Project Exploding Ranger

[kennykenny]

If u do rump let me know

 

[Doom's Day Custom]

was not bustin r balls but if u got stuck what would hook to ??? and about goin out i have no idea truck is still not running rite and i have no idea what is wrong think of gettin rid of it

well what going on with the truck??? Sorry about the thread jack!!!!!!!

 

[Flash Gordan]

We got a new welder from the other shop in the company, a nice Miller Millermatic 250. So after work I got a little more done to the 8.8 from the explorer. Spring perches are welded on and ready to go. Now all I need to do is get the truck into the shop and strip the old axle off.

 

[RumpRangerSTX]

ur getting there

 

[Flash Gordan]

While I was welding the spring perches on I cleaned up the axle tubes and welded them to the center pumpkin as well. This 8.8 is ready to rock and roll.

 

[kennykenny]

Sweet!

 

[lil red]

ya im in northfield and theres gana be a jambore in maslanding some time in may let me know if you guys wana go and ill PM yall the met up point date and time

Hopefully me and this other guy from my town(known him my whole life, just found out he's a 8 year lurker at trs)will have something wheelable, i think we'll be more suted to wheeling but neither of us are into fixing out trucks so itl be a good match
he's doind a 4.0,trans,t-case,abs,and axel swap on a b2 form an explorer, should be sweet, and im getting a 90 ranger ex cab on 33s
if there not done by then ill borrow moms jeep

Sweet!

+1

 

[Flash Gordan]

Sweet!

+1

Thanks. I'm really proud of myself for getting this far.

 

[scott5640]

any updates?

 

[jhammel85]

Where'd you go?

Any updates?

 

[Flash Gordan]

Yeah I got a update. I was originally planning on doing just a 2" washer lift on the front. But I'm heading to Maryland on Black Friday to score a Dana 30 out of I think a wrangler for $50. What makes it a little bit sweeter is that the guy is giving me the Dana 35 rear at no cost. I'm throwing that into the scrap metal pile as soon as I get it back to Jersey.

 

[Flash Gordan]

A quick question for everybody. I got the dana 30 from the wrangler on black friday. So the question is, do I cut the leaf spring mounts off the axle and weld coil spring perches on or do I weld the leaf spring perches/shackles under the truck to mount the axle? I'm curious as to what would be the better setup. Give me the pros and cons of each.

 

[Josh40601]

Updates?

 

[Flash Gordan]

A friend of mine dropped off a 98 Jeep Cherokee with a smashed in roof (a huge tree branch fell on it) in my driveway a week ago. He was letting me strip everything off of it that I needed, Dana 30, 31x10.5x15's tires and rims, and anything else I might need. He was supposed to pick it back up on Tuesday the 9th, but the weather here has either been too freaking hot or raining cats and dogs. I'm pricing out the materials to weld my own control arms similar to Rusty's or ironmans4x4's. I can't believe ironman4x4fab is selling their long arm kit and crossmember for $750 and Rusty's long arm kit with its crossmember is almost $800!!!

 

[Josh40601]

That's cheap.... Rubicon Express is around 4 grand