Completed Project Burns SAS thread

Well as a few of you know my X was messeed up a bit due to a accident. so i have been looking for a new plan.
i have my axles (d44/ford9") all i need is to choose what i am gonna do.
i was thinking about thiS:
In the front i plan to use whild horse 5.5 inch coils,

for radius arms i plan to use this.

they are 12 inches longer that the stock radius arms.i have the whole frame from a 78 f-150 that i plan to get the coil buckets and steering off of.
i want to use a 37 inch tire and use 4.88 gears
i dont see a problem with any of this so i need some info to see if i have missed anything

 

[Burns]

how hard is it to do the gears installed. i have never done anything of that sort. my dad has and he is doin it but i was just checkin to see how it went for others. also should i lock the rear end with it being a dd

 

[Stic-o]

I had...or should I say. I'm having mine done I just didn't want to mess with it. I'm runnig a Powertracks No-Slip in my rear end as a DD. Once your get use to the tires cherping a bit here and there it's great! That and I think my milage went up a MPG or so too.

 

[RockRanger]

Gears are not that hard they are just time consuming to get right especally when you havent done them before. It took me about 9 hrs or so to setup my dana 44. I paid $100 to have my 8.8 done. I could have done it myself but it was faster/ easier just to have some one who does it everyday do it.

 

[Burns]

i want to find someone to do it because it has been a while since my dad has done it. he also agrees one the time factor and thinks it will take him about 8 hrs.

 

[Burns]

well i have everthing i need (gears,master install kit,tires,the rest of my lift) so now i just need is about four weeks to get it all done.

paint is another question i want a orange but i dont want to copy ricks pumpkin. i want something of that sort though. orange is my fav.

 

[Burns]

im gonna try to get my gears done by any shop i can find around me. that way i can be doin the rest of my front lift and get blocks for the rear till i can order springs

 

[mynameisaric]

well shop around. by me, gearing varied between 900-1200 and finally i found a shop that would do it 200 per axle. and without any connections, that was the cheapest i could find and it was 40 miles away.

 

[Burns]

well its too late for that i got home from school today and he had it all apart and should have it done by tomm. faster than i thought. its all good he ask me this morn if i wanted him to work on it today and i just decided that he could do it.

 

[034x4]

Too bad you're in TN, I can set-up gears .

Looks good so far.

 

[Burns]

well he has done it before and i dont see any reason to go anywhere else when this is free. also today i was driving to school and well i lost second gear. i just converted it to a manual two weeks before the accident. so now i need to rebulid at least part of the tranny

 

[mynameisaric]

well i guess you cant shop around for a better deal than free! sucks about your tranny though. at least manuals are cheaper to rebuild n such.

 

[Burns]

well the weird thing is that is does not make any nose. so i think it is in the linkage part of the tranny. it will slide down to where second is but does nothing. and free is great. im gonna clean up a few things tonight so it might be set up tomm

 

[Burns]

what is everyone doing for shocks
i need to check on this soon

 

[FROADER]

I've got RE 14" stroke

 

[bmxking5]

I'm gonna measure for mine on the RTI ramp. Right now I'm running 6" lifted F250 ES3000's up front and they're really definitely too short for full droop...let alone with the r/a pin pulled. In the rear I'm running Skyjacker Nitro 8000s for Explorers. Those are also gonna limit my flex. I'm gonna measure front and rear and run Rancho adjustables rs9000x's.

 

[FROADER]

Ahhh, the rear I have SOA so stock length shocks work for now.

 

[redranger4.0]

http://www.polyperformance.com/shop/product.php?productid=84&cat=64&page=1

those are a really nice shock. thats what im going to run when i get around to getting my swap done

 

[Burns]

well i guess i just need to see what it will do in length first. im not sure but i think i will end up with 10.5inches of total lift. but i want it to flex like the beast i want it to be.

 

[FROADER]

im not sure but i think i will end up with 10.5inches of total lift.

Wow, that's high.

 

['97 V8]

^^^ i concur(sp?)