new member, pics of my truck, and its not a ranger.... yet

[Birdman09]

well i just joined caues im looking into getting a ranger, for offroad mostly mud use, im 17 live in GA, and drive a 1981 Ford Bronco when gas money permits, its gets around 5mpg, which is why im looking into a ranger, bronco is for sale, if it sales soon im hoping to get this ranger...

6"lift on 35" claws for $1k, its got 4.56 gears front/rear, and its got the 4.0 but those would be changed for something a little less steeper, its got body damage, but it would be a beater truck for me, as long as this thing gets over 10mpg im ballin.. haha, before bronco i was driving a foxbody mustang, so im not use to good mileage, well heres the bronco

its got 2" leveling kit, with blocks in rear, with a 3" bodylift on 35" BFG all terrains. 351w, beast in the mud, plowed through solid mud higher than the bumpers, and even left me stranded in the middle of a retention pond without a cellphone and made me walk home. haha. well it sucks on gas and i need something a little less smaller with a smaller engine

 

[compleckz]

nice bronco.

i would say you'd definitely want AT LEAST 4.56s on a ranger with 35s, even with the 4.0.

i have 4.56s with 33s and a 4.0, and i wouldn't be unhappy if i had gone with 4.88s.

 

[Birdman09]

thanks for the tip, ill decide when i get it, only reason i would change em would be for gas mileage, but it probaly wont be driven on highway anyways so no big deal. i hope i can get it

 

[4LO 4.O]

Welcome to the site and I hope it works out for you on the ranger.

 

[Boggin]

5mpg?

 

[Birdman09]

dont ask, cause i cant explain, but its not an exageration, $10 gets me to school and back for one day, and to nowhere else, and im only 4miles from my school

 

[Shran]

Wow, it's pretty hard to make something get mileage like that. Sounds like it needs a tuneup or something, bare minimum.

Nice truck though. I almost bought an '85 Bronco that looked just like that one a few years back.

 

[Rembrandt]

Nice truck. I've seen that thing somewhere. Where in GA you live?

 

[Birdman09]

i live in mcdonough / stockbridge, previous owner lived in lawrenceville

 

[Birdman09]

Wow, it's pretty hard to make something get mileage like that. Sounds like it needs a tuneup or something, bare minimum.

Nice truck though. I almost bought an '85 Bronco that looked just like that one a few years back.

thats what i thought, but this thing runs strong, the engine was rebuilt like right before i bought it like 2 months ago. everything is like new underhood


edit: just found this picture, kind of dirty, there was no water when we went muddin that day, just reallllly thick as hell mud

 

[CTswampyankee]

Thats a nice looking Ho! I sold my old 83 bronco that looked new an rocked a 300ci inline 6 an a 4 gear. After driving my ranger **** my bronco! haha oh i had a 93 Ho with a 351ci an got 7mpg hahahahaha

 

[brizonco]

i dont see how you get 5 mpg when i have a 5.8 in my 95 bronco with 39.5 and 13'' lift and i get about 9-10 mpg what do you have a 400

 

[Boggin]

or maybe a 600? lol

 

[Birdman09]

haha, no its a 351w, somethings not right, ima adjust timing and some other stuff tomorrow, run some seafoam through it, see how dirty engine is on the inside. but i need something smaller with a smaller engine anyways, insurance is a bitch right now with a v8 4x4, at 17years old