ford 9" into a ranger

[shineynitelite]

anybody have experience in this field? more specifically how you made it fit.

[sc0tty8]

My old neighbor had a 9" in his ranger, I remember he also had it shortened...

[Osiris22]

what ya running for torque.?

Junkyards nowadays are getting gold for 9" rear ends.

Now that I start to think after baking in the sun. don't lots of explorers have 8.8. Yes they do with the 7/8" 31 spline axles and TLocs to boot. find one of those. Either will be fine, but with the explorer rear option No need for cutting of axles. Just take entire rear end out of explorer and put it in Ranger. Case closed. If I remember right the ranger shocks mount to the tube So You'll have to do some cutting and welding for the shocks to bolt up.

[shineynitelite]

i guess he doesnt want the 3.56 gears that come in them


torque is unknown, we think its a 4.0 ford factory crate motor

[Akromix]

i guess he doesnt want the 3.56 gears that come in them


torque is unknown, we think its a 4.0 ford factory crate motor

then why put a 9" in?????????

[shineynitelite]

then why put a 9" in?????????

becuase he has a few of them laying around, and has blown 2 ranger rear ends. he wants something stronger with posi and steeper gears

[Akromix]

ok...

[Osiris22]

lmfao @ blowing lots of rears with 4.0 crate. did he happen to set up the rear ends himself?

The 7/8" 31 spline 8.8 handle goobs of torque. There are hundreds of peeps on this board with way more torque than any 4.0 crate motor. and lots even run stock 3/4" axles. Bottom Line In My opinion a 9" behind a crate 4.0 V6 is total overkill.

[SicLinc98]

plasma cutter.

[Osiris22]

plasma cutter.

I don't have enough plasma. I just donated.

[shineynitelite]

lmfao @ blowing lots of rears with 4.0 crate. did he happen to set up the rear ends himself?

The 7/8" 31 spline 8.8 handle goobs of torque. There are hundreds of peeps on this board with way more torque than any 4.0 crate motor. and lots even run stock 3/4" axles. Bottom Line In My opinion a 9" behind a crate 4.0 V6 is total overkill.

who knows why they blow, 32" tires maybe?


thanks for the help

[Joe M]

Is he doing 6k Neutral Drops? Theres no way a 4.0 should be blowing out trannys.

[Akromix]

Is he doing 6k Neutral Drops? Theres no way a 4.0 should be blowing out trannys.

It isn't blowing out transmissions. It's breaking rear ends.

[shineynitelite]

correction, hes on the 2nd tranny 2nd rear end..

[shineynitelite]

Is he doing 6k Neutral Drops? Theres no way a 4.0 should be blowing out trannys.

no he doesnt do stupid stuff like that, its a ranger shit just breaks all the time who knows