97 Hot Roll Ranger

[96f-u250]

I bought this Ranger for $500. It wouldnt start, and ended up being both the heads were cracked.. So i bought some 1.75”x 0.120” tube and pulled out the HF Flux core and got to work.
Also just got some Trailer Products 6” Bedsides.

 

[96f-u250]

 

[96f-u250]

Actual progess to get back to street legality in Utah. Bedsides and an E brake.

 

[turbomonty]

nice, get her back on the road!

 

[96f-u250]

nice, get her back on the road!

Yes, I cant wait.
Im glad my obstacles are a little more straightforward than what you’re dealing with.

 

[515FAB]

That's a long way from a $500 Ranger.

 

[96f-u250]

That's a long way from a $500 Ranger.

Yeh, Ive put a lot of work into this truck, now its probably a $1,500 Ranger. Lol

 

[96f-u250]

Got an Utah temp plate and took her out to Knolls OHV. Mini sand dunes surrounded by desert and salt flats, about an hour east of the Bonneville Salt Flats.

 

[96f-u250]

 

[96f-u250]

Testing a new app. Rear bypass shock tuning still sucks..

 

[Turboyota]

Remind us what valving is in the rear shocks….

Bumpstop psi?
F31’s?

IIRC, FOA bypasses with resis moved to bottom of shock body?

 

[96f-u250]

They are an unknown Ranger 8 leaf pack. Re-arched at Deaver and they said they were not their leaf pack. If I remember correctly, they also added a leaf.

FOA 2.5x14” triple bypass with lower mount resi

Regular pyramid stack, all free bleeds open
Comp is all 10s
Rebound is all 8s
Shocks 250 psi
Tubes all completely open.

Rear bumps 50psi


Felt a little stiff except jumping it pretty small.
From the whole trip, I had about 1” out of a 2” stroke rear bumpstop used.
Im going to try to make a youtube video that has more footage to upload.

 

[Turboyota]

They are an unknown Ranger 8 leaf pack. Re-arched at Deaver and they said they were not their leaf pack. If I remember correctly, they also added a leaf.

FOA 2.5x14” triple bypass with lower mount resi

Regular pyramid stack, all free bleeds open
Comp is all 10s
Rebound is all 8s
Shocks 250 psi
Tubes all completely open.

Rear bumps 50psi


Felt a little stiff except jumping it pretty small.
From the whole trip, I had about 1” out of a 2” stroke rear bumpstop used.
Im going to try to make a youtube video that has more footage to upload.

3 free bleeds and a 10 stack should be incredibly soft.

I’m guessing stiffness/harshness is from improper shackle angle and length or leaf spring rate.

 

[96f-u250]

3 free bleeds and a 10 stack should be incredibly soft.

I’m guessing stiffness/harshness is from improper shackle angle and length or leaf spring rate.

It does feel pretty soft, but then feels like its blowing through the travel and smacking the bumps.
Rebound looks to soft as well.
Leaf spring rate may be a little high because of the lack of weight in the rear, basically just tube and two spares.
I set the springs up by bolting the shackle to the main spring and rear hanger then pushing the rear hanger back as far as possible. Achieving a slightly longer mounting distance than spring free arch length eye to eye. I did not change front hanger at all, and did not change rear hanger height.
How do you set up springs that have a similar vertical shackle setup?

 

[96f-u250]

Was feeling confident today and bored at work.
Ill eventually add a tube or two and truss the bottom of the housing.

 

[96f-u250]

Bent her back and added a tube.

Then noticed my shackle hangers (cant remember the brand) were bending too. So i bent them back the same way^


Plated both sides,front and back with 3/16” plate.

 

[the bodj]

That's gonna hurt when it snags a rock. Oof

 

[96f-u250]

That's gonna hurt when it snags a rock. Oof

Lol, thats what all the jeep people i work with say.
Im usually in the dunes. But, its only about 7/8” lower than the bottom of my diff now.

 

[the bodj]

Lol, thats what all the jeep people i work with say.
Im usually in the dunes. But, its only about 7/8” lower than the bottom of my diff now.

Yeah but your diff only hangs that low at one point.

 

[FasterNU]

^^ yea, that would be a no go out here in the dez... Shit, im like praying I miss the diff itself a lot when straddling rocks.

Tagged one real good recently too. Thought for sure I was gonna see something fucked up. (come to think of it.. never did find what part actually hit. LOL