Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and I have a thread in the v8 swap forum (http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154631) but since that has been done for awhile I decided to start one here. I have been collecting parts for a d44/d60 swap for awhile and decided to tackle it last weekend. These were the specs on my truck pre swap:
-1998 ford ranger extended cab originally 3.0 automatic 2wd
-manual locks and windows
-12" alpine sub
-multimedia head unit and upgraded speakers
-31" cooper stt maxx's on 16" aluminum explorer rims
-rear shackle flip
-64" chevy leaf swap with 5" lift procomp leafs
-kartek drop hangers
-beltech hangers
-1999 explorer 5.0
-tuned with sct x4
- stock exhaust up to 1st set of cats then merge into 3" tube and through a 3" glasspack and dump before the rear axle
-msd coil packs and performance plugs and wires
-1992 f250 small block zf5
-1993 bronco bw1356 with a fixed yoke
-custom made driveshaft by me from 3" DOM
-explorer center and overhead consoles
-explorer Eddie Bauer leather seats
-custom rear bumper
-2" body lift to clear the zf5
Last weekend my boss let me use the shop to do my swap but I needed to be out by work Monday morning so I pulled in at 7pm Friday and out Monday at 530 am. This is a list of parts used and work done.
-1976 f250 dana 60 4.10 open carrier, all new seals, modified carrier to accept a tone ring, speed sensor added to pumpkin, chevy disc brake swap.
-1979 f250 HP dana 44 4.10 open carrier, new seals and wheel bearings.
-ruff stuff parts: 2.5"x.5" DOM for the long arms; 1.5"x.25" DOM for the upper link, steering and track bar; weld in bungs for the DOM; gm one ton TRE's; heims for the track bar and a few other things probably.
-ballistic fab parts: ballistic joints for the links, axle coil/shock/link mount combo, adjustable coil buckets, axle track bar and upper link mounts, frame track bar mount, frame lower link mounts
-8" TJ super lift coils
-later Toyota IFS steering box
-marlin pitman arm modified for 1 ton tre's
I cut out the old portion of the frame where the coils sat inside, then plated it flat. I still need to add upper shock towers I ordered from ruffstuff, then install front shocks. Then I'll lift the back some more to match the front height and add shocks. I need to install the coopers on my 8 lug rims. Eventually I am going to add 37" tires, ox locker for the 60, Detroit for the 44 and 4.56 gears all around. I also need to modify my trans crossmember to clear a front driveshaft and shorten the driveshaft I took off the f250 I got the trans from. I need to cut a hole for and install the transfer case shifter as well.
-1998 ford ranger extended cab originally 3.0 automatic 2wd
-manual locks and windows
-12" alpine sub
-multimedia head unit and upgraded speakers
-31" cooper stt maxx's on 16" aluminum explorer rims
-rear shackle flip
-64" chevy leaf swap with 5" lift procomp leafs
-kartek drop hangers
-beltech hangers
-1999 explorer 5.0
-tuned with sct x4
- stock exhaust up to 1st set of cats then merge into 3" tube and through a 3" glasspack and dump before the rear axle
-msd coil packs and performance plugs and wires
-1992 f250 small block zf5
-1993 bronco bw1356 with a fixed yoke
-custom made driveshaft by me from 3" DOM
-explorer center and overhead consoles
-explorer Eddie Bauer leather seats
-custom rear bumper
-2" body lift to clear the zf5
Last weekend my boss let me use the shop to do my swap but I needed to be out by work Monday morning so I pulled in at 7pm Friday and out Monday at 530 am. This is a list of parts used and work done.
-1976 f250 dana 60 4.10 open carrier, all new seals, modified carrier to accept a tone ring, speed sensor added to pumpkin, chevy disc brake swap.
-1979 f250 HP dana 44 4.10 open carrier, new seals and wheel bearings.
-ruff stuff parts: 2.5"x.5" DOM for the long arms; 1.5"x.25" DOM for the upper link, steering and track bar; weld in bungs for the DOM; gm one ton TRE's; heims for the track bar and a few other things probably.
-ballistic fab parts: ballistic joints for the links, axle coil/shock/link mount combo, adjustable coil buckets, axle track bar and upper link mounts, frame track bar mount, frame lower link mounts
-8" TJ super lift coils
-later Toyota IFS steering box
-marlin pitman arm modified for 1 ton tre's
I cut out the old portion of the frame where the coils sat inside, then plated it flat. I still need to add upper shock towers I ordered from ruffstuff, then install front shocks. Then I'll lift the back some more to match the front height and add shocks. I need to install the coopers on my 8 lug rims. Eventually I am going to add 37" tires, ox locker for the 60, Detroit for the 44 and 4.56 gears all around. I also need to modify my trans crossmember to clear a front driveshaft and shorten the driveshaft I took off the f250 I got the trans from. I need to cut a hole for and install the transfer case shifter as well.
