Evolution of an early bronco.

braxton357

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This is all I've got right now. I'll post some more tonight.:flipoff2:

Stock, WH 3.5", CAGE 5.5", FOA 2.5x16". (and then an xj coil for the rear)

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Progress last night. It's sitting about 3" above full bump right here. The master cylinder and vac booster are bringing the suck.

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cool. got any pics of the entire bronco ?
 
I guess this is the "evolution" of an eb...

Here it is about 22 years ago.

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Here it is about 5 years ago.

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Almost three years ago now...

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Fains ford. (RIP)

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Today.

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I would love to cut it like yours, but while my grandfather would be all for what's been done so far...he would roll over in his grave if I hacked off the back half of the tub. Oh well, eb's are the muscle car of "suv's" anyway.
 
Well isn't that funny. I just so happen to have a picture of myself pulling josh's no-driving ass last weekend...:flipoff2:


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:edit: And I should change that "today" caption to "almost a year ago..." :(
 
:lol: Damn it boy! I know I should have just got Jim to pull me out in the "farm truck", I don't think the 542 would have had a problem with a launch/yank:eek:

Figure out what you're gonna do yet?
 
Holy fuck, it's been two years and this is the only moving it's seen.
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Sold the chromo 44 and 9", sold the 2.5" foa's, sold the front clip, getting rid of the cage and bumpers too.

Starting over with a bronco the way I got it almost a decade ago, plus180 ft of tubing, kingpin 60 with an arb and 5.38's, 10.25 with detroit and 5.38's, 2.0 foa coilovers and airbumps all around, 3 link up front and wishbone 3 link in the rear and 38.5" tsl's on h1's.

I'll take pictures of my parts pile tomorrow.
 
Some pics of my new piles of parts. Good thing about taking years to finish things is the great deals you can find. :D

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Putting discs on the 10.25.

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And most of the expensive shit...

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There's a few different options on doing the 10.25 disc brakes. The one I liked the most was making a larger bracket off the ones I know you already have and using an E350 rotor that simply slides on. I've got alot of info stored on pirate about it. Make sure you research it well and come up with the easiest/best solution so I can copy you:flipoff2:

Be sure to cut that Junk off the bottom, use some better hardware, lockwashers and locktight on the flange bolts and be sure to weld the axle tubes to the housing-I'm done.
 
If you look hard in the last picture you can see the ruffstuff diff cover and sterling-chevy caliper brackets. So E350 rotors it is. Would like to copy your truss but that would be gay so I'm going to go with a barnes4wd one.

This axle also came with a U bolt pinion yoke. So no worries there. :flipoff2:


:edit: Then we're going to race. Considering I have .1 more liters than yourself and I'm not a giant pussy.
 
BigRedB2 said:
why is it always broncos that end up on jack stands for years?
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I don't know, but I've got two good friends that both have had nice eb's sitting on jackstands for longer than mine. Must be a bronco thing. Makes me wonder how many are just sitting in garages rotting away.



That being said, bought a char lynn steering valve today, getting rid of the hydro assist that was never used! And all of the trac bar/drag link binding issues.
 
So, sadly, most of the junk in the last picture was just sitting there being held together by tape and magic so I could see how cool it looks. Sucks to have to go back and actually put it together.

Anyway, got the ram and coilovers mounted to the axle, lowered the motor 2" and made new mounts, and also mounted the shock hoops/shocks. Tomorrow I'll have the airbumps mounted and will hopefully have another pile of tube arriving so I can work my way back.
 

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I've got an office filled with (to me) fancy stuff. As far as specs go..
16" travel foa's up front and 14" in rear.
Foa bumpstops. 4" in front and 2" in rear.
2" .25wall DOM lowers and 1.5" dom uppers
hp60-arb/5.38's/btf arms/psc 2.5" ram/nitro 35sp shafts and joints.
10.25-detroit/5.38's/barnes4wd truss/disc brakes
CNC brakes/cutting brakes
89 f150 5.8l
C4 and twin sticked d20
Corbeau seats
Steel beadlocks and 39" red labels
We'll see on the wheelbase, as it sits it's 114"

:edit: The pictures seemed much smaller on my phone.
 

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