SAS Ford Ranger (D30)

1994 Ford Ranger
All stock truck until now, swapped in a Dana 30 HP from an 96' XJ. Long armed and 4-linked with some slight fabrication. Factory 4.0 and A4LD auto with a shift kit. Open 4.10s for now. More videos of trails and fabrication to come. Dana 44 front will be coming soon, so stay tuned. Links for most of parts on this build will be below!
RuffStuff Specialties:
www.ruffstuffs...
Ballistic Fab:
ballisticfabri...
Cav Fab:
www.cavfab.com/
Music: Middle Class Rut - New Low

[@tastypagpag6658]

jsut bought a 94 ranger cant wait

[@Sapiehasoff34]

why didnt you re-use the coil buckets??

[@BHFabrication]

The ones I put on work better and are adjustable

[@shadytreekustomz6268]

Cool stuff man, building a similar one now, we got the same color too

[@BHFabrication]

Thanks man, I’ll be on 44 and 9inch eventually 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@shadytreekustomz6268]

@@BHFabrication how far along are you, if not to far you may want to narrow a ford hp 44 instead of using the bronco one the gears on low pinions are not much stronger than a hp 30, but if you are not going past 35s don’t worry about it 😃

[@BHFabrication]

Well I’ve got full width hp 44 and 9 inch, i was gonna narrow them but decided not to! I’m going to run these axles soon once I have the funds for gears and lockers and 4 link the rear and eventually I wanna get it on 38s. But the 30 and 35s will do for the time being !

[@shadytreekustomz6268]

@@BHFabrication I feel that! I’ll probably regret narrowing but the previous owner had welded the radius arm mounts on frame and through trans crossmember so wasn’t interested in messing with it for a d44. when it’s time for d60s I will though. Plus I had just assembled my bronco 9 inch on truck which is already narrowed 😂😂😂😂😂. I’ve got the factory gears in my ones still, rear has spool though. This thing has the np435 with crawl gear so I’m thinking I can get away with a season or 2 with them while I save up for gears and lockers too, since it will be fine for slow creeping, gears are expensive lol. I will also be converting the front 44 to the new jk and joy larger ring and pinion, I’d recommend you do same, it’s like $20 more but involved a bit of grinding

[@BHFabrication]

I heard that ! I’m just ballin on a budget rn, so many plans and ideas and it just takes time!! And yup that’s the “Jana” swap , JK gears inside the older 44!!

[@ockert88]

Good day. So can you list a list of parts required for this job. Have a identical truck and planning the same swop.

[@BHFabrication]

Ruffstuff DIY long arm kit CavFab 1 ton steering Track Bar from a Xj Tj Rubicon Express 5.5” coils Bilstein 5100 shocks Custom track bar mount, the parts list kind of stops where you have to start shaving the frame a little and mounting things where you want it, especially the track bar mount

[@BHFabrication]

@@travis5421 yes

[@harrisonrawlinson5650]

So did you convert it to 4WD? I’m in the UK so I’m not familiar with the 4.0 variant. It was my understanding that they were RWD

[@bennettsteers9235]

The UK Ranger is different than the American Ranger. The UK rangers are rebadged Mazda B series trucks while the American rangers where built by ford since 1983. In America you can get the 4.0L with 4wd and it's quite common.

[@bobbarker142]

I’ve got a step side extended cab 4.0 4x4. Pretty cool little truck

[@genoory5090]

How much your budget cost you to get it done? Or how much in parts?

[@BHFabrication]

1k to get the front on its own wait, (4 link kit, steering, coils, shocks, etc.)

[@genoory5090]

@@BHFabrication I got 33 interco thornbirds I bought. So I think imma go with a 6" lift, with no blocks, custom build leaf hangars for lift and a dana 44 front axle and swap out the coil spring buckets for leaf spring mounts. Reason because its cheap to modify, easy to lift and I love the classic purity of it like hard body chevys

[@apex__jelli6652]

How do you lock your hubs ?

[@BHFabrication]

Dana 30 hubs are constant locked, unless converted to manual

[@thesilversphincter]

Can you use a 8.8 for a front axle?

[@BHFabrication]

Simple answer will be no

[@thesilversphincter]

Not symple answer? Could you explain why?

[@BHFabrication]

@@thesilversphincter well you could retube it and offset the diff and weld Cs and knuckles on it but I’m not of any 8.8 axle shafts that have stub shafts that will work with any hub, so my answer would be No, even if you could, I wouldn’t just because a Dana 44 will be the better equivalent

[@thesilversphincter]

Yeah I wasn't sure. Everyone says the 8.8 is a great axle I was thinking if find a 5.0 explorer with the bigger spline 8.8 then I could put my ranger 8.8 up front. ...it wasn't ever designed to be a front so that's the issue yes? It makes sense that I couldn't find any 8.8 conversations lol. Hifive