Minimum lift needed....

[Mini-Stroke...]

I'm still in the planning phase right now, but the poor Dana 28 is on its last leg, so the plan is to run a Dana 30 axle under my first gen ranger. This is mostly because I want to go SAS, but dont wheel it very hard and reaching the sky is not needed lol.
I'm wanting to know what is the minimum amount of lift needed to run a Dana 30 axle under a first gen ranger and not have clearance issues? Truck has a 3" body lift on it right now with 31's, but i plan to take the body lift off once I go SAS.

Thanks for the help, and I will post follow ups and more questions as time and money allows.

 

[Divh]

you going coils front or leaf i would like to do one for my 89 with leaf

 

[Mini-Stroke...]

Planning on coils, but I'm still looking at all of my options right now.

 

[UNIQUE OBSESSION]

If you do SAS with coils and remove the Bodylift. You will need a minimum 4 in suspension lift in my very rough calculations to make the 31s still fit.

 

[Mini-Stroke...]

If you do SAS with coils and remove the Bodylift. You will need a minimum 4 in suspension lift in my very rough calculations to make the 31s still fit.

Sounds good, Should put me roughly 1" taller than I currently am and hopefully stop the fender rub at full lock/stuff.

What about the cross member and differential interaction? Will the 4" lift take care of most concerns there?