leomd
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- Feb 10, 2016
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I am happy to be the new owner of this 1975 Red Bronco Ranger and am appreciative of this great forum as I have been a lurker for some time. She is a bit dented up (apparently a tree fell on it) and has some floorboard rust but overall I am happy with how clean she is (original paint) and am driving it every chance I have. I plan on eventually replacing the hardtop when I find a decent one. To date I have had fun rebuilding and reupholstering the seats, replacing all lights w LED including JW speaker headlights and have started to chip away at the thousands of projects needed to bring her back.
My plan is to get the Bronco mechanically solid and use as a daily driver but keep the "survivor" look on the exterior. Maybe eventually I will do the body work but I really appreciate the honesty of its current state.
I plan on adding disc brakes up front with hydro-boost, WH saginaw upgrade, full (stock height) WH suspension kit upgrade with bilstein shocks. If my engine can handle it I would like to do the Edelbrock Estreet top end kit w new matched cam, chain, heads and intake and top it with a holley sniper efi.
I am concerned with the engine as the PO said it was rebuilt, I am not so sure. The engine seems to idle and run ok but is low on power. There seems to be a single hesitation under load but it feels like a timing issue (like its running out of gas). I have timed it and seems to be better but still there. I suspect the harmonic balancer has moved as it runs better when i advance dizzy from current markings. At higher revs it does smoke a bit but I question the pvc and possibly the PO's rebuilding of the stock heads and or using the original chain. Its leaking crazy oil from the pan and from the harmonic balancer as Im sure its worn or the seal wasn't installed right.
I want to do the edelbrock estreet top end kit but not sure if the engine is up to snuff. I wonder if perhaps there is a better option.
My compression test yielded 125 on #1,2,3,4,5 and 7, while #6 has 110 and #8 has 120. All within range of each other by 9% but I suspect these numbers are low and possibly causing issues? My question is should I venture to do the Edelbrock E-street kit, replace cam, timing chain, heads and intake...or should I do more testing to see if the rings are badly worn and approach from a different angle. Any help is greatly appreciated as this is some uncharted territory for me - thanks in advance.
My plan is to get the Bronco mechanically solid and use as a daily driver but keep the "survivor" look on the exterior. Maybe eventually I will do the body work but I really appreciate the honesty of its current state.
I plan on adding disc brakes up front with hydro-boost, WH saginaw upgrade, full (stock height) WH suspension kit upgrade with bilstein shocks. If my engine can handle it I would like to do the Edelbrock Estreet top end kit w new matched cam, chain, heads and intake and top it with a holley sniper efi.
I am concerned with the engine as the PO said it was rebuilt, I am not so sure. The engine seems to idle and run ok but is low on power. There seems to be a single hesitation under load but it feels like a timing issue (like its running out of gas). I have timed it and seems to be better but still there. I suspect the harmonic balancer has moved as it runs better when i advance dizzy from current markings. At higher revs it does smoke a bit but I question the pvc and possibly the PO's rebuilding of the stock heads and or using the original chain. Its leaking crazy oil from the pan and from the harmonic balancer as Im sure its worn or the seal wasn't installed right.
I want to do the edelbrock estreet top end kit but not sure if the engine is up to snuff. I wonder if perhaps there is a better option.
My compression test yielded 125 on #1,2,3,4,5 and 7, while #6 has 110 and #8 has 120. All within range of each other by 9% but I suspect these numbers are low and possibly causing issues? My question is should I venture to do the Edelbrock E-street kit, replace cam, timing chain, heads and intake...or should I do more testing to see if the rings are badly worn and approach from a different angle. Any help is greatly appreciated as this is some uncharted territory for me - thanks in advance.
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