Picked up the M5R2 today. Stick shift 4wd for the win!
Looking into gearing and added weight, Two-wheel drive draws 5 to 15% of the engine output, and with the four-wheel drive extra Wait and rotating parts It draws 20 to 30% of the engine output. if using a manual transmission.
In 2wd the...
New ride height
Might be able to get her a little lower. Bump is limited by the frame and and 4wd.
New full metal bump is almost at the old ride height
I've mocked up the passenger side beam mount. Does it look like I'm waaaaaaaaaay to far in board with my mount?
Looks like it would take a good bit of trimming on the crossmember but would be do-able
So, I want to keep the manual shift in the truck. Found a M5R2 4x4 from a buddy but it doesn't have the transfer case. I see that there are several different opinions on what might fit within the frame rails of the ranger.
Who has swapped a 4wd M5R2 into a ranger? (Or know some one who has that...
I remembered that my buddy had one of these Giant Motorsports D44 conversions. And awesome they had multiple pics on their site.
This def looks like something I can put together
I'm trying to find more pics of ranger with D44 beams
Using this one as reference so far.
All the old pics on dezert-rangers are gone. And the site was down last time I looked
When I welded up these mounts and then welded them to the frame I thought to myself "self, these aren't going anywhere." But cutting them off was a horrific bitch! And still gotta cut the bumps off.
Looking at mounts. Somehow my math isn't quite mathing
The 62" with is from the outside of the...
Spent the entire morning cleaning up the carport
These 4wd ttb are massive!
And the beams are off
Hopefully my Buddy buys them off me.
Time to get out the grinder and cut off all the mounts. And remove the RA center mount/ trans mount.
Guess building a new trans mount is gonna be 1st order...
I'll probably start disassemble it Sunday. It's a 2wd frame and they say the crossmember on these are more narrow than the 4wd. so It may need a good bit trimmed out.
Then maybe make a tube that goes from frame rail to frame rail to hang the beam pivots off? Then plate the tube to the...
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