new chapter

thank you paco and rob for posting what u said

thank u guys for guiding me in the right direction for all this... it will take time to do all the things i want to do, cuz im hopin to get a house this time next yr.... and right now this is my daily driver ...

tis is my first mini i built

dont mind the bed i never got a chance to finish that cuz the cops busted me and MVA made me sell it before i could transfer my tags to the new truck

Thats crazy man. MVA are super strict. Gotta love TX.

was that one a 4x4 also it looks high for a bagged mini ??

it does look high. Was the front bagged too?

Looks like it may be resting on the radius arms and tranny cross member...

It was fully bagged idk why the front was so high that's how it all ways was and it laid on the trans itself it was. A 5 speed.

on the older rangers you have to replace the tranny cross member and relocate the radius arms to get them to lay flat up front. Also the upper bag mount is welded in place on these so placement of that affects how low you would go to.

right well thank to some cop that got bored i dont have that one any more....

the blue one is a 2000 and my black one is a 2001

2000 is control arms, I thought it was an 93-97 suspension.
In that cast the engine cross member and tranny cross member is holding it up. theres only a couple places that make a tranny cross member for the newer rangers and the front has to be Z'd 2" to clear the frame. Thats the only way to make the newer ones lay flat.

what do u mean by Z the frame in the front

Im guessing your talkin about this Paco... I Z'ed the clip in the 56 when ever I did the Camero front.

yea, you cut the frame up by the firewall and raise the front section up so the engine cross member doesnt hang below the frame, then weld it back in place and plate it up, you have to cut the front frame horns and drop them back down so everything matches back up. on a 98+ 2 wheel drive Ranger its 2"..I know on a 4 wheel drive the engine cross member is quite a bit biger and from what i have read its closer to 3 1/2" for the 4x4...The problem is two fold, one it raises the tranny and engine up and you wont be able to clear a stock hood and you will have to re build your tranny hump, it also raises your front suspension up so you have to have a lot of travel to un tuck a big wheel.
I know on my 99 with a 2 1/2" Z it takes a 2500 bag 180 psi to clear the 20's to turn, and it barely clears the fender...thats why I am going to a 2600 bag up front...less pressure and a little more lift.
As far as the engine not clearing the hood, I know you can section the oil pan and lower the engine back down. now if you have a 4 cyl or the 4.0 you may not have as much problem as me clearing the hood..seems the 3.0 v6 is the tallest because of the placement of the throttle body and TPS.

if this kid dosent know what z ing the frame is. Should he even be asking to start a chapter. i think that in the mini truck build book, z ing a frame is after 4 link and before switch box wiring

and is he forgetting that he owns a 4X4

and the joke is you could spend hundreds of hours and thousand of dollars to get your 4x4 to lay, or you could undo what u allready did, and sell it and get a 2 wheel drive.
i think that this is the best advice out there

but if u decide to spend the time and money in the end its still a 4x4 and kinda dumb

porschetek3525 wrote:

if this kid dosent know what z ing the frame is. Should he even be asking to start a chapter. i think that in the mini truck build book, z ing a frame is after 4 link and before switch box wiring

and is he forgetting that he owns a 4X4

gotta start somewhere man, no one ever said he was going to be starting a chapter tomorrow, not everyone knows how to build a truck as soon as they start working on vehicles, some of this stuff may be new to him...different strokes for different folks as far as the 4x4 thing goes but not my personal preference either, but you dont have to hate on him for it though

tell um farmer!

Yeah the zin the fram is a new one to me. Thank u for explaining that to me. And to the guy from Vegas sorry I have never heard of that. Anything else I know.

Theres a lot more to laying out a 98+ Ranger than most minis...there are a few of us who know our shit when it comes to Rangers..you can ask me, msturg, clockworkmike and tuckin eh anything you need to know, between the 4 of us we should be able to answer any questions you have...

So let me get this right the front end isn't bagged right now, just the back..have you looked under the front to see what you will have to do to bag it and keep 4 wheel drive?..I have been doing some research for you, but want to know if you have looked under the front to see what you are getting into..

it would be cheaper to sell yours and start over imo. and much less of a headache.

From what I have seen its going to be next to impossible to do what he wants anyway..