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Kyle M. Ranger Truggy, rebuilt again - Revision 4

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#1 · (Edited)
I like to share what I am doing, like to take pictures, and I don't know about you guys, but I love lookin at em too.

SO here is my build, It is well underway, but here is the cut and pasted to date version.

So here goes, a 93 X cab, 4.0, 5 speed, Booger green as my Wife and kids call it, that is where the name comes from. A 6" suspension lift via rough country drop brackets, 6" skyjacker coils in the front and a chevy 63", 7" shackel and I replaced the factory lift block with a lift block, same height but had correction in it for pinion angle. And a 2" body lift....



At this point it was still serving DD and weekend wheeling duties, I was running 35's with 4.88 gears, trac lock rear, open front. It did pretty good, but I was ready to start making some changes....then this happend 6/18/10


So at that point it was time to come up with a new plan. I have already been wanting to do a SAS with my EB D44 so I figure there is no better time than now.

So the hunt began for a new "parts" truck that I could use the frame, front clip and a few other parts from. I decided I wanted to shorten my wheel base so I started looking for a regular cab truck. With just under a week of looking I found this beauty, a 93 4 poper flatbed




She's cute huh? Good shape in all the right spots. Runs like a top, drove it home and I only gave $450 for it....gonna part it out to get some of my money back.

So the plan is to use that frame, use my X cab and that front clip. As far as the bed goes, maybe a bob, maybe a truggy. All my motor and trans are going on the 2wd frame....should be a fun truck.

Anyways, on for the progress, got my 44 in the garage and started the tear down


Then I started to order SAS parts....got a set of Fox 16" air shocks coming, a few heims, picked up my 2" OD X.250 tube to extend the radius arms and some 1.250" OD X.250 tube from my track bar and drag link. Ordered some 4.88 gears today and some 7* radius arm bushings. I am going to go a pick up my disk brake set up for my 44 sometime soon too. I got lots of work to do!

Here are some pictures of the my smashed truck...



 
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#91 ·
Well maybe I should just plan wednesday? Unless you wanna watch me fill them (i have to do it at work, I'm not portable yet.....working on that) Which you are welcome to stop in my shop and we can do it, or I can just grab em, fill em and get them back to you. Either way will work for me.
 
#95 ·
Good deal...you still gonna have it running by the 1st?


Also, you have one or know of any old empty high psi oxygen or argon tanks we could swipe some nitrogen in? If I can get a couple tanks, I can fill em off the big tanks at work then I will be moble...:naughty: They would need to hold about 2000 psi if we want to fill em all the way.
 
#98 ·
Well, got out and did some wheelin today, thrashed it pretty good and it all held together. Met some good people and had a great time, can't wait to do it again!

Added a little trail rash, need a new tail light.

Enough talk, here are the pictures

got stuck on here, high centered, got to test the new winch...it worked(as the picture shows)



some randoms









pretty well wasted this side of my truck...

 
#105 ·
Alright, decided to put my time to some use today. Did it write up style since I had the camera out with me...


Swapped out my tail lights today for some euros I had laying around. I used them before but the always fogged up and looked like ass so I decided to tint them, maybe they will look better if you can't see the ass.

So here are my original tails, then see my temp fix to get home. Zip ties FTW



and their replacements


cleaned them up with some wax and grease remover to prepare them for this


after 2 coats


a little dry time, and now installed, pure pimp


And I also had another problem yesterday, I have(had) a super ghetto fabed CAI on my truck to miss my shock hoop. Any way, I epoxied a cone filter to the MAF and it worked fine until yesterday when sometime the filter fell off. My truck started idling funny went and took a look and the filter was gone.

SO I dug up the other filter I had and decided to make it attach to my MAF a little less ghetto, here is how I did it.




I decided to cut the flange off the MAF, it looked like that if I took that off the filter could clamp right to it. So out came the cutting wheel and I went to town



then I cleaned it up a little




Filter mounted



mounted on the truck, finished




I am happy with it, took me 5 min to do and cost me nothing. Keep in mind this is a temp setup untill I get a different intake.
 
#112 ·
Picked up something cool.....



Thanks Kennyoffroad!

Now I just gotta figure how it comes apart! I got the stub shaft out so at least I can bring it to work with me and get started on making a one piece, but hell if I can figure out how the rest comes apart! I will figure it out!

Plan is to shorten my radius arms and move my crossmember forward, prolly make a new one, so I have room for the doubler...right now my crossmember is right in the way. I'm not gonna start on this project for a while yet, still have some wheelin trips I want to go on.
 
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