Adam, His Ranger, and His Heep

[Staggering_Genius]

Adam
18
Littleton, well "Unincorporated Jeffco"

The Ranger, aka "Snow Ball"
2000 Ford Ranger XLT 4X4
3.0L 182 CI V6
4R44E Auto Tranny
IFS Dana35 Front Open
Ford 8.8" Rear Open
4.10:1 R&P
Torsion bar crank
Stock Rear 2.5" blocks
3" Performance Acc. Body Lift
35x15.5 Super Swamper TSLs
15x12" Rock Crawler Egg Shaped POS Rims
In bed light bar
Full Size Bumper modifyed to fit
4 Baja Lights
Magellian GPS
Cobra CB w/ non functional antenna
Custom tree branch pin striping
Custom body work by mother nature and big ehffing rocks

Fawking 8 MPG, at least I look cool!
http://a423.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/119/l_5372ae422746fa0ab976145aa2d8eb36.jpg

(Sorry, my camera is shot and the cell is the best I've got)

Yes, I know, the bumper is huge, but they don't call it "The Hooker Killer" for nothin!


The ZJ

1993 Heep Grand Cherokee Laredo

PLANS:

HP Dana44 Front
5.13:1 Open
Extended Radius arms

Ford 9" Rear
5.13:1 Full Spool
For ease I'll most likely run 63" Chebby springs or man up and run a 4 link
Mollys

7.5" lift
Cheap ass shocks
Custom bumpers, cage, and sliders
TNT frame stiffener


The engine is a freshly dropped in 4.0L Inline 6. The tranny is totally fawked. Thats why I got it for 300 bucks. Contemplating running a 351W :D

Here's the most recent shot of this POS:

http://a486.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/24/l_6048729b51b45248c21ae2bbdc20ca1d.jpg


I'll get better info in my up comming build threads

[PaleBlue90]

dont drop a 351, that motor will do you plenty. you wont like driveing a fuel sucker on the trail ya kno? you remeber the issues the blazer was haveing at slaughterhouse...

[Staggering_Genius]

Ok fine mike, a Fuel Inj. 302

[bronc_17113]

fuel economy is gona suck on a wheeling rig that is just how it is. What are u swapping out of the cherokee for the hp 44

[PaleBlue90]

ill stick to my small motors for the trail lol

[Hunter]

Me too I will stick to my "small" motor for wheeling.:)

[bronc_17113]

lol what are we comparing said motor too lol

[BLOODBANE]

On the trail my 302 has never drank a ton of fuel, now getting to the trail is another story.
P.S. nice Ranger and the HEEP needs some work.......

[Walking Eagle]

the HEEP needs some work.......
That's the understatement of the year.:D

[Hypoid]

8 MPG from a 3.0! My FEs did better than that!

The 4.0 is what...something like a 3.49" stroke? Why go backwards with a 302/5.0 and it's 3" stroke?

How much do you think the ZJ will weigh when it's done?

[bronc_17113]

what were u getting out of your fe's? the bst I have managed is 12

[Staggering_Genius]

I've only had the Heep in the garage for a week now, so it's gettin there!

I've got a 3.0 182 in the Ranger, a 4.0L would be nice, but i'm a fan of rechid excess!

No clue on the Jeep weight, I pulled a LOW PINION Dana30 and 4 link out of the ZJ and the tin foil Dana 44 rear.

Long arm lifts get into 2500 bucks. The rad. arms from my bronco are a little under a yard and the ZJ long arms are only a few inches longer. Cheap and effective!

[Hypoid]

what were u getting out of your fe's? the bst I have managed is 12The 390 4V that came in the truck would get 10 to 12 mpg, empty, loaded, towing a tall heavy trailer. The 360 2V that's in it would get a consistent 9/10 mpg with it's doggishly low compression ratio. The axles have 3.54/3.55 gear ratios, driven through a NP 435 with it's 1:1 final output.

My old '64 T-Bird was a different kind of critter. 10:1 CR, 4V intake with tall runners, tall port heads, auto tranny and (I think) 3.0:1 gears in the axle. Around town, 9 mpg. On the highway, sight the vanishing point, bury the speedo...9 mpg.

I'll have to put together my own profile one of these days.

[Hypoid]

No clue on the Jeep weight, I pulled a LOW PINION Dana30 and 4 link out of the ZJ and the tin foil Dana 44 rear.

Long arm lifts get into 2500 bucks. The rad. arms from my bronco are a little under a yard and the ZJ long arms are only a few inches longer. Cheap and effective! So what are you going to do for mounting brackets?

