Rich's Street/Rat F100 Build Thread
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92stoccord
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I wouldn't even do that.
im digging the negative camber on the front. my bagged Ranger does that too...lol. i think 2 footaz would be too big. a set of chrome 22s with a nice lip would sic on there. whoever said that a 17/18 combo...nah. too small of a wheel combo. 22s ftw! lol. oh and i have over a foot of drop on my Ranger and i dont lay frame so i think you will have a bigger drop since you are doing a SFBD on yours.
looks good homie. cant wait to see your suspension setup in the rear of the truck. gonna do any type of crazy tube bends or just gonna keep it nice and simple?
looks good homie. cant wait to see your suspension setup in the rear of the truck. gonna do any type of crazy tube bends or just gonna keep it nice and simple?
UNDR8D
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Haha I forgot to measure the stock ride height so I really don't know to be honest.
I will either go with the steelie 15s and wide whites or some fuckin' baller ass Intro or Bonspeed 22s but at $4000 + tires...probably not.
THe rear suspension is going to be a basic triangulated 4 link. The bars are going to be made out of 4 pieces, assembled together to form a boxed shape. The sides panels of said box shape will be hole cut and dimple died, especially on the lower bars as these will be load bearing.
Bags are going to be forward mounted, inside the frame with a lever and a link that depresses the lower bar as the bag is inflated raising the truck...aka cantilever but a little more artistic than your basic hacked together set up. The linkage ratios will be 1:1 on both pivots so 4" of lift at the bag = 8" of lift at the axle based on the radius of the lower bar.
u coulda just said u were gonna do a bag on bar setup...lol.
check out this months issue of Trucks magazine. there is a '56 F-100 in there thats bagged and has a propane powered 460 in that makes 500hp. it badass
yup! thats the one i was taking about
UNDR8D
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SIC looking crossmembers!! 
kinda like PLANE JANE?
yeah that truck is sic as hell. i saw it in person a few years ago at Indy Truck Bash.
UNDR8D
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I've been moving a bit slowly lately but I accomplished some things today.
I am building a wishbone three link so I made the wishbone:
Cut out the upper and lower plates:
Wrapped 2"x1/8" plate around all the curvature, and the outside with cut outs for the rod ends
Rod ends welded in
I am going to clean up all the welds, inside and out...I only got one corner done
Here's an idea of how it will be situated
That's all for now. I am going to finish cleaning up all the welds and smoothing it out, then I need to build the lower link bars and bag mounts. Then on to the front suspension!
I am building a wishbone three link so I made the wishbone:
Cut out the upper and lower plates:
Wrapped 2"x1/8" plate around all the curvature, and the outside with cut outs for the rod ends
Rod ends welded in
I am going to clean up all the welds, inside and out...I only got one corner done
Here's an idea of how it will be situated
That's all for now. I am going to finish cleaning up all the welds and smoothing it out, then I need to build the lower link bars and bag mounts. Then on to the front suspension!
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