Cookfrom018
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- Currently Gastonia, NC originally from Cocoa, FL
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- 1993 Explorer 4x4
Hey guys just wanted to introduce myself. My name is David and my friends call me cook. I've been away in federal prison for the last five years because I felt the need to support my 4x4 habit by being the local dope dealer. Now that I'm out and living the straight life I'm ready to get back into 4x4s. Some of the trucks I had before my extended vacation are as follows. 93 Ranger regular cab SAS fullsize Dana 44/9 inch 513 gears spool in the rear auburn pro lsd in the font, carberated 302 c6 tranny np208, 39.5 swamper tsl front and 39.5 boggers in the rear. That was my trail only truck. My dailly driver was a 96 ranger ext cab with a 4.0l and a dana 30 sas out of a Grand Cherokee on 33's with explorer headlights grill bumper swap. I've also had countless Broncos F-150's Bronco IIs and the like over the years. Just last week I bought a 93 explorer 4x4 4.0l four door that is completely stock. I plan on doinng a sas swap the same way I did on my 96 ranger. Which was a pretty straight forward swap, I will document the swap in full for anyone that would like the info. It uses all the stock explorer radius arms and depending on how much lift you want you can also use the stock radius drop brackets. Since I only plan on running 31s on the explorer mine will use all the stock parts with the exception of some 2 inch superlift springs. This is the same swap set up I used in my 96 ranger and it drove great around town and was pretty nice on the trail. It was not a flex monster but it did flex better than the stock ttb. In short all I did was cut all the brackets off the dana 30 and took a piece of 2x3 box steel split it down the middle cut an arch in the two halves so that when I welded them to the round axle tube it formed a rectangular box. I drilled a couple of holes in the box steel so that I could bolt up the stock radius arms just like they were on the ttb I used the stock track bar from the jeep, the one with the boint joint look end, once I located where I needed it I welded a piece of plate steel to the frame drilled a hole in it with a stepbit so it hhad a tapper to hold the ball joint end and bolted it up. Since I only used the 2 inch lift springs I was able to use a combination of the stock ranger and jeep steering parts. My ranger also had a 3 innch body lift and this gave me more than enough room 33s I'll probably have to put a 2 innch body lift on the explorer to get it to clear the 31x12.50 thornbirds I plan on running with 4.56 gears and a transgo shift kift the tranny should be fine and be great fun to drive around town. It might be geared a little low for the interstate but if I need to go on a trip I'll just take my girlfriend's car. I don't have any pictures of my old trucks anymore but will take plenty of before, during and after pics of the explorer. This SAS is as close to a bolt in as your gonna find and I look forward to sharing it with everyone that is interested. It'll take me a couple of weeks to round up the parts, last time I did this swap I started it around 3:00 in the afternoon and worked on it till I was done around 8:00 the next morning in my back yard on the ground. This time I'll be doing it in the shop where I work and will have a couple of extra hands to help me and think I can get it done in six to seven hours. Feel free to ask any questions or make any comments you like I'll do my best to respond quickly.
