79 Bronco Needs Help
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, Jul 22 2004 05:36 PM
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Posted 22 July 2004 - 05:41 PM
Post us some pics and setup a gallery...it will give us a visual
Id say get a lift, tires, wheels, gears, the list goes on..it all depends on how much you will mud and how big you want to go
Id say get a lift, tires, wheels, gears, the list goes on..it all depends on how much you will mud and how big you want to go
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Posted 22 July 2004 - 07:17 PM
Huked on foniks werks! Seriously, take a minute, to do some spell checking
What you're asking for will get you as many different answers as there are types of offroading
good luck
What you're asking for will get you as many different answers as there are types of offroading
good luck
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Posted 27 July 2004 - 08:29 AM
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Posted 27 July 2004 - 01:00 PM
To give you a some what idea. Since your Bronco is stock it'll have the D44 front, 9" rear. With that running gear really 35" tires is max. you could go bigger but breakage is far more likely.
With your setup, I'd go 4" lift or trim fenders to put a set of 35" tires of your choice. Then you'll need to figure out your gearing while the stock 3.50 ratio can pull them you'll put stress else where. So around 4.56 ratio will do. while your regearing you'll need to figure out to lock or not. I'd drop a good Locker in the rear. A good L/S or selcetable locker in the front. A fully locked front can and will break shafts and u-joints. also a Winch if ya can afford to get one after rest. This setup will get you a good taste of offroading for a starter.
If you want to go big right off. Swap the D44 for a D60 Front, Drop the 9" for a D70 or Sterlin 10.25. Loose the 351m/400 For a built 460. 5.13 gears, locked front/rear 44" Bogger's. Keep lift to about 6" trim fenders to clear the rest. The mud holes would wish they'd never met ya!.
Like stated so many ways to build it's hard to say. But for starting mudders/trail riders the first is a good start.
With your setup, I'd go 4" lift or trim fenders to put a set of 35" tires of your choice. Then you'll need to figure out your gearing while the stock 3.50 ratio can pull them you'll put stress else where. So around 4.56 ratio will do. while your regearing you'll need to figure out to lock or not. I'd drop a good Locker in the rear. A good L/S or selcetable locker in the front. A fully locked front can and will break shafts and u-joints. also a Winch if ya can afford to get one after rest. This setup will get you a good taste of offroading for a starter.
If you want to go big right off. Swap the D44 for a D60 Front, Drop the 9" for a D70 or Sterlin 10.25. Loose the 351m/400 For a built 460. 5.13 gears, locked front/rear 44" Bogger's. Keep lift to about 6" trim fenders to clear the rest. The mud holes would wish they'd never met ya!.
Like stated so many ways to build it's hard to say. But for starting mudders/trail riders the first is a good start.
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Posted 27 July 2004 - 06:39 PM
ok thats cool but my bronco isn't in the best shape so my plan first is kinda get my body re done and my fenders are cut and i got an set of old 36" buckshot mudders radcial and ya i was thinknig of moving down to 35" ALT and addin ga 4" lift but man i need money bad because i am broke for lieik kinda repairnig the back end becaus ei am 15 only so i don't have much money
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Posted 28 July 2004 - 05:33 AM
Question here? If your goin to use the Bronco as a mud truck, Why bother with re-doing the body? rust, dent-free and new paint won't help it none offroad. It'll just have ya cussin all the time when ya dent or scratch it up offroad.ok thats cool but my bronco isn't in the best shape so my plan first is kinda get my body re done and my fenders are cut and i got an set of old 36" buckshot mudders radcial and ya i was thinknig of moving down to 35" ALT and addin ga 4" lift but man i need money bad because i am broke for lieik kinda repairnig the back end becaus ei am 15 only so i don't have much money
Go to a few mud bog's and trail ride places. 99.9% of the time the ugliest most beat up rig you see will out mud and all over the nicely done up rigs.
Always start with your Drivetrain work first. get it sound and the way you want it. Then worry about paint and stuff. I'd prefer to drive down the road in beat up rust bucket with a sound drivetrain. Then looking at a nicely painted up rig settin in the yard ya can't drive besause the motor, tranny ect. is shot.
Your still young you'll learn looks ain't as important as what under the hood and such.
Why'd i show as quest? hmmm
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Posted 28 July 2004 - 12:55 PM
The first mod should be a roll cage even though you have a hard top. Safety should be first! I went about it backwards, did up the suspension (3.5", 2" body), gears (5:89), tires (38.5"SX's) then after I tipped her over (softly) I decided the rear bed roll bar isn't enough. I thought back to all the times when I was in a hairy spot on the trail with a rear roll bar only. 
Now I run a 10 point cage welded to the frame! Things will come in time, you're still young and have lots of hard work ahead of you to get what you want. 
Now I run a 10 point cage welded to the frame! Things will come in time, you're still young and have lots of hard work ahead of you to get what you want.
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Posted 28 July 2004 - 08:31 PM
Oh.... I'd get some 35" Swamper Boggers to be practical.
If you really want a mud runner get the 39x18.5 Boggers in the rear and cut out all the small tread blocks so its more of a paddle tire. The front can take a skinny bogger like a 39x11.5, don't forget the detroit lockers and 6:12 gears!
If you really want a mud runner get the 39x18.5 Boggers in the rear and cut out all the small tread blocks so its more of a paddle tire. The front can take a skinny bogger like a 39x11.5, don't forget the detroit lockers and 6:12 gears!
Wheel it like you stole it!
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