Thread: 99 ranger build on a budget

Well i turned 16 last year and got into offroad trucks through a buddy. My dad bought the truck in 98 from the dealer and drove it for work. The truck got past down to my oldest sister how drove it for 2 years then to my other sister for 2 years and now to me. I decided to dive into the truck and got it back to stock before i got my licence. I have been gathering parts ever sence. About a month ago the build began. As of now the truck is sitting in my driveway with a brand new 3.0 in it 100 miles on it a dead fuel pump and no bed. As of suspention it has a camburg 5.5 up front and deaver g50s in the rear. I still need shocks im looking for 2.5 10 inch smoothies if anyone has some for sell. Let me know what you think.

I finnished installing the deavers ill get more pics tomarow

forget the deavers, need pics of the sisters!!

Fiqured id bump this old thread and post some updates. Modified the bumper so its more streamline. put in a tool box to hold anything and eveything i could need if somthing goes wrong. Then the truck got broken into in front of a buddies house they stole 800 dollors worth of stearo equpment. i took the truck to pismo and had a blast truck did great the rear is a littlle stiff but the front rides amazing. i got a ticket while i was there. the chp said i was speeding when i wasnt he wrote me for 78 in a 65 when i was doing 55 up the grade. both me and my friend got a fix it ticket also. I got back and went over the truck and reliezed the bumper and hitch were draging so i pulled the rear bumper and cut up the hitch so it sits much closer to the frame of the truck. right now im waiting on funds for a bedcage and shocks.

I also still need to cut my bedsides and aparently learn to embed photos

So although no ones interested figured I have nothing better to do but to update this old thread i bough a 50 cal racing hid, cut my rear bedsides and adding some bracing to my front bumper. What's an update without pics right

And one more of the bumper

Originally Posted by ranger and a honda

I decided to dive into the truck and got it back to stock before i got my licence. I have been gathering parts ever sence. About a month ago the build began.

Besides your fluency with written English, and a well thought out build this is the most impressive part of this thread! Right on kid!
Mike

Thanks I've been doing my best to keep it more street friendly than anything else I just like to be able to play around in on the weekends and drive to school the next day

looks good dude, your on the right path. Basically how my build is going. romp on the weekends and drive to school on monday. but mine has that snowball effect ya dig

Yea i know how that goes... "dont worry mom its just a lift and fenders and bumper and... and... and..." the last coment my parents made about my truck was "atleast you have a job to pay for it cause lord knows im not going to"

One last update i've been doing a lot of cleaning lately mostly of the engine bay i'm happy with how much cleaner it is; it's still pretty dirty but i'd say i've gotten through at least 120,xxx miles of grime of the 210,xxx haha. I love the feeling of poping the hood and looking at a clean and organzied motor covered in mostly useless smog crap.

Nice start on your build that 3.0 looks like it actually might make some power lol

Originally Posted by ranger and a honda

Thanks I've been doing my best to keep it more street friendly than anything else I just like to be able to play around in on the weekends and drive to school the next day

good call! but dont forget taking the girls out on the weekend

I hardly ever DD my truck to school as i ride my beach cruiser to school, but my students like to see the truck and what has gone into in the lot.

be cool, stay in school,
Mike

keep going man do the rear now....

Haha yeah everyone says the 3.0 is a pile but i've seen a couple making decent power so i have faith and it does everything i ask it to so no complaints.

I'm defanatly staying in school im moving to grover beach in june and going to cuesta for 2 years then cal poly. I would take girls out in the ranger a lot more if there was a place to use it arround here, i usualy just load them up in the Fj40 and take to the cabin up in Pinehurst so the can play in the snow while i see if i can break somthing haha.

I'm taking donations for the rear haha extra tubing whatever you can spare.

Right now im looking for an 8.8 out of and expo to swap in with 4.10s L/S, 32's and some 12" emulsions i like to keep things under the bed rails.

i have a question in the front of my truck im running 2" wheel spacers i check the bearings often and everything seems to be good and tight. Am i going to run into problems later on keep in mind i have very low ofset rims (stock alcoa's) so essentialy its just like running a rim with a larger offset right?

