Anybody offer any kits to do one? '01 F150 screw. Waste of time?

 

i just started a thread on this. is 99 SAS.

Theres no one that i know of that sells a kit. But you can do it with some custom fab work. and IMO its not a waist of time.

But that depends on what you are using the truck for and if you plan to keep it.

 

look in the 99 SAS thread like 4.2trimble said.

Like i told him, make sre you knwo what your doing 100% reasearch reasearch reasearch, rethink it, reasearch more, do alot of welding, save up tons of money research more. save more money. more welding. then start haha.

 

this company makes one, they have had it out for quite a while. i've never heard alot about it, not sure why, but if i wasn't the best fabricator and wanted a solid axle and didnt wanna destroy my truck ( bad tire wear, possibly unsafe, god only knows what COULD happen along the way)
http://www.setstr8.com/97f-150conv.htm this kit is to use coils with radius arms. i was just snopping around and heres a link to a guy who did a sas using leafs up front, tons of pics i thought you made find useful.
http://rides.webshots.com/album/276994822SOJTDh?start=0 bad *** truck too. if it was my truck i would do the fabritech, yeah its cost more but it takes alot of the crap work outta the swap and it uses easy to find parts, dana 44 outta the older broncos and f150, simple, durbable, and parts are cheap and everbody makes stuff for those axles.

 

Look how far that front crossmember drops down! You would at least have to cut that out and weld in a straight piece between the frame rails to get some axle flex

 

x2... that front crossmember is clearly not designed for use in a solid front axle setup. I would have cut it out and put something else in. If one wanted to use that crossmember, you would need at least 6'' of lift to clear it.

 

I'm currently doing an SAS on my 93 explorer. In the RBV world the fabritech lift was pretty much universally disliked, did not perform well. You can build it yourself if you're willing to put in the research, time, and sweat. It's not that bad but you need to have a very good understanding of how suspensions work. I would recomend buying the book "Chassis Engineering" by Herb Adams. It's geared more towards race cars (oval/street) but will give you a basis to work from. You will need to decide what type of supension you want (leaf, radius arm/panhard, 1, 3, 4 link etc).

I'm using a radius arm/panhard bar setup on my explorer. It's what the donor truck (79 f150) had from the factory and is really the best way for this application...your's will differ.

I'll be happy to answer any other questions you may have

 

IMO - Waste of time and money.

Can it be done?
Sure!

Is it cheaper to sell your truck and buy another one with a solid front axle? Yes!

Think about buying a F250 or F350, or and 1996 F150 or older, or a late model 1/2, 3/4, or 1 ton Dodge.

Good luck if you do try it!

 

If you are building it for a purpose (rocks, difficult trails, etc.) there are MANY advantages to building yourself. The main one is that no one truck has all of the best parts for what you want to do. One truck may have the best front axle for you, another one may have a better rear axle, very few trucks ever come with super low gearing, this truck may have a better x-fer case and on and on and on. In the end you'll end up replacing everything anyway if you really push the vehicle haha. Unless you are wanting something to show, building beats buying any time (IMO) but I have to say that...i'm building haha. Cost wise i'll have less than 3k in mine and I haven't skimped anywhere, just good at finding deals. A full size could cost considerable more though, especially if you do it right and go with a d60 front. All that's moot though if you buy something someone else built...but where's the fun in that haha

 

I like how you said that^^^

some people just dont know why we BUILD things.

Buying a truck with a D60 already in it does nothng for me, ill still have to take it out and rebuild the axle with stronger parts.

What im using my truck for theres no need for 3/4 or 1 ton. Its too LONG

Another thing you must think about is when somethng is built CUSTOM like this by yourself you know the breaking point and you can make certain thngs stronger for your needs.

like CODE said "no 1 truck will suit my needs" but a combination of different trucks will get very close.