BTW, I really like the Heep's 4.0, especially since it's fresh and paid for and drops right in. There is no shortage of trannys for this year at the boneyard. It's not like you are trying to set a land speed record. LOL

[Warrlord]

With 4.10 gears running 35" tires, the speedometer & odometer will be inaccurate. As a result, the MPG figures will be inaccurate. With that setup, the vehicle is actually covering more ground than the speedo/odo is registering so it will seem like really crappy mileage.

As an example only, let's say you fill the tank. Then you drive 100 actual miles with your current gears & tires. Then you top off the tank & notice it took 6.1 gallons to top it off. That gives you 16.39 actual miles per gallon.

Now, after that top off of the fuel tank, you drive that same 100 actual miles but your speedo/odo only registered 76 miles. You top off the tank again & it took the same 6.1 gallons. This time it's 12.46 MPG's. This is just an example because I have no idea how far off your speedo is but you get the idea. I'd be willing to bet that you're actual MPG's are around 10-11, still sucks though. But that's because it's a small displacement V6 pushing that truck with 35" tires while it's very under geared, causing the engine to lug & work harder while your right foot is farther on the gas pedal than it needs to be to push the oversized tires with extremely increased rolling resistance down the road. If you went to 4.88's or 5.13's, you'd notice an improvement in the fuel used per mile. 5.13's would be optimum though.

[Staggering_Genius]

With 4.10 gears running 35" tires, the speedometer & odometer will be inaccurate. As a result, the MPG figures will be inaccurate. With that setup, the vehicle is actually covering more ground than the speedo/odo is registering so it will seem like really crappy mileage.

As an example only, let's say you fill the tank. Then you drive 100 actual miles with your current gears & tires. Then you top off the tank & notice it took 6.1 gallons to top it off. That gives you 16.39 actual miles per gallon.

Now, after that top off of the fuel tank, you drive that same 100 actual miles but your speedo/odo only registered 76 miles. You top off the tank again & it took the same 6.1 gallons. This time it's 12.46 MPG's. This is just an example because I have no idea how far off your speedo is but you get the idea. I'd be willing to bet that you're actual MPG's are around 10-11, still sucks though. But that's because it's a small displacement V6 pushing that truck with 35" tires while it's very under geared, causing the engine to lug & work harder while your right foot is farther on the gas pedal than it needs to be to push the oversized tires with extremely increased rolling resistance down the road. If you went to 4.88's or 5.13's, you'd notice an improvement in the fuel used per mile. 5.13's would be optimum though.


I was originally going to SAS my Ranger. To hell with the IFS!
I also needed a solid daily driver with a little better fuel economy. The Ranger is going back down to 33x12.5s. I drove all over God's green earth last summer for work and managed to get about 16mpg over all. I've got the set of tires hangin around, I just have to get them mounted and balanced.

I figured in the beginning, why drop tons of cash on gears for the SLA D35 and 8.8" when they were going to be pulled pretty soon.



4.10:1 for 33s isn't too bad

[Staggering_Genius]

I've been keeping busy.

Ranger:
I swapped in a disk/trac loc/31spline Explorer 8.8"
I ditched my stock blocks for flipped chebby drop shackles. The ride improvement is amazing. The disks stop on a dime even though I need to bleed them horribly.

ZJ:
Axles are in, suspension is set up. Now it's down to:

Trac bar, drag link, brake lines, shocks, front drive shaft, and tranny swap. (I have an 40,000 mile AW4 leaking on my garage floor right now)

I've gotta re do the front axle tho...
The lower spring pads needed to be moved in 3" on each side. Instead of grinding off the radius arm c clamp wedges and moving them over (Would have to grind the living shit out of everything) I was researching making brackets to use that actually move over the coil pads, or grinding the original pads off of the Dana30 I pulled and welding them on in place. Either way, it's gonna be a bitch. Here are some recent shots of the beasts:


http://a809.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/118/l_9c8bdd7a5c2cdac3561d314cd0050080.jpg


http://a890.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/73/l_8fc30f968b398d3f7774846fbfc6bd89.jpg

And my current drive way whore:
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http://a764.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/123/l_e937770416d71eac2c0fa97f18eab613.jpg

[schmidlkofer]

pretty cool rigs. hope to see them soon

[PaleBlue90]

I've been keeping busy.



http://a809.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/118/l_9c8bdd7a5c2cdac3561d314cd0050080.jpg


http://a890.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/73/l_8fc30f968b398d3f7774846fbfc6bd89.jpg


were did ya go wheelin at?

[Tilt168]

wow! good improvement on the heep, impressed ur running 35s on the ranger, i must say 4.10s arn't that bad but that just my opinion

[PaleBlue90]

wow! good improvement on the heep, impressed ur running 35s on the ranger, i must say 4.10s arn't that bad but that just my opinion

hes got the 3.0 slug so from what i hear it sux. he told me last he went down to 33 12.50's and stuck the 35's on his heep