Stock width g1 raptor

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Sooo building my 82 f2 I decided the best thing to do is also try to upgrade my g1 raptor, this seems to be the most reasonable approach because 2 projects is better than 1.

So I have the front end mostly done, which I will go over in the next post. The back is not so far along.

First the truck, it's a 2012 6.2 is intercooled and procharged at 9psi and is kicking 390hp to the rear wheels with 37s.

The most I do in this truck is JV and a few trails, it's not a prerunner I get it, but I cannot help modifying every thing so here goes.

Intro shots, all the normal spots haha:

 

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On the front,
I wanted stock width, but still as much travel as I could get, 4x4, and all the tools to tune it. So I made it as hard as I could for myself.

The main issue is the axle placement, the reason is that the axle goes by the shock pretty close on these trucks, and the spring seat really needs to be above the axle at all times. So running a 2.5 CO may would work, but only with a 3" I'd spring. I really like the 3.75 springs. My reason is that the same spring rate with the larger ID seems to have a steeper linear rate and higher block weight. This is a heavy truck so I wanted to just go with the 3.75s.

Long story short, I went with 2g oem 3.0 IBP.
For one, according to Fox's and kings oem replacement shocks they have more travel. The stock shocks have 8" of shaft travel, they are also only 400.00 each new.


Now 8" is better than the stock 1g raptor 6", but not quite enough. I bought a 3/8" internal top out spacer and replaced the 1" oem one.


Now because I had more leverage on the shock in droop, and did not want to damage something so I made some coaxial spring mounts, on these I have a sealed bearing inside a 3 piece upper pearch that's acts like a thorion bearing, but being sealed I am hoping it resists dirt a bit better.
Also part of the design moves the upper mount location inboard 10 mm for a bit more clearance on the upper arm. All in all it cycled 13.8" with a 8 5/8" shaft travel.


With camburg g2 shock bucket:



Front end catch up post to continue--->

 

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Stock:


Spring pearch install:



TBC...

 

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The cv axle:
Soooo on this I went midwest.
They lift trucks and dgaf but how? How do they have 6-10" lifted f150s with 4x4???

It's the easiest part. I'm sorry those orange rvc what ever axles that cost 2000.00 need to check them selves. They have less cv angle and I get 300m is cool, but let's be real, I'd rather replace 10 of these than pay for one of the orange ones.


Front end TBC.

 

[WW_RANGER_X]

Super cool. On the G2 shocks i see you ran the SVC C.A.S kit, but what springs did you use? Also, those top hats you made are rad. Do you get a lot of noise from the front end? I'm not happy with my current shock package, but if i go aftermarket UCA ill probably run limit straps until i can grow big enough balls to cut my coil buckets out lol.

 

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UCA:
Another limiter to the travel was the UCA.
Mainly because I purchased coolest looking ones and didn't think about actual performance. Then instead of getting proper ones I modified the ones I bought. Then they still didn't work and I have more money into them than I would like to admit and still need to get proper ones!

So as you see in some of the posts, the upper control arms are billet, but they have the uniball on plane with the inboard pivots. So this creates an aggressive angle in droop.

To solve this I tried to install delta joints, now they didn't improve the angle but the raised the pivot up about .5" which helped alot to gain that droop. Bump was well within.







But it was not enough, soo I tried to drop the UCA. This ended up being a mistake. I did this by using some offset rod ends.

In the end the mods worked to get me the travel but they were a waste of time and money and it is prone to coming out of alinement due to the off set in the rod end if the rotate at all. I will be seeking some uppers with a 1.5 outter and a proper plane angle.

 

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Super cool. On the G2 shocks i see you ran the SVC C.A.S kit, but what springs did you use? Also, those top hats you made are rad. Do you get a lot of noise from the front end? I'm not happy with my current shock package, but if i go aftermarket UCA ill probably run limit straps until i can grow big enough balls to cut my coil buckets out lol.

I do not have any weird noise on the front, it's all pretty solid, on the top hats I did go with FK instead of cheaping out.

The CAS do hit the wide part of the telescoping axle on my set up in full droop, I'll be modifying them to clear (#nothingstocknoteventheaftermarketparts) but haven't had time.

The springs are 16" 3.75 650's I also thought I would be cleaver and put in 500's but I could not get the truck to ride height without surpassing the block height on the adjustment of the pre load. I actually almost wat to do a 18". I also tried a tender with but blocked before compression so went back to a straight 650 eibach.


I do plan to strap it and have a secondary shock and a bump. None is done yet.

My travel numbers are all real life so if you are doing stock width that is what you will get.

 

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So that's pretty much all the custom stuff to get travel and 4x4 on the front, the rest was some bolt on LCAs I did a swaybar and outter tie rod. I personally would not do a solid full tie rod on a stock raptor steering rack, just because the rack would break first.






Moded upper vs normal in droop

Next on the front is this shock package that I'm pretty pumped on, I had filthymotorsports do some custom 3.5 IBPs it's going to be supper hard to tune and deal with. Just like I like!

 

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about a year ago I hit hard on a whoop and smashed my transmission crossmember, this also scared me because I lack proper skid plates. So recently while waiting to figure out my rear I repaired the crossmember and added a skid plate for the transfercase but I am still working on to solve the frame mount.



this is a moose just FYSA

 

[gascapkevin]

I also smashed my transmission crossmember! Must be a Raptor rite of passage

 

[the bodj]

I’ve looked at that 100 different ways and don’t see a moose.

Everything else looks awesome!

 

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I also smashed my transmission crossmember! Must be a Raptor rite of passage

They are definitely a low hanging fruit lol
I got the KHC repair kit and some deflectors cut for the frame mount part but have not installed them yet:


On the rear, I have a 2.5 bolt on bump stop kit but it is designed to stop the axle at the same point that the stock shocks bump out. I wanted to bump it to the frame to get the most of the travel so I had to remove the bolt on kit:

W/kit:


The reason the little bump pad are there is just so I can square up the axle when I jack it up to the frame to provide an equal gap when i set in the shocks and bumps, so just tooling.


New bump height (pending)

 

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I’ve looked at that 100 different ways and don’t see a moose.

Everything else looks awesome!

Damn it! hahahaha every one keeps telling me this!

 

[the bodj]

Ohhh I see it now. It has a beard and you can see the opposite side antler. I gotchu fam

 

[gascapkevin]

 

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Dude!!! Exactly I am saving this picture for next time!!!

 

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I really like the geometry in the moose in the picture, dang may need to redesign my sig.

 

[DesertGoat]

i see a moose now, definitely didn't at first. Also... y tho? (@ moose)

Being a tweaker to get the most out of your stock stuff is quite impressive, for real. I admire the determination.

 

[gascapkevin]

Also can we get more build details on the pup? He's a handsome boy and I've never seen a frenchie with a tail that long.

 

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Also can we get more build details on the pup? He's a handsome boy and I've never seen a frenchie with a tail that long.

Yeah we did a pug mid travel kit on a the normal frenchie chassis. Some people call them Frugs.

Putting the mid-travel to work:

i see a moose now, definitely didn't at first. Also... y tho? (@ moose)

Being a tweaker to get the most out of your stock stuff is quite impressive, for real. I admire the determination.

Moose is because that's what my wife named the dog.


All the pieces fit!