Charlie's_93EB said:
See this thread, it will answer all your questions 
Introducing Stic-Cam
Stic-o said:I have been
Also for Stic-cam runs just do a search, I've benn using it for a little while now.
I took tommorow off to go pick up the D-shaft and throw it in. I still have some other things to take care of, on it. I have a nice little list. However it's completly driveable. My next goal is to replace the u-joints in the front axle, the passanger side one lost two of the caps and is being held in the middle with a zip tie, so it would quit making noice bounceing around, and I didn't want to Fubar my inner seal 
All vibration gone! I need bigger tires at 60mph, (which is probally really 70mph) the tach is at about 3000rpm with the O/D on. at first I thought it just wasn't droping down in to O/D, so i tried turning it off. Bad idea! Jumped to 4000rpm 
It climbs really fast after about 52mph. Between 52-60 it jumps about 500rpm.
Wait until you drop down a steep grade in the dirt before you decide you need bigger tires. My Explorer has 5.13's and 35's and is a little slow on the street (like yours seems to be right now), but in the dirt its great. Besides, it looks great now!Stic-o said:The Bad news...if you want to call it that
Then we moved on to getting the front shaft lenghted and in. I am using a stock explorer front shaft. We cut it in half and welded in a 6" piece of tube. We only extended the shaft 2", but sleeved both sides by 2". Then I replaced the front joint and threw it in. Success! I am now once again 4wd 
I try climbing something I should not have and put to much stress on the steering box, and the inside of the frame started caving in along with the 1/4" plate. Enough where one of my bolts had about a 1/4" slack in it. I tigheted it up and we are going to rebuild the inner mount next weekend. Luckly we did not weld this one because it would have been a pita to take out. We will use 3/8" inch plate I think this time and tie it into the bottom of the frame and the engine mount. This will completlely box that whole area, and we should not have any more problems then. ) it came out nice.
section525 said:Stic.. can you direct me to a picture of your box and where your problem is with it? I want to make sure mine is going to be beef enough while I have it apart in the driveway.
...and congrats on the 4wd.
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IZwack said:
Hopefully the front driveshaft is a little more concentric than your rear driveshaft spacer.Stic-o said:
: Well there's your problem. At least you found out before getting stuck out on a trail.Stic-o said:
Our plan was to take a 4x8 piece of 1/4" box and cut it down to a "L" shaped piece, running from the motor mount to the radiator, and then the "L" part going under the frame. The other thing was I wanted to bring the box closer to the frame, because the steering shaft rubed on my exsaust manafold. So after cutting out this special piece, which was a pita! we got it mounted after have bolt problems too. (I have new ones on order) We got all in working. Still need to weld the piece in though. I'll get pics later. 
