First Drives Are Frustrating 

Well my current project is a Frankenstein k20/k24 swapped drift ranger. I have an 8.8 in the rear out of an exploder and I've designed a 4-link and cantilever setup for it that will probably use r6 rear shocks and have the kinematics I want, as well as being easily adjustable for street vs light trail setup. I'm working on designing the front suspension around possibly a Corvette steering knuckle and for how custom the whole thing will be, a lot of my decisions come down to ease of finding parts if something breaks I didn't fabricate myself... most of my holdup at the moment is just practice and tooling for the fab work and the cost of everything. Hopefully I'll be starting to put up some videos soon myself and possibly build a bit of following to see if RU-vid can help me make the project more feasible, but most of the work I've done on the truck has just been restoring a bunch of stuff previous owners have ruined... including the rear axle, cause the 20" wheels the last guy had on it took the clutch and 7.5" axle out behind the shed.

Just the rear suspension alone will be at least a couple grand including the fuel cell I'll need in order to get the gas tank out of the way, and the engine swap will involve a plate to convert to LS-style transmission, that transmission, aftermarket intake plenum, custom exhaust, all the fuel lines and pressure regulator, and a standalone ECU for the things I want to do with the vehicle, and that's all before I even think of putting boost into it.. but each chunk of project should make it nicer one by one, so at least the vehicle isn't all work no reward until everything is done.

I have sooo many builds I want to do, but no room for any of it. Nowhere to tear something down to build, and nowhere to park when done. Plus very little ambition. One thing that I should really do is "build" my 1997 F250. It has the D50 TTB as well and could really use Solo Motorsport's coilover kit. Would love to do exhaust and a tuner on the 7.3l too. Plus some interior upgrades and finish the stereo. Will I though? That's the real question. 😂

@@amorton94 do a 4-link with canti coilovers! C'mon, it's what the cool kids are doing!

@@LifeInJambles Nah, the Solo kit should be more than plenty to liven up this old best. Plus, it seems to be pretty straight forward. May switch up to coilovers someday, but IDK, might just save that money for a dedicated offroad build.

Let me know if you ever plan a trip down to SE Idaho 😅. It would be cool to see the F150 as well.

@@BuildSomethingAuto that may happen in the next couple of months. I’m due for an Idaho trip. The truck is featured on both of my channels, it was built on the channel I’m commenting with and it’s freshly featured on my Bullford82 channel. Check it out!

Thank you so much, I appreciate that! Best of luck in your surgery, I hope its not anything too serious!

Sounds like an awesome project, especially with your kids. Good luck on making it work!

@@BuildSomethingAuto hey thanks for your reply! Your content is awesome and I can relate to your trials and pushing through to find creative solutions. You attitude is also inspiring and enjoyable to watch. Keep working hard my brother. God bless you and your family.

I didnt think anyone would notice 🤣. I swear I fixed it once, guess Ive had the steering back apart since then

Good luck on your projects that sounds awesome!

Thank you so much! Im glad I can help. Sounds like a fun project!

I didn't expect anyone to think the tires were too small 😂. My first explorer was on 31's (stock is 27 I think). You can see it here if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QlhxbUQAV2A.html

Its been a while since I originally filled it and decided on which fluid so I dont remember exactly, but I believe on a 12 valve the owners manual states not to use ATF. Later cummins i believe do though.