2" Suspension Boost

[Mechanickid]

After driving my 88 ranger for 6 months now I have a good idea of what I want to do to the suspension. Being that I use it for mild trail use and alot of highway I figure that I wont need anything more than a 31" tire. Remember that this is my DD. I plan on doing a 2" washer lift on the front to level it and for the rear I was planning on just using some explorer leaves. I then thought about removing the factory blocks on the rear and getting some Chevrolet drop shackles so I wont have any axle wrap and better flex. I have 3:73 gears in my D28 and 7.5, I'm pretty sure they will hold up to my 2.9 but I wasn't sure about the 2.9 surviving on the highway with heavy 31's.

What do you guys think?

 

[Sunk]

I ran 31s with 3.73s and a 2.9.... Err, I mean 2 2.9s.... I'm not sure what exactly was the cause of death of that motor... Do it.

 

[xtremeRanger]

im running 31x10.5 bfg mudz, 2.9 V6 and 3.73 gears and its sluggish on the highway. 5th gear is useless. I even have pacesetter headers on my 2.9, Im doing the 4.0 swap this summer and re-gearing to 4.56

 

[Mechanickid]

Thanx guys. I was thinking 4:56 gears because I plan to see if a 2.9 could survive offroad abuse. I was wondering if my suspension idea was a good? I want to see some good flex!

 

[wizkid00104]

I ran 31s with 3.73s and a 2.9.... Err, I mean 2 2.9s.... I'm not sure what exactly was the cause of death of that motor... Do it.

There is so much confidence in these words...

 

[Mechanickid]

My 2.9 has very low miles on it, and it still makes pretty good power. I plan on going with at least 4:10's so I'm pretty sure it will work.

 

[xtremeRanger]

The 2.9 is an alright motor hard to kill but to that point its gutless. I would go with the 4.0 swap and safe yourself the hassle. The chevy drop shackles is a great upgrade i have no done it yet but its a thing to do on my list. You will want to do the swap when your 2.9 starts to tick real bad like mine. im all for the 4.0 right now i found my motor just looking for the M5OD trans. 3.73 to 4.10's won't be much of a difference, 4.56 is probably your smarter choice.

 

[Mechanickid]

I agree completely. But I'm trying to make this ol 2.9 last as long as possible. When Time and money allows I plan building a stroker 4.0 with a tom morona kit so I can smoke all these 3 liter fags in 4th gens. Someday..... someday

 

[xtremeRanger]

haha, time and money is everyones issue. Always not enough money, i got lots of plans for my truck this summer. im upgrading to a 33" KM2 tire.

 

[firsttime4x4]

I have a 1994 3rd gen ranger and I'm looking at putting the 2" spacers listed at the link below to level the front out with the back. My question is do I need to do anything else with the front/rear suspenion to go along with these. I'm not trying to put these on there, go wheelin for a while and then mess something else up. Any and all help would be great.



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