Skidplate's pile-o-shit Ranger.

not as fast as a 3.0 v6 apparently though

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

I had Belltech suspension on my s-10 12 years ago and from what I remember the truck handled awesome and rode fairly stockish.

No you wont

So your dads sperm planed on building a mini truck for you? :crackup

:skid #1

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.

here is a little V8 mini truck inspiration for you:

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.

who’s the stud in the pic?..

thats one sexy bitch thats who it is!

This thing needs a carbed v8

lovin the updates… keep it up bud!! http://smiliesftw.com/x/charliebrown_1.gif

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.

PJB, I didn’t know you were a mechanic!!!

that was a killer joke

Cereally. Killer.

you dont know me at all actually.

HAHAHAHA

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.

weird the pics arent working for me :retardclap

not working because im no good at using photobucket.