Warren99

Yea I do plan to upgrade the fronts at some point as well. Right now I'm just sorta in a rush to get 4.10s in for an upcoming offroading trip my brother and dad are trying to organize. I'm leaning more towards just getting the quadratec kit for the rear, but to be honest I may just hold off on touching the brakes right now and just do gears and the locker.

Alright I've decided to just convert my dana44 to discs, and get an e locker and some 4.10 gears. For the HP dana 30 in the front, do I need reverse cut gears? I know I need a bigger carrier to go from 3.55s to 4.10s. Also, so far this is the only complete disc conversion kit I've found for a dana 44. https://www.quadratec.com/products/12700_414_07.htm?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19480551502&gbraid=0AAAAAD_wpjgLBBsqXjg6KO5t0CeUypgYR&gclid=CjwKCAjwnvTUBhBoEiwAZNDxZyCJqWfRhU90aVGzj7Layxg4_wGGejMCb1h-SP6oQKA02fwnlzizlBoCeUoQAvD_BwE Does anyone recommend a different one? Or know of any cheaper ways before I pull the trigger on these?

I think I'll go with that then, or any worm gear style lsd.

Thats air operated right? If so no thank you, I'd rather install an electric one or a cable.

I mean for street stuff I just wanna be able to do the occasional burnout, and get both tires to lock up if I try to slide it lol. For trail stuff I'm just doing light offroading for now to not mess up my rockers or fenders. Maybe its worth trying the truetrac out, it's like half as much as an e locker anyway

I mean I guess I could just buy a disc conversion kit and a new carrier with a locker. Might be a lil more expensive but seems like it would be worth it in the long run based off what you said

I mean the main thing is I wanna get a locker, and disc brakes. It just seems like its easier to swap in a 8.8 than convert my dana 44 to discs, and the 8.8 is a little stronger as far as I'm aware

32 tires and I'm gonna want 4.10s. Right now it has a dana 44 with like 3.55s. And I think it's more like 350 hp, no real way of nowing until I dyno it. But the dana 44 with a spool has held up to some decent street abuse so far. I'm only really gonna be doing mild offroading with it. I think the 8.8 should be fine. In the far future when the body gets more beat up I may get some one tons and cut up the fenders.

I was kinda thinking an 8.8 from a 95-01 explorer

I wanna swap in a better rear end with a locker to handle my ~400hp om606. All I really care about is I want the same width as my dana44, disc brakes, the same bolt pattern, and something easy enough to find in a junkyard or off marketplace. Maybe an 8.8 or a 9 inch? Any recommendations?

Hm ok, I'm probably just dumb and was doing it wrong lol

Nvm found it, but still wondering why my old activity threads seem to be missing

I haven't been on here in a minute, but I'm looking for a thread I started and or a write-up someone made for how to replace the rear window. When I look in activity and "content I started" or "content I follow" there doesn't seem to be anything passed like august of 2025. But anyways I'm searching for this because my rear window is pushing out from all the times I used the palm of my hand to open the glass, since I was lazy and didn't add my own latch. If I can find the thread about how to install the rear window again, I'll fix it and add a generic latch. I just can't remember all the small details about replacing it, and what type of rubber sealant to use, etc, but I know it's all in that thread.

2 inch, but the intercooler itself has 2 1/4 inch. I went with 2 inch pipes because thats the diameter of the turbo outlet, and it was a tight fit, had to trim a good bit of fiberglass

I still haven't cut any of the old harness out, as I don't wanna end up finding out something I cut out was being used as a ground for something I'm still using or something dumb like that lol. But for now it's just tucked out of the way. I made the gauge mount from a license plate and a hose clamp. Eventually I wanna mount the egt gauge where the clock bezel is, and replace the stock voltmeter with a boost gauge that looks like the one that came in the 86 models with the 2.1 renault engine. So if anyone needs a working clock bezel and has a base model blank one then I'll trade eventually. Relocated the battery to under the bed. Figured worst case scenario if it falls off, I can still drive home as long as I don't turn it off, I'll just lose my gauges.