2002 Explorer Sport Trac

Engine:
Stock 4.0
Taylor 8.8 MM Plug wires
Screamin Demon Coil
XCAL2 Tuned
Zabtek Cold Air intake
Random Tech "Y" pipe with custom FLowmaster exhaust. A few cats have been removed.

Transmission:
5R55E freshly rebuilt
1354 Borg Warner Electric Shift
Modified Superlift front driveshaft
Stock rear driveshaft

Front Axle:
89 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Dana 44 low pinion
ARB Air Locker
4:56 Ring & Pinion
Superior Chromo Axles
CTM U-joints
Steel braided 28” brakelines
Warn manual locking hubs
Parts Mike Highsteer arms with 1" spacers
Parts Mime highsterr knuckles
5/5.5 conversion kit

Rear Axle:
Explorer 8.8 31 spline
PowerTrax Locker
4:56 Ring & Pinion
SOA conversion
Wheel spacer/adapter for 5/5.5 bolt pattern

Suspension:
BDS front shocks
Rancho RS5000 rear shocks stock height
Custom made 7 pack Waggy leafs up front
Stock leafs out back

Tires and Rims:
35x17x12.5 BFG KM2
Eagle Alloys model 951 17x9


Body Mods:
3" Body lift (may come out soon to allow for more suspension lift)
Clear corner lens
Sylvania Silverstar 9007 headlight bulbs
Sylvania Silverstar 9005 foglight bulbs


Sound System:
Kenwood head unit
(4) 6x9 Ifiniti speakers
(2) 8” Kicker Subs in a custom figerglass enclosure behind the rear seats
Alpine 4 channel Amplifier
Cobra 75WXST CB

Here is my build thread, I will apologize now for the stupid questions you will read from me..

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=237526


There are a bunch of interior mods i did but this a SAS registry..

First was the install of the crossmember:
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SASpics024.jpg

Then followed alot of cutting and grinding to get here, where the rear leaf mounts were installed:
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SAS_001.jpg

Then a little more progress:
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SAS_005.jpg

Steering was a PITA. Here is my Gen1 and Gen2 Hybris steering linkage:
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SAS_036.jpg

Here is the Rack and Pinion steering cooler re-used and mounted to my crossmember:
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SAS_009.jpg

More progress:
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SAS_044.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/SAS_045.jpg

All this work to get here:

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/Picture059.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/Picture062.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/Picture063.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/Picture079.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/Picture052.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/100_1992.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/100_3485.jpg

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/100_1993.jpg

Turned out great, its a sweet ride!

Did you ever run less springs in the front prior to using the 7-leaf pack?

It came out great. :cool:

Sure is good lookin'. :thumbsup:

Looks great!

This is one sweet ride. Watching it climb in Moab was a treat. The pictures don't do it justice. You would not believe how big this rig is till you stood next to it. Some rigs look a little tacky lifted real high, but not this rig. It is proportioned very well. Street looks and creature comforts in a real off road 4x4, awesome combo.

Good work Chad!

Thanks everyone!!!!

I had 5 leaf packs in front for a month or so, and they went all negative on me. SO I went down to the spring shop and had some more leafs made and added them to the leaf pack. Thing is I still have the Explorer left side lean.

I am debating taking out the body lift and installing longer shackles to get more flex out of it, but I need a house and a garage first. Although the body lift does make it nice to do other work on the truck.

Is it more stable with the 7s?

It is good with the 7 leaf pack, but the drivers side is still more flat than the passenger side. I could probably put 8 leafs on the drivers side and get rid of the leaning.

I have found a few things I need to redo on the front leaf mounts. I need to remove the front leaf mounts make new mounts that will move the bolt hole forward 1" and down 1" to fix some interference I get when flexing it out.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Looks great Chad!

I love your Sport Trac Chad, so awesome! I can't wait for my life to settle down so I can SAS my X.

Very nice looking sport trac!:cool:

apsolutly awesome! you have totally helped me with my future mod decision!

You guys should see it in person. This is definitely one of the best trucks around here. So clean.

Doing something very similar to my sport, what kind of flex are you getting with the leaf packs up front?

