1990 ford ranger

[heman]

Here is a pic of my recent project
specs: 1990 ford ranger
full cage 1 3/4 d.o.m
extended f-100 beams
custom raduis arms
giant 64" leaf pack with custom built shackles and hangers.
25 gallon fuel cell.

STILL NEED TO FINISH UP THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND MOUNT THE SHOCKS I WILL BE RUNNING 14" OR 16" SMOOTHBODIES IN THE REAR AND 14" SMOTHBODIES UP FRONT FOR NOW WITH A CUSTOM COILBUCKET SET UP.

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[heman]

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[Giant Geoff]

Looks like a fun build.

Make sure you plate in those beams good, I’ve worked with them before and there not that strong.

The rear springs are the Toyota 62” parts and watch out from a lot of driveline plunge with them.

Good job, man.

[heman]

yeah i plated the beams on both sides and the rear springs i was told they were the giant 64"?? how can i tell the dff?? thanks by the way.

[Giant Geoff]

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Those springs have less arc and you would have got 23” of travel with the frame notched, plus front eye on those springs wraps from the top were the 64” wraps from the bottom.

[heman]

oh okay.. well i was fooled oh well with the travel i have should b enough with some good valving on the shocks it should work well. another question what valving do most people run when they go with a smoothbody shock i was planning on going with 20 stack comp. and 16 or less on rebound?? what do you think. i will have the tank in the rear, a one spare a jack and a storage box with just hand tools. do you think that will do? or is it to much valving on the compresion?

[mpower]

id start with .015" for comp and .010" for rebound if your not using hyd bumps .
on my spring under yota im running a 2.5 smoothbody with hyd bumps and im using .012" compression and .008" rebound. it works great so far but i havent had any time to fine tune the valving yet . think it needs either stiffer rebound or a tad less compression

[heman]

yeah im not running any hydr. bumpstops yet. and thanks again for the reply

[1fastbean]

Good job on the build. Keep the pics coming...

[heman]

Good job on the build. Keep the pics coming...

thanks and i will just got stuck on shocks im looking for a pair of 12" 2.0 shocks and a pair of 16" 2.5 smoothbody shocks if any one has some for sale let me know or if your willing to trade for a 4x4 kit i had on my expo and a pair of king pins i have let me know