Best Front End Suspension for a Ford Ranger Street Truck - Trucks! S13, E4 

Love the show, I have a f-150 for 12 years and I really want to restore so I keep watching ti learn how to get my truck back together.

1:22 that's not a carp with a underbite it's a dorkfish looking for a corndog. Lol

I can’t wait to see how those front fenders turn out!

I'm pretty excited to see the finished product. I have always been fascinated with the engineering of the 03-04 Cobra IRS and to see it in a application like this one is very cool!

It's amusing to see a lecture on Akerman Geometry for a chassis with the steering on the wrong side of the front axle line. Even more so for handling on a pickup chassis. Hope everything gets stripped down and the chassis cleaned properly, before painting and coating so it doesn't rust away from bare welds.

The Truck of my Dreams

Great bump steer info and fix

Very cool stuff! This build is very similar to my Daddywagon! The Daddywagon is a 1985 fox body station wagon with Cobra IRS and those same front Brembo brakes!

Aw man, you guys didn’t show the geometry of the suspension fabrication

I can't believe that you guys didn't media blast that frame and powder coat it.

Amen! Keep em coming

that castle nut on the lower control arm is humongous.

why didnt yall paint the frame

Love your work

You guys could easily make a mold and foam or styrofoam for engine block or trans for some clearance issues

who flinched when he jacked the spindle by the grease fitting on the ball joint

i tried using that royal purple stuff, after about a mile i couldn't even shift my transmission any more without fighting, it sounded horrible like it had no oil in it at all.. i made it home drained it, put standard stuff in.. and everything was right in the world again.. smooth shifts, no noise.. it was like i filled my transmission with water and sand... when I tried using this stuff..

Good work 👍

Surely your going to clean up that chassis and paint /powder coat it?

Some of those welds look down right SCARY...

What are you going to do with the frame?? That bare metal gonna rust real quick 🤔🤔

Any chance at seeing a wrapup on that '72 Mercury Marquis?

2:10 "cause we wanna keep the stock hood" Except... you replaced the hood like 2 episodes ago with a non-stock hood.

If memory serves me correctly when I replaced my front hubs on my 2000 Mustang GT, the torque spec on the hub nut is around 250 - 300 ft lbs. I don’t think the little ug a duggas you gave it was close to spec.

I wonder if this truck is still around. Or did the show crush it after taping?

3:35 Stay away from P/S racks that have carelessly sprayed black paint. Usually they only last one year. Spend the extra money to get one was that rebuilt by an OEM supplier. The higher price is offset by the reduced frustration of having to do the job over and over. Sure, I can't warn the people who made this, show, but I can warn any DIY-er watching this video. Whether you are an amateur or pro, just stay away from cheap rebuilt P/S racks. 4:10 This is one reason I prefer driving German cars over other American and Japanese cars. They trade some suspension comfort for better cornering. Sure, they don't use solid P/S rack mounts, but they tend to use a stiffer grade of rubber on P/S rack bushings. However, when I have to do maintenance and repairs, I don't like German cars. 7:20 alignment machines test this automatically. If a stock suspension has an incorrect Ackermann measurement, some component is damaged and must be replaced. Adjusting other suspension parts does no good. 10:55 I love when auto manufacturers do this to their cars. The batteries tend to last twice as long on average when the battery is not under the hood, and last dramatically longer if the underhood space is far too tight. My mom's (And practically everyone's) 1985 Nissan Maxima never got much life out of batteries due to blazing underhood temperatures, and very little clearance between the battery and all the other components underhood. I intend to buy an Evo X in the future, and they were all built with the battery mounted in the backseat. 13:30 Another thing that can happen when a driveshaft gets loose. The engine immediately overrevs. Since you are using EFI, that won't be a problem. With non-computerized engines, it is recommended to buy a rev limiter module for your ignition distributor. That saves your engine when the driveshaft breaks loose.

The powernation is located in Franklin, Tennessee

BC can make custom coilovers for ya. They in florida.

Can I hire this shop todo this on my ranger ?!? I’m doing a build right now

Great VIEDO

Link for the brakes? The front rotors?

Works nice if you have all the tools ect.!!!!!!!

This video is literally at least 20 years old. This truck was sold online about 2 years ago by the 3rd or 4th owner since this build.

All that suspension talk and we are not told how the Ackerman was set or re established in view of the fact the front axle was moved. Then there is the matter of cost. We see all these custom parts going on to a vehicle, but no mention of the cost. Is all this stuff for free?

They are plug welds and scarf joints. Not "rosette welds and fishmouths"

What year mustang was the steering rack from?

Why is there a mazda b2500 fender on a ford ranger

They already did the rolling thunder reveal, obviously this videos are old but because they’re already filmed they could’ve structured the release dates linear.

F en love your videos

You have to coat the frame. Just for looks.

Large mouth bass have mouths that extend past their eyes (welds).

O como fazer, deveria ser um pouco mais detalhado. No geral, muito bom...👍👍👍

I would have had the fuel tank mounts underneath so the tank can be lowered easier. Once a bed is on this truck removing the fuel tank will require unbolting the bed and removing it......what a pain in the butt.

How long ago was this made?

Rolling Thunder is Almost the Best Truck Build to Date

It just me or is this thing technically mid engine

Please tell me this has ac.

A cluster fu_k of a of a nice size truck. A v6 turbo with all stock type and afmark.parts and keep all of the goodies ac,heat,ps,ect.....

I would’ve used a 4 link coil spring axle in the rear instead. It’s just better for drifting and doing burnouts than IRS will ever be.

Does it bother anyone else that these guys are bolting on all this fine equipment to a rusty old frame???

Kind of mad you guys never cleaned the frame

Well you won't be able to drop the fuel tank ever again

11:20 it should be 8lbs per gallon not 6lbs per gallon.

69K view...NICE

If only regular Television could be shown COMMERCIAL-FREE (NOT counting the crap their hawking with their sponsors,Lol.!!!) Ahhhhhhhhh..........

Seems like the first thing to do would be to clean up and coat the frame.......🤦🏻‍♂️

I always wonder how low these videos really are 😂

Please paint that frame! All that work and you didn't paint the frame damn that kind of sucks

7:55 American hate curves 😂

And to think if your truck could do the speed limit you would be home already😕

you should call this project"how to turn a truck into a car. when this is done the only thing this truck will haul is ego.

Sorry about the bird body, but let the public be aware of the car you purchase for your new project car.

I swear all the hosts of these shows speak to the audience like they're 6 year olds. I wonder why.

this truck was built a couple years ago must be bored

8lbs per gallon.

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Why not just dump a ranger body on a mustang. Actually why do it at all?? What an ugly truck.

Stop talking

Power nation is getting desperate. This video came out over 5years ago.