3 in the front 4 in the back

 

oh i gotcha. now yours says you have a 2/2 smakes, so thats 2 front 2 back. how much would that run me in a 1997 2.3l 2wd?

 

well, you can cut you coils for free, but i would advise against it as its a hack job and youll get flamed for it. legit drop coils are like 100 bucks. and for the back, all i did was grind the rivets off my leaf hangers and flipped them upside down then bolted them back on with grade 8 hardware, cost is under 20 bucks for the bolts washers and nuts

ext cab rangers have 2 inches of rake from the factory, if you want to level it just flip your hangers. if you do both, itll retain the stock rake, just 2 inches lower lol

 

does yours handle alot better with the drop like that?

 

It'll handle better, but to make it handle well, you need to lose the rake, and go a bit lower, say 3/4 or maybe even 5/7, though you're getting past the point of handling at 5/7.

 

ya it handles beter, but with the addition of a bII 1 inch swaybar, it carves corners like a butcher carves a cow hahaha

 

thanks guys. any ideas on beefing up the 2.3l motor? its got 8 spark plugs lol

 

yank it out and drop in a 5.0

not much we can do to our motors besides and intake and an exhaust

 

yeah ive thought about the 5.0 but i got a silverado with a circle track 5.7 in it makin 350 hp so i wanted to stray away from the v8s for a bit. i like the 4cyl 5 spd trucks like mine. there alot of fun. i wanna do some road course racing for fun with this truck and i figured a little more horsepower and a little lower to the ground would make it alot more fun

 

Turbo it.

 

turbo mine too while you at it

 

how complicated is it to turbo it? ur talking new stronger inernals when it comes to that b4 i can even get the turbo rite?

 

depends how much boost your running i think.
but thats all i know about turbos haha

 

i just want a waste gate haha. they sound so sick

 

You mean a blow off valve. Waste gates are quiet, BOVs are loud.

 

yeah. my friends got a GReddy blow off on his 240 and it sounds so sick when he really beats on the thing.