Yea my poor little 3.0 hates life hahah and 2 inch wheel spacers are pretty sketchy they probably wont cause any problems but i would want them off my truck as soon as possible and no i'm pretty sure its a different concept running wheels with a larger offset

i guess i might take then off then idk i like how it fills out the fenders a little better. Another question i have; the rear end likes to buck would moving the shackles back help with this and will it make the pack softer? Ive tried the search but i havnt found anything ill keep looking though.

nice truck, pretty much what I have in mind to build, whats the cost so far if you don't mind me asking.

Originally Posted by ranger and a honda

i guess i might take then off then idk i like how it fills out the fenders a little better. Another question i have; the rear end likes to buck would moving the shackles back help with this and will it make the pack softer? Ive tried the search but i havnt found anything ill keep looking though.

i don't know if you still have the stock shocks in the rear but if you do you should wait until you get some smoothies or whatever you are gonna get and then see how it rides and if the bucking is still bad then i would consider relocating the shackles

Alright I'm looking to run some smoothies under the bed on some custom mounts so I can keep most of my bed.

As far as cost so far
Used camburg kit 1200
Deavers and shackles well um 175 (I bought them off fretis he was going to toss them they had one testing trip on them he didn't like them and went to links)
Random stuff like brakes paint and other 150
And in my case new motor 3000
Rebuilt tranny 1500
Grand total of 6025

I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but I've dump all my extra money into this truck.

I love my 3.0 but then again mines built lol.

Originally Posted by Shaklakan

I love my 3.0 but then again mines built lol.

have you actaully driven the thing yet?

I've had 2 rangers with a 3.0 one a 5sp and one auto. I loved my 5spd that truck would break em loose in 2nd with a smash on the throttle. the auto had issues, but for what it was it ran great. I always hear people hating on the 3.0, but i love that engine.

Truck is coming along nice. looks good.

i also have a 3.0 in my DD ranger with a 5spd. no complaints, has plenty of power even with stock gears to do anytihng i want it to do. doesnt compare to me 3.4 in the yota though lol

Originally Posted by Shaklakan

I love my 3.0 but then again mines built lol.

Built? Whats done to the motor?

And thanks for the compliments everyone.

Originally Posted by Shaklakan

I love my 3.0 but then again mines built lol.

If you don't mind how much was it to build and what kind of power numbers are we talking?

Originally Posted by Goon Squawder

If you don't mind how much was it to build and what kind of power numbers are we talking?

too much and not enough....thats my opinion anyways lol
it does sound pretty good though.

how is the deavers working for you? im debating on what to do for my back i have hte camburg up front but back is stock

The deavers are nice for big hits when I first got them they were stiff as hell. I took out 2 leaves and that helped a ton then I put the tool box back there with all my tools and its a lot better still a little stiff but not to bad. You have to remember i just have some pro comp lift shocks back there

Looks like i might be getting some 32's this weekend keep your fingers crossed for me. One question will they clear the bedsides there not pulled?

Gave her a good bath today

Nice truck man looks like a good start

Thanks man

More pics for the hell of it

Picked up some old gas tanks this week, I'm going to mount them over the holes for the shackles I my bed. I'm going to paint them of green tonight, also getting a new electric fan I went through the Pismo river durning high tide and got water in the fan so it took a shit on me.

Looking good man. Like it.

Got a new fan put in and rewired cleaner than the other one, and sealed better. Haha got the paint for the gas cans. The colors like satin something green I wish it was a little darker but they didnt have olive green In satin

I got my gas cans set up the same way on either side of my spare..I like the look of it

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Originally Posted by Millsy

I got my gas cans set up the same way on either side of my spare..I like the look of it

sent from the future usin tapatalk

Got any pics?

Did more painting today finished the mounts for the gas cans I'm just going to bolt them down. Also the salty water of the pacific ocean kindly showed me every unpainted part of my truck, needless to say they are now painted. And of coarse pics