My 88 Ranger 4x4

[Original_Ranger84]

Yeah trust me they are completely worth it, I have 3 good ones that still have about 25% left on them and I know they have close to 50K on them. the other one got messed up by a bad wheel bearing... But they get through everything amazingly and I could climb some really steep hills with no problems.

 

[tmaxxman]

Thanks! I love your truck! Is that a snorkel I see? What truck is that for? or did you make it? And is there a place you can buy those things you got on your headlights?

i made both of them the snorkel is pvc and the head light covers i made from plexiglass and held on with velcro

 

[88fordRanger]

Yeah trust me they are completely worth it, I have 3 good ones that still have about 25% left on them and I know they have close to 50K on them. the other one got messed up by a bad wheel bearing... But they get through everything amazingly and I could climb some really steep hills with no problems.

Awesome, now I want them even more, lol. I still got probably a year or more left on my BFG's though, so I'm gettin them when I'm down to like 20-30%. I got probably 70% on the BFG's now.

Now don't get me wrong, these All-Terrains are pretty good, they wear decent, and are okay off-road, but I wouldn't trust them to get me through something serious... I mean I got stuck in a little patch of sand before with these lmao, but I was only in 2wd, so i popped it in 4x4 and pulled through.

 

[88fordRanger]

i made both of them the snorkel is pvc and the head light covers i made from plexiglass and held on with velcro

Cool, I might have to make me some of those headlight covers.

 

[jhammel85]

I love it man. Your truck look amazing. I love the color for when I do mine but 250 a gallon is a lot of money for me right now

 

[88fordRanger]

I love it man. Your truck look amazing. I love the color for when I do mine but 250 a gallon is a lot of money for me right now

Thanks! Yea I just washed it and I realized how good it looks without dirt all over it lol. I wouldn't have paid that myself either, I got it as a birthday pesent from my dad because he was tired of looking at the flat black and primer lol.

 

[88fordRanger]

Okay, so this Sunday I'm going to the junkyard to shop around for a new engine... I'm hoping my dad will let me get a 4.0L, but he doesn't really want the hassle of putting in a different engine, because he's helping with the swap. I'm trying as hard as I can to convince him, but I might get stuck with another 2.9L.

But don't worry, whatever it is, it's getting MegaSquirt and a turbo!

 

[88fordRanger]

I just got a FREE 8.8 rear end from 93 4x4.
He didn't have the ring and pinion but I got a ring today from the junkyard and I'm going back tomorrow for the pinion and a mint set of taillights. Maybe an engine too lol.

And thanks again, 93 4x4!!!

Now I just gotta get the pinion, maybe some blocks, some U-Bolts, a newer driveshaft, maybe that junction thing the lines go into, and maybe a new set of shoes..... Anything else I need to do the swap?

 

[88fordRanger]

Got the pinion today, now I think I just gotta put it together... Not sure if I'm forgetting anything...

Oh, and I read somewhere on here that a Mustang flange will bolt up to my stock driveshaft...? Its this correct?

I might just be better off drilling one of my 2 flanges (I have a backup one in case i screw up) because I may switch to the 1-piece shaft in the future and I won't have to swap flanges then.

 

[twoll86]

y did the thread die?

 

[nine-teen91stxranger]

maybe he died?

 

[twoll86]

i hope not