some info on building my own long travel please

[angered]

hey guys, i am going to build a budget prerunner with my 88 2wd ranger. i am going to throw down some money on the important things, i would like to run sway aways or race runner coil overs, or something similar. but i would like to cut corners on anything i can build myself. i have quite a bit of fab experience and i would like to lengthen and bend my i beams, and maby lengthen and brace or just build new radius arms. most of my experience is with crawler suspensions though, so i just need someone to point me in the right direction, where i can find some detailed info or writeups, with measurments and dimensions and what not for making long travel beams and radius arms. also i would like some opinion from some of you guys that have actuall experience with building prerunners on the best leaf spring rear setup. this truck is not going to be all out super hardcore racer. but i am going to be smashin pretty hard on it. i want it to handle whoops and some decent air with ease. now i know on my toyota crawler chevy 63" springs were great, and i think that is a popular option with the rangers. what are you guys running for a shackle setup with the 63"s and do you guys have the springs re-arched or something? also what about f150 leafs or explorer leafs. i am just kind of having a hard time finding any build threads with this info. it seems like everyone on here is either making some high dollar prerunner or just putting on skycrapper lift coils and fiberglass fenders on a crap ranger. thank you guys in advance for any info or direction. i am also open to any other opinions on turning this little guy into a whoop handling machine thanks guys

 

[subydrift]

Have you been over to www.dezertrangers.com yet? You'll find a ton of fab info for custom setups over there.

 

[doyouquaxu]

weed through the BS there, and you'll be set.

 

[DanjaRanger]

hey i was wondering if i could run king shocks(non-coilover) with my 8in over d35 i beams to save money or would it just spell trouble? and would i need to mount two shocks per side or..?
sorry to thread jack you angered

 

[doyouquaxu]

hey i was wondering if i could run king shocks(non-coilover) with my 8in over d35 i beams to save money or would it just spell trouble? and would i need to mount two shocks per side or..?
sorry to thread jack you angered

what size are they? 2.0? 2.5? how long? reservoir?

 

[DanjaRanger]

well 2.0 and about 18inches with resisivor cause i have 8in over d35 ibeams

 

[RKRANGER]

lots of useful info on dezert rangers heres some results I got searching for "exteded beams" theres some good write ups on there that show you the do's and dont's on extending beams http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/search.php?searchid=2138397

 

[DanjaRanger]

well i just wanted to know if i could, hey bro your url thingy didnt show any results and just need to know well it work or should i just save up for coilovers and and the rear end???
idk what to do this is my first build!

 

[RKRANGER]

well i just wanted to know if i could, hey bro your url thingy didnt show any results and just need to know well it work or should i just save up for coilovers and and the rear end???
idk what to do this is my first build!

king shocks and saving money dont go together theyre one of the most expensive shock brands out there.. and I cant understand what you want to do maybe post some pics of your truck so we can help you out better