02xltranger re re rebuild

[02xltranger]

Ok so I think it's time to post. As a former DR guy iv always loved looking at everyone's builds so here is my build.

So the back story on this truck.. it was originally built in 2010 by Brandon at BTF fabrication with his 1st gen prototype xlt kit with single coilover and rubber bump stop off the upper arm. Rear bedcage with deaver f23 pack and smooth body shocks. Dual virtual spares with a tailgate (before it was popular) haha.

After 3 year's of beating the heck out of it the frame had lots of cracks and needed alot of repairwork. so I decided to do a frame swap with a cab cage and a new front kit I designed amd my my parents let me do this in there garage...Well about 8 months after that they sold the house. the truck then went into storage for a year till I parted it out and scraped the rest because I wasn't 100% satisfied with the work I did on it and I had no place to work on it anymore. I did keep a few things off it that are still part of the truck now.

5 months later my buddy convinced me to get an other ranger to build. So I bought the cheapest cleanest ranger with a blown head gasket that was a cracked head. It was just going to be a street runner just for mild use.. we that snowballed into the truck I have today.

Old pictures of it build by BTF fabrication

 

[02xltranger]

New build info and some pictures

2002 ford ranger XLT extra cab

Chassis: bumper to bumper cage. Front is built by me with 1.75" main tubes, cab is DMZ built with 2" main tubes, TT motorsports backhalf with 2" main tubes.

Drive train: intercooled superchargered 4.0 sohc thats built to withstand the higher boost. Behind it is a Culhane built 4l80 with reverse manual valve body. Rear end is a blitzkrieg floater w/ 40 spline axles, 3rd has a spool with 5:67 gears

Front end: my designed long travel kit Strapped at 18.5" of travel using 2.5" coilover, 3.0" 4 tube bypass and 2x2 bump off the upper. 2.5" blitzkrieg hubs w/ 12" rotors paired with superlight calipers. Swing steering with Lee power steering ram, N pump, reservoir and soon steering box that will be sent out to them.

Rear end: TT motorsports low profile backhalf with usable tailgate. Harmon 48 gal fuel cell behind the cab and storage box behind the rear end. 4 link setup with Blitzkrieg trailing arm mounts and trailing arms. 2.5" coilover, 3.5" 5 tube bypass with 2x2 bump stop. Strapped at 24" of travel. Still need to add a sway bar.

Interior: stock dash shell, mastercraft seats. Will have removable 3rd kid seat incase the kids with me or I need more storage for longer trips. Will have carpet and center console..still working on most of the Interior.

Truck is getting completely stripped down as of now to paint and start the final assembly process.














Pictures from Tuesday night. completely stripping it down to finish a few plumbing things, cut holes for wiring and power cable bulkhead. Then ill be going over the truck bumper to bumper make sure it's 100% welded and to clean up some sheet metal. Then it will be cleanup time to get ready undercoating and paint.