Baby Blue Beauty Build Thread

[kris97ranger]

Nice. Well try the jeep coils but id hang onto the ranger ones as well. You never go once you add the wegjt of the cage or whatever you might end up wanting stiffer.

Not that i have any clue about score trucks but i know whenevrr i throw away a part i always end up wishing i didnt

 

[Bennybooster]

yea, I'm keeping em. I was talking to the guy I'm building my truck with today. And he was saying that for dezert racing you want to have stock spring rate just longer springs. So im going to try the XJ's at least so I can see how much lift they give because people ask on here all the time. Then ill probably re-sell them. He has some 500PPi coilover coils that we may mod my buckets and seats to have them fit. Thats about what stock ranger coils are I think.

 

[Bennybooster]

Well long story short stock xj coils don't work in a ranger. It sagged down too the bumps. But at least now when the newbs ask I can answer.

 

[Bennybooster]

Also I figured out my suspension setup for racing. King 500PPI coils, and King 2.5 emulsion shocks w/o resi. In the rear its gunna be a pack custom built out of some explorer leafs. The guy I'm building with has a guy who dialed in his deavers who is going to re-arch my springs and add some leaves.

I'm shooting for 12in of travel in the front and around 14in in the rear.


Should be fun...

 

[kris97ranger]

then you need a nice built efi 351.... lol get up to speed for those jumps

 

[Bennybooster]

no haha, way too much motor for stock axles. When I first race the suspension is going to be barley over stock. When I build my own beams and stuff in a few years then I'm going to swap in a SOHC 4.0 in.

 

[-Nathan-]

whats your budget for this race truck build?

 

[Bennybooster]

It ain't huge, but we have a hook up on metal, and my first race is the VORRA season opener 2012 so I won't need a GPS for that which saves money. And the guy I am building with is taking a trip through Socal in august which means ill be able to get some cheap used parts and not have to pay shipping.



Overall budget is i the air, its just going to be what its going to be.

Although I think I can do the cage with seats, harnesses and a steering wheel with a hub for around 1000 bucks not counting expendables. However I will be able to sell some stock parts too and gain some money back.

 

[Boggin]

i have 3" xj coils brand new never used if your interested

 

[kris97ranger]

I dunno if he wants them but i may know someone who does

 

[Boggin]

sure, just let me know

 

[Bennybooster]

nope, I'm using King coils

 

[Boggin]

oh sweet. how are they working out for ya

 

[Bennybooster]

Not using them yet haha, Ive gotta cage it first, But they are in the possession of the guy I am building with.
Anyways, a time line, 2 weeks from now I get another paycheck which means Ill be calling our metal hook up and getting some prices, then drawing the cage plans, then ordering toob!!!!

After that I need seats, harnesses, and it would be nice to have a hub and steering wheel. Then we are gunna cage it. After that we sell off some parts we are removing and get an explorer 8.8 and start on the suspension

 

[FAST Fabrication]

you need more pics....

so you decided to put a 3.0 back in?

i lived in eugene and lincoln city, actually we opened up the adult store in lincoln city

hey i saw those moogs you bought, you do know about ROCKAUTO.com no one comes close to their prices not even ebay. All automotive stuff for every vehicle, they have several warehouses and parts ship priority you get a tracking number. They send extra 5% discount codes to add on top of their huge discount already. You get to choose from several of the main brands, sometimes they have closeouts... I needed a non ac belt for my 4.0, there about 20-30 each.... they had 5 on closeout for $5 each i bought all of them.... and then if you read the closeout it will say what it normally sells for once the closeout ones are gone if you dont want a closeout one. which is just overstock or a brand their not carring anymore. check it out

build looks good