The fat ******* 95 Sport

This was a buddie/customer build I recently did, I look at it as practice. My wife has a 98 XLT V8 explorer and in the spring shes getting a D30 and 33's.

Run down on this build.....
1995 Explorer sport
4.0L m5ord and 1350 (eventually auto of some sort and most likely a 1354)
78/9 D44 5.13's Aussie, old school yukons (the good ones) with ctms
9" with 5.13 and spool
38.5x14x15 TSL's on Beadlocks (my old locks I built years ago)
Radius Arm front with EB coils, maybe an 78/9 steering box (maybe)



Before Pic, who's straight,clean ranger is that? Looks similar to Kyles beat and dented ranger:sonicjay:

Got the old 8.8 out and a 9" in position. temporary on the mono leaf. Plan to change that later. But needed to get the rear sitting on the SOA to get ride height so I could set the front. Thanks to pop-tart for welding up the rear spring perches. I recently moved into a new house and won't have my 220 for my compressor, plasma, and welder till tomorrow.

Where'd it all go?

Setting up the gears at the shop today.

 

[GRNMACHINE]

How did I miss this??? Nice Work!!! I am pretty partial to 95 Sports.

 

[B II Ian]

Looks like it works good, judging from the video needs some shocks, lots of rebound

 

[CheapThrillEX]

Coils are way to stiff.

 

[B II Ian]

My brother has 5.5 super flex early bronco coils in the front of his explorer they are mint

 

[CheapThrillEX]

That's what I used when I built it, owner swapped them out for very stiff skyjackers.

 

[B II Ian]

Sky jacker coils >.< last coils I would ever buy

 

[Kazer]

Wheres that track at? i'm in Saginaw

 

[CheapThrillEX]

It was torn down the day after the comp. It was in Sand Lake.

 

[rickybobby]

did he get any vids/pics of the drummond island run? planning a trip up there in september and ive never been before

 

[CheapThrillEX]

That is one of my favorite places. Try and get up there as often as I can, which isn't enough lol.

 

[rickybobby]

That is one of my favorite places. Try and get up there as often as I can, which isn't enough lol.

check the stickies in the run planning forum, i have a thread there for a color run the last weekend in september

 

[CheapThrillEX]

I'll be on my way to Moab the last Friday in Sept.


However there is DOA on drummond in mid august along with a GLFWDA meeting on the island.

 

[rickybobby]

The problem is that im going to The Badlands in mid august with RRORC, and im dead set on a color run this year and wont be able to swing CCR

 

[CheapThrillEX]

If your there on the weekend, have to try the biscuits and gravy at the Bear Track inn. He only serves it on the weekend and its damn good.

 

[rickybobby]

I will for sure, im planning to leave thursday morning and hoping to hell to make the last ferry (its a 9hr drive without any stops)

 

[holshotracer]

I ended up picking up the explorer from the owner that john built it for. I swapped out the springs back for the super flex.

Now it needs some sliders

 

[theluke19]

Aw man!! Sliders, pronto!!!

Haven't seen this build, until now! How is that? Wish I could (would) have done this with my 96!

Glad to see it got passed to another forum member!

 

[holshotracer]

did some up grades to the explorer the past couple of months. i broke the steering gear box so when i had it off realized that the frame was starting to buckle on the drivers side. i ended up plating both sides of the frame rail.

The factory track bar mount was cracking so i built a new one- shouldn't have a problem its 3/16 plate. also had to get an adjustable track bar

some how the 9 inch 3rd member cracked and it was blowing oil out of it so i bought a axle that was set up the same for spool and gears and swapped it in. it had disc brakes so i also installed them. i had to get one inch wheel spacers because of how the wheels were made.

 

[Thompstomper]

love that front bumper setup! kick ass job.