TNT Ranger dana 30/8.8

[atrudeau]

added a flex-a-lite electric fan.

 

[atrudeau]

760x spicer u-joints, new ball joints, new hubs, riddler diff cover, front brakes

 

[Ford78]

Good job on the Bumper!!!

 

[atrudeau]

Can't wait to mount the winch.

 

[Ford78]

Mounting the winch on top or behind the bumper?

 

[atrudeau]

It's actually going to sit in the bumper! A hole will be cut for the lead and I will have to remove the grill and lower panel to squeeze it in! Ordered a superwinch 10000.

 

[4.0B2]

It's actually going to sit in the bumper! A hole will be cut for the lead and I will have to remove the grill and lower panel to squeeze it in! Ordered a superwinch 10000.

good stuff

 

[Ford78]

you will always be able to get out with that!!

 

[atrudeau]

Old seats and new mastercraft rubicon seats. I also added a custom front drive shaft, new radiator, chromoly shafts and e-locker.

 

[Str8sixfan]

What springs did you use, and are those 35s?

 

[Stang5lgt]

Long arms on a Cherokee vary from 30-33 inches. Longer arms really do not give more flex just a nicer ride. A stock short arm lift on a Jeep is 16 inch lower arm. Mid arm is about 24-26 inches. So 28 inches is plenty I used 3.5 Rubicon Express Jeep Cherokee coils when I built TNT setup. TNT already had a 2 inch body lift so I was trying to keep the COG as low as possible. 3.5 XJ coils on TNT gained about 5 inches over stock. The Jeep coils are a lot more flexy and extend more to keep the coil in place. I based the setup off a Jeep long arm on Merc, TNT, and Double R. They all work great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v2KseirlcU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLN7_jWE6x0

 

[Str8sixfan]

Long arms on a Cherokee vary from 30-33 inches. Longer arms really do not give more flex just a nicer ride. A stock short arm lift on a Jeep is 16 inch lower arm. Mid arm is about 24-26 inches. So 28 inches is plenty I used 3.5 Rubicon Express Jeep Cherokee coils when I built TNT setup. TNT already had a 2 inch body lift so I was trying to keep the COG as low as possible. 3.5 XJ coils on TNT gained about 5 inches over stock. The Jeep coils are a lot more flexy and extend more to keep the coil in place. I based the setup off a Jeep long arm on Merc, TNT, and Double R. They all work great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v2KseirlcU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLN7_jWE6x0

Not sure what this was in response to, but valuable info nonetheless. Have you done any WJ knuckle swaps on any of the three vehicles in your repertoire?

 

[88_Eddie]

Not sure what this was in response to, but valuable info nonetheless.

Stang built the ranger in this thread, i reckon he's buddies with the owner

 

[Str8sixfan]

Stang built the ranger in this thread, i reckon he's buddies with the owner

Well I could tell that. In fact I thought he owned the truck and was trying to figure out why the second account But your scenario seems more likely.

What I was meaning was, I didn't see any previous posts asking about control arm lengths, but he divulged quite a bit of info on it. Anyway I did go out and compare his measurements he offered to my non-long arms I have sitting out in my garage last night.

 

[atrudeau]

Stang5lgt is a good buddy and has really helped a bunch on this project. I'm considering going with a 4.5" xj coil maybe 5.5 and a new rear mount for the chevy leaf springs for more lift in the future.