Ford Ranger Prerunner

[suicideneil]

Sweet, just love the motor under the hood- how much more scale do you want?

...very cool...LOVE the motor like that...What is that motor mount? seems i missed that somewhere...

[NickRummy]

Originally Posted by BitHed

...very cool...LOVE the motor like that...What is that motor mount? seems i missed that somewhere...

It's or a Hyper 7. I shaved off one side of it so that it would sit flush on a mount when it's on it's side. I had to open the slots up for the 4mm bolts too.

[Modding_out]

I want to see some progress You have a stellar build here, I have always adored scalers especially pre-runners (my all time fav) But I always talk my self out of building one, cause I wound never run it After putting all that work into it, I would be afraid of breaking it

I built a fully custom 4x4 stampede lat year, halve the parts I made my self the other halve were name brand.....The project originally started as a way to whoop up on the emaxx's....but now I have 3 maxxs. And my stampede sits as a shelf queen..and I hate shelf queens but I have no reason to run it cause of the maxxes, but I won't sell it because of all the effort I put into it, and if I did drive it I would be afraid of breaking it(even though I built it like a tank..go figure) SO were does that leave me?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

SO were does that leave me?

Like a spare prick at a wedding...

[Modding_out]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Like a spare prick at a wedding...

Yes I see your point, especially since you've had experience being the "spare" at those faggy marriages you attended.......

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Modding_out

Yes I see your point, especially since you've had experience being the "spare" at those faggy marriages you attended.......

Man, you just keep getting me confused with Harold... I bet his cheeks are burning, seeing that you are talking about him again...

[_paralyzed_]

let us not soil the good thread provided for us by NickRummy, let us take our potshots at each other elsewhere

Linc's infatuation with me is really getting creepy. I recently got a friends request from him sent through the "Gimps gone Wild" website.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

"Gimps gone Wild" website.

Hmm, I am having a hard time picturing the spring break edition of gimps gone wild. Wheelchairs and sandy beaches do not work very well. Although gimps and booze are quite funny, till someones foot gets run over.

Yes, I agree lets stay out of Nick's thread.

[NickRummy]

You guys are too much

Somehow I found time to wonder into the shop today I've been thinking about this steering setup for quite some time and I figured for the first attempt I'd just go ahead and try to replicate the more complicated multi link setup. Haven't made a ton of progress but this is where it's at. Sorry for the cell pics.

Brackets mounted to the frame and steering links made for the knuckles.



Here's the start of the drop brackets. Top will mount to the brackets on the frame and the bottom drops down below the frame rails. If all goes well, the steering links connect to these then there will be a link that connects each side together. Then there will be one main link that goes from the servo to one side of the steering assembly to turn it. This should allow for minimal bump steer throughout the whole range of travel.

[suicideneil]

Clear as mud ( the description of how it all fits together )

Looks good though, keeping it scale & therefore real(istic) = win :)

[NickRummy]

Alright. Made some good progress today! Still have some bugs to work out but I think this might just work.

Both the drop brackets are done and in place. I'm either going to have to reconfigure how the links are mounted or move the chassis mounts.



Here's a shot of the steering full lock to one side. I'm going to have to get some thinner head hardware because the clearances are pretty slim. It's REALLY close to being perfect though. I didn't have time to fab a cross link to connect the sides together. I will probably wait until I get the brackets in the right place anyways. I'm pretty sure I can get some rod ands that are a little smaller too.



I had to rig this side a little to get the bracket in the right place. Ideally I want the drop bracket in the middle of the chassis bracket so I have to rework this side.



The connection point for the drop bracket and the steering link is just barely below and just barely outside of the beam mount so the steering links follow the beam's travel almost perfectly.



That's it for now! I'll get some better hardware so the fit is better and see where I can move the mounts to make it work smoother. Then I'll make the cross link and mount the servo and give it a test.

[What's_nitro?]

Sweet man... I like that you're welding everything yourself.

[NickRummy]

Steering issues are starting to make my brain hurt so moving on to something else.

Specs are as follows:

- shock length extended 6.36" (47.75" to scale)
- shock length compressed 4.09" (30.7" to scale)
- Lower link length 8" eye to eye (60" to scale)

Here's sitting at ride height.



Here's the bump which is about 1.13" (8.5" to scale) of up travel. I don't think I'll get much more than this because the axle will hit the frame.



Here's the down travel. Drops out about 3.33" (25" to scale). So overall it has around 4.46" (33.5" to scale) of travel.

[NickRummy]

I got the stock rear fenders cut out. Ready to start building them up into a mold for some flared fenders. Also put together a mock up set of trailing arms.