Thanks

Yes E4OD.It takes less throttle to get it moving from a stop than before with the stock 3.55s.The highway fuel mileage may have suffered a little bit.But it was a gas hog before so there wasn't a big difference.

 

sounds like a plan!

would you go with 4:56's if you did it over? hows your mpgs? im getting 12mpg w/ 302 e4od 3:55 gears and 33s.. might go with 35s in the future

 

not trying to thread jack or turn this into a show off your rig thread, but wanted to go ahead and put updates of how my truck looks with 4" rough country, and the modifications ive done to it yesterday/today

befor


after cutting to make more room for tires to get onto bigger rocks


after sanding the chrome, priming twice with black primer, sanded for rough adheasive, then 4 layers of rhino liner


disregard how the alignment looks, on level ground its all good, my driveway is garbage, not at all level

to come yet.... 6" holes for lights just inside frame rails (need shallow lights due to mounting brackets, cut out license plate mount area to make room for the winch to be shoved behind the bumper

 

no problem I appreciate the pics it helps me seewhat the truck I end up wth will look ike

 

I don't think you would have a problem with tipping a 6" and 35's
However if you want flex lose the sway bars first and look into different springs if you can afford it. I read an article saying that the lift kits springs don't allow hardly any flex compared to what is actually possible with the ttb.
Also for a wider stance the width of your rims will help a lot. Wider rims with less backspacing may be hard on the ball joints and such but a 12" wide rim with 4"BS will make your stance a heck of a lot wider than a 9" with 4.5BS. Just some food for thought.

 

Aye, i havent ever had sway bars on my f150, my flex is so so.... i could definitely use some Deaver springs in the rear, and superflex coils up front...

 

http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=9287
Good read for anyone lifting a TTB.
How does your truck do on road without sway bars? I was thinking about eliminating mine once I'm done with the lift, but my truck sees a lot of road use and soon to be some highway.

 

its my daily driver, i get some body roll on a onramp doing 45-50 but nothing that ever worries me.... my neighbor proliferated having sway bars till he wanted more flex in his bronco, and drove my truck on the road and off, since then hes eliminated his... right now my biggest issue is i have wheel hop in the rear and need to get some trac bars for it to eliminate it.... but im broke, and i really cant afford to drop that kinda money on something i can possibly make with enough research...

i also need lockers, and gears as im still running stock 3.55's on the 33's...wanna go 4.56, and im thinkin rather then lockers, ill prob do a double xfer case setup for 4:1 ratio, i think, but im not sure, but i think that may benefit me more offroad...

 

I hear ya on the traction bars, being a shortbed with mud terrains and a 5 speed let alone the torque of the inline six, I could roast the tires off my truck before now it hops like a damn bunny rabbit with bigger tires.
I was looking at traction bars and they are just over priced, I'm gunna end up making my own.

 

if you come across any decent ammount of information on that, let me know.. any thoughts on gearing my axles properly and doing a xfer case doubler insted of lockers and gears? would it net more torque to turn wheels that sometime stop turning (extreme situations) or would lockers be the better way to go (albeit way more expensive)

 

Lockers for sure.
But lockers and gears would be best. Look into lunchbox lockers if you don't wheel super hard.
4.30's for 33's and 4.56 for 35's. Not sure how a double tc would work for ya.
I have some good reads on doing a gear swap and had some nice videos of detroit true tracs and such.

 

so far my truck has been on the lvl 8 trails around this area, which not much needed, but would like to greatly improve crawling over certain things rather then brute forcing over them... which has led to me bending a tie rod (not by impacting a rock...but by forcing one tire to turn in so hard it bent the tie rod) this weekend... lol

definitely wanting 4.56 gears cause ill be upgrading the tires eventually, not within a year tho, but might as well prepare rather then have to upgrade later... and about the lunchbox lockers? which is the best? aussie looks good, and almost 400-500 cheaper then the elockers i was looking at

 

Heres some more of my truck ........
alittle flex

again

ARB air locker and 4.88s work amazing

Im 6' just to show you how tall it is and it sit semi-level

 

I'm sure everyone gets sick of seeing mine but here is one picture.


-Curtis-

 

^^Ill never get sick of seeing that beautiful truck......im gonna be doin a SAS damn near the same as yours ive been reading you build thread ^^