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mikey09120 08-23-2010 07:54 PM

Short Course Ranger (98 ranger xlt) WARNING. LOTS OF PICTURES
 
1998 ford ranger xlt
2.5L 4cyl 5 speed manual

this ranger has 4" polyuethane fender flares and 6" glassworks bedsides. we custom fabricated new upper and lower arms as well as a new spindle. giving us 3" wider stance per side. we are running an 8" coilover swayaway in the front and soon bypasses. we are currently working on the 3-link set up in the rear featuring a ford 9". we also chopped the top 2 or 3 inches giving it a lower stance

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1...820001718c.jpg

sullys_ranger 08-23-2010 08:04 PM

Re: Short Course Ranger (98 ranger xlt) WARNING. LOTS OF PICTURES
 
no pic man

mikey09120 08-23-2010 09:10 PM

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http://img695.imageshack.us/slidesho...?id=027msy.jpg

mikey09120 10-05-2010 07:00 PM

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01DangerRanger 10-06-2010 06:03 AM

Re: Short Course Ranger (98 ranger xlt) WARNING. LOTS OF PICTURES
 
that looks SICK!!! i want you rims haha i love the yellow going around the edge of it.

dixie_boysles 10-06-2010 07:06 AM

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badass

Clutch 10-06-2010 08:03 AM

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Couple of sugestions. It appears your going to have problems with durability with that 3 link. Your upper should have some sort of gusseting or bracing at the axle joint. The two butt welded tubes should have something else helping them. Specially on a truck that Im assuming is going to see air time.

The other problem I see is your lowers. I forsee alot of bent lower links in your future. The straight tube lower with the coilover mount like that is going to have alot of forces on it and is more then likely going to need some help to keep from bending.

mikey09120 10-06-2010 05:19 PM

Re: Short Course Ranger (98 ranger xlt) WARNING. LOTS OF PICTURES
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Clutch (Post 211705)
Couple of sugestions. It appears your going to have problems with durability with that 3 link. Your upper should have some sort of gusseting or bracing at the axle joint. The two butt welded tubes should have something else helping them. Specially on a truck that Im assuming is going to see air time.

The other problem I see is your lowers. I forsee alot of bent lower links in your future. The straight tube lower with the coilover mount like that is going to have alot of forces on it and is more then likely going to need some help to keep from bending.

all links in the back are .240 wall chromoly tubing. which is 1/4 inch thick! forces on the links will not be great enough to bend them. this is more of a DD than a race truck. its main purpose is to wow people and wont be driven hard at all.

the next truck we are building will be a real pro-lite short course truck that will race in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series

Clutch 10-06-2010 07:55 PM

Re: Short Course Ranger (98 ranger xlt) WARNING. LOTS OF PICTURES
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey09120 (Post 212062)
all links in the back are .240 wall chromoly tubing. which is 1/4 inch thick!

Really?

mikey09120 10-06-2010 10:22 PM

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yes. very thick and very expensive. about 6$/foot here in socal. we had to machine down the bungs to the heims a bit to get the tubing to fit over it. the bungs were designed for .180 wall use

TheStig 10-06-2010 10:45 PM

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lovin it

keep up the good work

beef08 10-07-2010 12:03 AM

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those tires are so sick

Clutch 10-07-2010 05:26 AM

Re: Short Course Ranger (98 ranger xlt) WARNING. LOTS OF PICTURES
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey09120 (Post 212522)
yes. very thick and very expensive. about 6$/foot here in socal. we had to machine down the bungs to the heims a bit to get the tubing to fit over it. the bungs were designed for .180 wall use

I thought I laid the sarcasm on pretty thick there. I guess not thick enough.

sprocket226 10-07-2010 08:17 AM

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Yeah it looks cool. Looking forward to seeing it done. Nice work.

mikey09120 10-23-2010 07:48 PM

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update

here it is with its new yamaha-inspired stripe
and this is also close to ride height

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matchs our yfz450
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/5315/capture1yv.jpg


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