Suspension mods...
The suspension from the Ranger is a little bit stiff, not good for driving safely at high speeds, in my quest for more power I had to modify this as well.
I turned upside down the load leaf, which is the shortest one, this made the truck much softer on the back, improving ride quality and eliminating the classic rear sagging from the Ford trucks. The load capacity is good but I feel it diminished a little bit, I still can carry over 1000 pounds without any problem.
This is a pic from my Helwig rear antisway bar, an excellent add on. The front has a stock sway bar.
This are my James Duff traction bars (mines are black, I got the picture from James Duff website!). This things help a lot to control wheel spin, great for launching at the strip.
I replaced the ugly stock steel wheels by this aluminum wheels from a Ford Explorer and Pirelli Zero's (255/60/15), this tires really stick to the pavement!. You can also see the stillen brakes and slotted disc rotors.
I installed ferrocarbon brake pads to improve braking, they work better than stock pads, nearly no brake dust and are very quiet. I coundn't get Hawk performance pads again, so I installed ceramic brake pads now, they work even better the the ferrocarbon ones, the bite is amazing even after driving hard for a while.
This a shot from my Rancho RS9000 shocks and the pneumatic connection to control their stiffness independently at front and rear.
This is the in-cab control for the suspension.
This is the compressor for the shock's remote control, it's located inside of the tool box to keep it dry.
I installed a 7.5" Trac lock differential from Ford Racing. This improved even more my traction when I launch with nitrous, helps the truck to just jump forward!.
I would like to upgrade the rear drum brakes to disc ones, but it's kind of hard to get an Explorer rear axle here, unless I take it from my mother's truck, hahahaha.
This are the suspension diagnostics results of such setup, with a supension efficiency from 93.3% to 99.7%, this proves that the truck really handles well when the RS9000 shocks are set to 3/4 stiffness.
This setup allows me to turn at 100 mph without swaying or anything. The fastest curve I've taken was at 125 mph going downhill, don't try this at home!. The truck handles really nice on the curves.