Leafs will get u better flex than your IFS, but coils will achieve even more flex, but ride little softer also, sometimes to soft, if doing lots of street driving leafs are pretty good way to go.

They flexed good enough for the trails we ran in Moab. However only Brad (bronco2guy)
and Gregg (gmanpaint) saw how it flexed as I was busy driving up goofy rock walls.

Hmm, next time we go, will have some extra days and more time you can get out and check out your flex. Also we can pre run about 4-5 trails on some RZR's.

yea im definatly interested as i have an old 89 Wagoneer sitting in my yard, figured it make some use out of it, Granted it will never come out as clean as urs! thats perty

Hi i also own a 2002 ford trac sport. And i was wondering what you did with your subs. As you probly know you cant really do that much with subs in this truck do to the lack of space below the seats. But i would like to hear what you did. Please get back at me about this at taymink@sbcglobal.net
Thank you for your time.

I have 2 sub boxes that are fiberglass on the backside and molded to the interior to make room. They are only 8's but it hits very hard for me at least.

I finally got a rear diff cover installed on my rig. Many thnaks to mrboyle and turdle did an incredible job with powder coating.

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/pics016.jpg

This truck is freakin' SWEET!!!!

NICE JOB!

that is one nice truck you got there

Chad did an extremely clean swap, drives and rides nice on the road. To be able to drive from St.Louis, MO to Moab, UT and then thru Colorado to Ouray and thru several Mountain passes and back home is amazing. This is one of my favorite rigs on this site, A++ work.

Also it was not street queen at Moab, we pointed at some nasty side obstacles and Chad was all for them it's is one heck of a climber. I thought he was gonna roll it a couple times was crazy.

Nomination for truck of the Month*********

Shortly before this picture was where I was pretty nervous for ya- Chad and I wasnt even in your truck :)
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq158/bronco2guy/100_2103.jpg

Thanks everyone for comments.
I was scared of rolling it also. But it was on those off chambers on hells revenge. We will have to see what we can do on the next trip ot there.:D:thumbsup:

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, your truck is awesome Chad. Man, I miss Moab.

did you do all of the work yourself for the SAS or was it put in a shop. id love to do it but id have to put it in the shop for all the fabrication. any idea how much that would run?

I finally got a rear diff cover installed on my rig. Many thnaks to mrboyle and turdle did an incredible job with powder coating.

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/chad551/pics016.jpg

I guess following me around Moab and looking at my Rock Crusher cover gave you the bug for your own! :p:

Looks great, that cover is serious armor and has that "Bling" factor to boot!:thumbsup:

did you do all of the work yourself for the SAS or was it put in a shop. id love to do it but id have to put it in the shop for all the fabrication. any idea how much that would run?

I did all the work myself, in my little 2 car garage. Click the link below that says My SAS Thread.

thats bad ass did u make that cross member and shackle mounts or did u buy them?

Made the crossmember and bought the shackle mounts.

where did u buy the shackle mounts? and how did u know exactly where to put them? Did u have to get the front realigned?

Bought the shackle outriggers from ruffstuff. As for placement you have to measure the leafsprings. And I did my own alignment, not much to change on a solid axle.

Man that things getting better and better everytime i look @ it!

alright sweet thanks for the help, i really appreciate it

whoa!!!! your truck is SWEET!!! not sure how i missed this before. nice work! i bet this thing looks like a beast in person!

Thanks for the compliments.. You can see it in person at Moab, the Ouray Colorado run, and SMORR.

That thing is nice mabye I can see It at SMORR

Does it feel good at freeway speeds? 75MPH No bad tendencies?

Drives great at highway speeds, it is my DD. Although I think my tires need to be rebalanced.

Drives great at highway speeds, it is my DD. Although I think my tires need to be rebalanced.

Great! I love the work and how clean it looks. Great work! One year and mine will start. Got to buy the house first, wife says so! Can't wait, another benefit for me is I can unlock the hubs and the front D-Shaft and the T-Case wont always be spinning at freeway speeds seeing as how mine was AWD so the front Axle doesn't disconnect. I get a front D-Shaft vibration over 72MPH. BTW your sliders look great as well!