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Shocked how good these look after being on the truck for almost 6 years! still moves smooth. No slop
Fk AIN16T

 

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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 rotors. It's just easier for me to measure from there

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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 can reach out to)
What t case did you use? What would you do different or keep the same?
I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. Just easiest/best bang for the buck?

Been building mounts, will have pics of the beams hanging off the front of the truck by the end of the weekend. (Waiting on heim bungs and uniball cups from Polly performance for true mock up)

 

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I think the quickest way to achieve this swap is to lift the engine up off the crossmember. Cut the rivets out and replace the 2x4 engine x member with a 4x4 one. Then order the gofastexplorer d44 conversion bracket. Those brackets will bolt up to your new 4x4 crossmember and let you bolt those beams right on. I believe it gives you a total of 4” wider track width if the beams are stock width.

 

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I think the quickest way to achieve this swap is to lift the engine up off the crossmember. Cut the rivets out and replace the 2x4 engine x member with a 4x4 one. Then order the gofastexplorer d44 conversion bracket. Those brackets will bolt up to your new 4x4 crossmember and let you bolt those beams right on. I believe it gives you a total of 4” wider track width if the beams are stock width.

I've thought about that. Might seriously look into that. I'll have to look where to get one of the 4x4 x brace

 

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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

 

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Some more angles

 

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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

 

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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 truck was right about perfect with what I wanted.
With the 2wd and 4.33 gears and 35" tires Google and DeepSync are telling me that 4.56 gears will get me to similar performance as far as acceleration and highway speed with the 4wd.
But, 4.88 will let that 4wd dig deeper.

Between the M5R2 4x4, xfer case, new gears front and rear, trutrac up front, and drive shafts... including time and metal and consumables... This swap in parts alone is going to be 2k.
This is the biggest single spend/upgrade on the truck