TTB vs dana 30?

[TM-oregon85]

So i just got a 1993 explorer 4 door. My goal is to make a camping truck, but i like to camp deep in the woods or for day trips to go play. But at the same time i want to drive it on the street. Im thinking about just running 33s to save money. any ideas? like SAS many people have dana 30s? any problems with that?

 

[FROADER]

Your TTB Dana 35 will handle the 33s just fine. It will be much cheaper to just get a lift to fit them, than to do a whole SAS. Unless of course you just want a project to work on, then my all means swap away.

Welcome to the site.

 

[TM-oregon85]

So how much more money would it take to do a sas dana 30? I need to do something cuz i played at my friends house today im not that happy with the expolrer so far. axles are to low!!!

 

[FROADER]

To make the 30 worth it (build it with good parts so it is strong enough), I'd say at the very least, very least, it would be twice as much as a drop bracket lift like TrailMaster, Superlift or Skyjacker etc...

What size tires do you have and what size do you want to run?

 

[colintrax]

He said he wants to run 33's. What exactly is draggin?

 

[FROADER]

My bad, I totally missed that.

You're not going to gain enough clearance using a 30 over your TTB to make the extra cost worth it especially if all you want to run is 33s. I beat the crap out of my first explorer with a 4" lift and 35s for 3 years as a DD and wheeler.

 

[TM-oregon85]

Right now im running 31s With a 2" lift. i think i have 4" coils from some one but i dont know. there 18" long came in a superlift box. I was thinking about keeping the 2" drop brackets and putting the 4" coils on then running my 33" TSLs...

 

[FROADER]

With a little trimming (in the front) you could actually fit those 33s on your current 2" lift. It's been done before.

 

[TM-oregon85]

Thats cool but i dont think my drivers lower ball joint would like it. lol. But i might try that soon. Im going wheeling with my boss sometime and i have to make the toyota look bad.

 

[TM-oregon85]

And it was my front axle that was to low and in the back the u bolt bracket found somethings from time to time.