of 4.6".

Use the calculator in the Tech library with this information and it gives you a PPI of 282.41 which is PERFECT for a ranger.

 

[hockeyryan]

oh im going to be watching this build thread. your doing exactly what i was gonna do
eb coils ext radius arms f250 shock towers ahaha
hope its not that hard
good luck and love the truck so far man