# Skidplate's pile-o-shit Ranger.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [April 14, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396 "2012-04-14T09:37:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/41 "2012-04-16T04:05:59Z")
> [@My new (old) 91 beretta](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-old-91-beretta/49177/7):
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> A v8 ranger could be fast.
not as fast as a 3.0 v6 apparently though
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/42 "2012-04-16T04:30:21Z")
I don’t care about how fast it is. If I want a fast car I’ll build one out of a car that actually has afterm
arket support
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### Author:  [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/43 "2012-04-16T05:16:19Z")
I had Belltech suspension on my s-10 12 years ago and from what I remember the truck handled awesome and rode fairly stockish.
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### Author:  [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/44 "2012-04-16T05:57:28Z")
> [@New Combo Video](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-combo-video/48540/6):
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> I don’t care about how fast it is. If I want a fast car I’ll build one out of a car that actually has afterm
> arket support
No you wont
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/45 "2012-04-16T06:58:54Z")
> [@FS: Two NIB complete power sunroof system $100](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-two-nib-complete-power-sunroof-system-100/49071/15):
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> this thing was planned BEFORE mini trucks were cool :rofl
> [@RC Car/Truck thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-car-truck-thread/21682/45):
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> You weren’t even born when mini-trucks were cool.
> [@Stimulus Payment Schedule - check yours](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stimulus-payment-schedule-check-yours/46338/319):
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> didnt say i was.
So your dads sperm planed on building a mini truck for you? :crackup
:skid #1
> [@New Combo Video](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-combo-video/48540/6):
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> I don’t care about how fast it is. If I want a fast car I’ll build one out of a car that actually has aftermarket support
Yet you are opening up the exhaust, installing a shift kit and putting a limited slip rear end in it to plant the power? Those are PERFORMANCE improvements, aka you want it to be faster than it already is. :skid #2.
You dont need aftermarket support to make a fast truck. Its about the simplest designed vehicle out there! The $500 you are spending on dumb 3.0L shit, would get you a wrecked 5.0L mustang to pull just about ALL the parts off for a swap. The truck itself is a frame suspension and a seat… thats all you need.
That thing will never be slammed, low. The geometry (as you know) doesnt work anywhere near today’s standards of “low”. Put drop coils in up front and shocks to match. Get about 2.5" out of it and be ok on the stock bullshit arms. Out back. I havent looked under one of those old trucks in a long time, is the axle above of below the leaf spring pads? If its below, just flip it and put eh axle above the leaf. Right way of doing it is cutting the pad off the bottom of the axle, and welding a NEW one (15$ ea) on the top of the axle in the correct position. U bolt it on, BAM 2.75" drop. If you need more, 1" block. Dont go nutty and put a 5" block in there, axle wrap will be bad. Max 3" on blocks IMO.
Anything lower and you are into mustang front suspension swap to do it right. AGAIN, buy a donor 5.0L and you have everything to do the swap for the most part, motor, trans suspension, etc.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/46 "2012-04-16T07:02:18Z")
here is a little V8 mini truck inspiration for you:
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### Author:  [@daknut93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/daknut93)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/47 "2012-04-16T07:31:13Z")
tgese are a very simple design truck my dakota is the same way.look at belltech and western chassie for your suspesion stuff try and avoid block as mych as possibl.
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### Author:  [@HANSTECH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HANSTECH)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/48 "2012-04-16T11:42:21Z")
who’s the stud in the pic?..
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/49 "2012-04-16T12:48:11Z")
thats one sexy bitch thats who it is!
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### Author:  [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/50 "2012-04-16T12:50:46Z")
This thing needs a carbed v8
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### Author:  [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/51 "2012-04-16T13:53:58Z")
lovin the updates… keep it up bud!! [](http://smiliesftw.com)
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/52 "2012-04-16T17:59:36Z")
> [@Summer START @ Dunnville Review / Pic's / Vid's / Thank You Thread!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/summer-start-dunnville-review-pics-vids-thank-you-thread/49001/344):
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> This thing needs a carbed v8
fuck carbs.
Buy a wrecked '95-'01 Explorer with a v8, pull the motor and use all the wiring, fuel injection, etc and the rearend. Explorer 5.0’s have the GT40 heads and intake and make more power than a stock 5.0 Mustang.
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### Author:  [@Anth3000nygt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anth3000nygt)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/53 "2012-04-16T20:10:45Z")
> [@Oh look..another Honda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-look-another-honda/47899/50):
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> fuck carbs.
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> Buy a wrecked '95-'01 Explorer with a v8, pull the motor and use all the wiring, fuel injection, etc and the rearend. Explorer 5.0’s have the GT40 heads and intake and make more power than a stock 5.0 Mustang.
PJB, I didn’t know you were a mechanic!!!
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### Author:  [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/54 "2012-04-16T20:36:45Z")
that was a killer joke
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### Author:  [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/55 "2012-04-16T20:39:00Z")
Cereally. Killer.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/56 "2012-04-17T05:48:59Z")
> [@Shredd & Reagan. When does it go to?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shredd-reagan-when-does-it-go-to/49164/6):
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> PJB, I didn’t know you were a mechanic!!!
you dont know me at all actually.
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### Author:  [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/57 "2012-04-17T06:06:05Z")
> [@RC Car/Truck thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-car-truck-thread/21682/55):
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> you dont know me at all actually.
HAHAHAHA
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### Author:  [@HudsonFalcon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HudsonFalcon)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/58 "2012-04-17T10:50:55Z")
Honestly why dump money into something that is, by your own admission, “slow and ugly.” Why not shop around and get something you want and that’s worthy of a build and keep your truck as a DD.
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### Author:  [@Ollie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ollie)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/59 "2012-04-17T11:07:49Z")
weird the pics arent working for me :retardclap
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/skidplates-pile-o-shit-ranger/263396/60 "2012-04-17T11:16:09Z")
not working because im no good at using photobucket.
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