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- Denver Colorado
- Vehicle Year
- 79-00
- Make / Model
- Mostly Ford.
- Engine Size
- Building a 408w
- Transmission
- Automatic
Here's the run down as of 11/9/09:
Front axle / suspension / steering:
Full Width HP Dana 44 Front, 4.30 gears, molly shafts, SORD high steer arms w/ chevy flat top knuckles, 52" leaves, 8" shackles, SOA, 5/8 U bolts, home built high angle drive shaft, 3/4 ton van PS box, home brew shock towers, 22" of useable wheel travel, tom woods BW1350 flat flange adapter, 1330 U joints, tacked caps, long ass brake lines,
Rear axle / suspension:
31 Spline Big Bearing 9" in the rear, molly shafts, 4.30 gearing, 63" leaves, 8" shackles, 2" block, home brew drive shaft, 1350 yoke at axle end, 1350-1330 conversion joint, home made tone ring/vss mount, 24" of useable travle, cantilver shock system,
Bed / Bumpers / Sliders / Tire Carriers:
Custom 1.5" 120 wall HREW front tube stinger bumper w/ 2" receiver hitch,
2" 120 wall HREW sliders,
home brew "flat bed" made of 1.75" square stock w/ .120 wall, diamond plated,
Hinged swing up/out spare carrier off top of bed
submersable and annoyingly bright LED trailer tail lights, some cheap ass Baja lights up front,
Interrior:
sound deadening rubber undercoating floor, died black bucket seats, 40/40 bucket conversion, ammo box center concile, old ass Cobra CB w/ 40" whip out back, factory head unit tapped for iPod hook ups,
Other stats:
WB cut to 112"
8" of suspension lift, 3" body lift
82" wide stance
35x15.5r15 SuperSwamper LTBs on 15x10 cheapos
33 gallon gas tank
2.5" exhaust (stack)
1.5 of 7 factory crossmembers
That seems to be about it so far.... so far....
They say 37s are about as much as ya wanna push on a Dana 44. Well, I've been blowin up shit with a 3.slOw, 4.30 gearing, and 35x15.5r15 TSLs. I've decided to go with 1 tons. As this is still my daily driver, nothing too funkin nuts, but a bit more extreme.
The plan:
A 14 Bolt FF DRW, with SRW ends. Supposedly this'll get me a 96" WMS-WMS track width. (I got a buddy who masturbates to this shit) With some hard core wheels and some fattys I could be sittin as wide as 120". Not that I would, but I could.
A Chevy D60 front. I know it's a Chebby part, but they're cheap and easy to find in this neck of the woods. I'll get to the passenger side drop later.
Diffs will be gettin 5.38s. Rear will get a detriot (as long as I can make rent) and front will be gettin a no slip. (Not the most hard core, but should be easy on the axles and help a bit with little problems)
The interesting shit:
I've got a set of Rad Arms for a HP D44 from a 79 Bronc. I'm plannin on extending, wristing, and rockin in the rear! With some weld on wedges, a few things fabbed up, I can run air shocks off these rad arms in a factory nature.
For the font I'm lookin at air shocks or keepin the leafs. 22" of travel ain't too bad out of a leaf pack.
As for engines, I'm debating.
A 351 stroked to a 427 small block using junk yard shit OR:
Keep the 3.0 but super charge it. The high revs do great in the mud but suck for the rocks. Could be done for cheap.
To take care of the P side diff, a divorced Dana 300 flipped.
An ag ram mounted to the axle will take care of the whole left/right thing. I'm lookin at an orbital from a tractor w/ a re-build kit. Cheap and easy. Just how I like my women.
I'm still debating what to do about the exhaust. It's lookin like it'll get a half baked flex pipe job.
My goal is to run some where between 40s to 44s or what ever I can afford.
The built 44/9" under the truck now are going to a 4x4 go cart in the future. Yes, a budget buggy. 63s all the way around, a 2.3 turbo, built half tons. Coming one day.
Now I've also debated a 14bolt front axle. Dana 60 C's, knuckles, and custom shafts. That'd be tits. I've got a few 1 ton GM rears and my disposal.
