Project B2R

[Maverick]

Some of you may remember that I started this build on the other board. The project had about six months of down time and then the old board was taken over and I lost my thread. The project is now on the chopping block once again. Here's a run down of the build and parts so far:

85 BII frame
87 Ranger body
3" wheelbase stretch
Refreshed 2.9 with 58MM TB and Pacesetter headers
Rebuilt/beefed C5 with shift kit and new torque converter
4.0 radiator with SPAL electric fan
Narrowed D44, 0.5" tubes, Cryod 4.88's, Grizzly locker, Ruffstuff cover
Narrowed 9", trussed, Yukon 3.25" Pro-N case, Chromoly spool, Daytona pinion support, Dutchman 35 spline axles, Forged 1350 yoke
Bronco Graveyard (Deaver) 3.5" superflex 190 lbs per inch coils
Trail Gear Toyota 3" 235 lbs per inch leafs
36" TSL's on 15X8 Pro Comp steelies with 2.5" BS
D.D. Machine doubler
RuffStuff 1 ton steering

Here's a few pics of how it started:

Here's how it sits this afternoon, ready to start throwing the suspension under it:

Fan mounted on a shroud that my buddy fabbed up for me:

The new coils courtesy of Deaver

Progress should start next week. I'll keep y'all updated

 

[samsonitesamsonite]

let me know how those springs flex out

 

[rickcdewitt]

saw you're using a d30 from a cherokee and thought i'de suggest a warn lockout hub conversion kit like the one i just put on a buddys xj.it uses the ford style warn hubs and has sevicable bearings and seals.its easy to install in a day and will get you a couple mpg versus the unit bearing set up.it is 1200$ though but saving 8$ per fill up it pays for itself in a few years

 

[hairyboxnoogle]

Are you going to flat bed it or cut down the ranger bed? Btw, looks cool!

 

[danger88ranger]

Are you going to flat bed it or cut down the ranger bed? Btw, looks cool!

i was wondering the same thing, rig is lookin good

 

[PARKINGLOT]

looks good...real good actually...nice build!

 

[Maverick]

Are you going to flat bed it or cut down the ranger bed? Btw, looks cool!

I'll be using a cut down bed, wanna make it look like Ranger.

 

[Not All There]

nice progress, good luck with the rest of it.

 

[hifooy07]

looks good

 

[Maverick]

Some updates. I got the rear susension figured out. I bought a set of Trail-Gear (toyota) 3" springs. They basically bolt right in. It came out to about 6" of lift for the rear. For the price ($199), the apparent quatlity, and the spring rate (235) I felt I came out good. It did move the rear axle back even futher though, about another 1.5". I might have to massage the gas tank skid plate, maybe even the tank itself for clearance at full compression. Now that I know where the rear axle is gonna set, I can now start the bed bobbing process.

I f**ked up on installing the c-wedges on the front axle. Now I have to remove them and do some grinding and put them back on. Right now they're to far apart to get the radius arm to join together over them. Guess I shoulda checked that before welding them on . It's coming along though. I get some pics up when I get something done thats pic worthy.

 

[Sunk]

Sweet, I've always liked the Ranger cab on Bronco frame conversions.

 

[Big Red Ranger]

thats sweet

 

[Maverick]

Ordered a doubler on thursday, got the engine bay buttoned up and almost ready to fire off

 

[Maverick]

Some pics to keep things interesting. One things for sure, I dont see the need for extended arms or heims unless your're running some long coils.

This old bumper jack sure has been handy for the swap.

 

[red85]

Nice project you have there. That looks like a really nice shop to work in. Is that at your house or is it somewhere else?