Solid Axle Swap BS Thread

Damn!! That's what I thought it was too!!!

 

Hmmm a red ford ranger with. 9 inch lift

 

Rocks and more rocks. It'll be a trail-only rig eventually.

 

X2

 

Ah sweet! A thread I can troll for my 88 p/u!

 

my 1986 pickup i had. sold it and bought le tacoma

 

As in R/C Car? or...Regular cab lol

 

Truely a nice set up would be links, but they are not needed. The 2nd gen is heavier and pretty much requires a D60 or a built to the hilt 44, which isn't even as strong as a STOCK d60. But people run it.

IMO this is the most IDEAL SAS 2nd gen in history.

 

Thread took off like a bat outa hell, now it died

 

Probably still a ways down the road but I've got a planning question.

Our IFS sucks for crawling and therefore do not want to spend/waste anymore money on my current suspension. Are there any suspension upgrades that I could do now that will not be a total waste down the road when switching to SAS?

 

The commercials to your new rig our deafening I'm thinking 40 inch tire or more???

 

IFS doesn't necessarily suck, but it's limited by its amount of travel and reliability.

SAS is truely inteded for hardcore offroaders. I went offroading 15+ times last year and I feel this year I will be going about the same, maybe more. I've already gone twice

The only thing that won't really be a waste is long travel, it will kinda be a waste, but you can turn around and sell it. IMO, the best set-up would be just a mid travel kit, 35s, selectable lockers and you will do just fine. I've seen it, and been surprised by it. Skids and lockers man

Yeah I mainly intended it for people that want to ask questions, so the small group can help out. I guarentee many people have questions, but are affraid to ask, especially on TTora or Pirate

 

Exactly! Few guys already are having questions that I haven't seen ask before

 

Heres my sas'd rig. built by me!

 

Well that gives me some hope. I'm in the process of bolting every piece of armor I could find to it right now but just went a head with a Toytec ULK. Wishing now I went extended travel c/o's

That being said. My truck may end up being a trail rig only at some point so the financial analyst in me can't help but make lists

UCA - 600
Extended c/o's - 1000
Arb front locker - $1200 with compressor

That's some good coin to shell out on a sub par trail rig setup is it not?

I'm currently planning on a marlin taco box because that will work with any setup I decide to go with. I hate spending money and time on something I may end up moving away from.

Couple of additional questions
1. I'm not one who has a ton of patience nor the mechanical skills to do the SAS myself, so what are the opinions of buying a ready built kit vs collecting used parts over years?
2. How selective do you need to be when picking a shop to do the install?

 

Yup.. I wasn't happy with the shops work at all.

You don't NEED a ARB locker, but they are going to be more friendly. Order a lockrite and try it, it's better than nothing and you can always sell it for a decent amount. If you find yourself breaking shit, sell it and run the same courses and if you break again, it wasn't the lockers fault it was the skinny pedal

I see you have he ULK from toytec, wheel it, extended travel is ONE more inch of travel, meh.

 

What year?

 

Your response pretty much echo's why my head hurts. Seems like this type of mod is only for the part time mechanical guru which I am not. I've been learning a lot, but I'm just not there yet which is why I'm thinking of putting the tacobox in with twin sticks and a auto locker up front and calling it a day until I'm more confident that I would be able to maintain the SFA myself.

Correct me if I'm wrong but twin sticks with an auto locker almost makes it selectable right?

 

Twin sticks is a double transfer case, making your gear ratio ultra low, increasing ATON of torque, and can essential help you or break you, all depends on your control