Happy Fabbin!
Front axle / suspension / steering:
Full Width HP Dana 44 Front, 4.30 gears, molly shafts, SORD high steer arms w/ chevy flat top knuckles, 52" leaves, 8" shackles, SOA, 5/8 U bolts, home built high angle drive shaft, 3/4 ton van PS box, home brew shock towers, 22" of useable wheel travel, tom woods BW1350 flat flange adapter, 1330 U joints, tacked caps, long ass brake lines,
Rear axle / suspension:
31 Spline Big Bearing 9" in the rear, molly shafts, 4.30 gearing, 63" leaves, 8" shackles, 2" block, home brew drive shaft, 1350 yoke at axle end, 1350-1330 conversion joint, home made tone ring/vss mount, 24" of useable travle, cantilver shock system,
Bed / Bumpers / Sliders / Tire Carriers:
Custom 1.5" 120 wall HREW front tube stinger bumper w/ 2" receiver hitch,
2" 120 wall HREW sliders,
home brew "flat bed" made of 1.75" square stock w/ .120 wall, diamond plated,
Hinged swing up/out spare carrier off top of bed
submersable and annoyingly bright LED trailer tail lights, some cheap ass Baja lights up front,
Interrior:
sound deadening rubber undercoating floor, died black bucket seats, 40/40 bucket conversion, ammo box center concile, old ass Cobra CB w/ 40" whip out back, factory head unit tapped for iPod hook ups,
Other stats:
WB cut to 112"
8" of suspension lift, 3" body lift
82" wide stance
35x15.5r15 SuperSwamper LTBs on 15x10 cheapos
33 gallon gas tank
2.5" exhaust (stack)
1.5 of 7 factory crossmembers
That seems to be about it so far.... so far....
They say 37s are about as much as ya wanna push on a Dana 44. Well, I've been blowin up shit with a 3.slOw, 4.30 gearing, and 35x15.5r15 TSLs. I've decided to go with 1 tons. As this is still my daily driver, nothing too funkin nuts, but a bit more extreme.
The plan:
A 14 Bolt FF DRW, with SRW ends. Supposedly this'll get me a 96" WMS-WMS track width. (I got a buddy who masturbates to this shit) With some hard core wheels and some fattys I could be sittin as wide as 120". Not that I would, but I could.
A Chevy D60 front. I know it's a Chebby part, but they're cheap and easy to find in this neck of the woods. I'll get to the passenger side drop later.
Diffs will be gettin 5.38s. Rear will get a detriot (as long as I can make rent) and front will be gettin a no slip. (Not the most hard core, but should be easy on the axles and help a bit with little problems)
The interesting shit:
I've got a set of Rad Arms for a HP D44 from a 79 Bronc. I'm plannin on extending, wristing, and rockin in the rear! With some weld on wedges, a few things fabbed up, I can run air shocks off these rad arms in a factory nature.
For the font I'm lookin at air shocks or keepin the leafs. 22" of travel ain't too bad out of a leaf pack.
As for engines, I'm debating.
A 351 stroked to a 427 small block using junk yard shit OR:
Keep the 3.0 but super charge it. The high revs do great in the mud but suck for the rocks. Could be done for cheap.
To take care of the P side diff, a divorced Dana 300 flipped.
An ag ram mounted to the axle will take care of the whole left/right thing. I'm lookin at an orbital from a tractor w/ a re-build kit. Cheap and easy. Just how I like my women.
I'm still debating what to do about the exhaust. It's lookin like it'll get a half baked flex pipe job.
My goal is to run some where between 40s to 44s or what ever I can afford.
The built 44/9" under the truck now are going to a 4x4 go cart in the future. Yes, a budget buggy. 63s all the way around, a 2.3 turbo, built half tons. Coming one day.
Now I've also debated a 14bolt front axle. Dana 60 C's, knuckles, and custom shafts. That'd be tits. I've got a few 1 ton GM rears and my disposal.
Happy Fabbin!
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