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73bronco

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I haven't been on the site for a while now. Life gets busy so I browsed occasionally but haven't posted in a while. I still have my bronco. I think the last postings I had about it were while I was narrowing the body 10". That has been done for about 8 years now and I have just been enjoying the Bronco for a while. I had been tired of breaking axles in the front but thought I finally had a good set up as I hadn't broken in a while. Well I was in Moab on an optional line at the top of metal masher when I blew up another short side inner and twisted the splines on the stud. That was the 8th chromoly shaft I have broken so I knew it was time to dump the dana 44. I have been saving up and starting my own shop for the past year and put together a 60-9 front end for the bronco. For those that don't know what that is it is a ford 9" center section with dana 60 "C"s and knuckles out. I was originally planning on keeping my radius arms and steering box/ram assist but really wanted to stretch the wheelbase some. So I ditched the gearbox and long arms and went 3 link with coilovers(14" travel) and full hydraulic steering. I was also planning on running a load bolt, low pinion 3rd member until I started pricing it out and realized a true hi9 was not that much more expensive than a low pinion load bolted 3rd so I ordered that.

I ended up stretching the front forward about 4 inches from stock with my 3 link. My wheelbase is 97" currently. I have all the parts to build a fabricated 9" rear with 35 spline axles, I just need to find the time to do it. I will be stretching the rear about 6 inches to end up around 103" wheelbase. It will also get coilovers(16" travel). Overall the only disappointment I have with the front is that I lost a bit of street driveability. I won't take it on the highway yet. I am hoping that the longer wheelbase and antirock will help the road manners. If not I guess I will invest in some sticky tires and make it a trailer queen.

Anyway, on to the pictures.
 

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Boss Hugg

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sling some sway bars at it! What good is a bronco if you can't take it out on the road at speed?
 

sprdv1

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Welcome back!!! That's a fine looking rig. Looks very capable.
 

bronconut73

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[If not I guess I will invest in some sticky tires and make it a trailer queen.]

Ha....no you won't, lol...

Its too bitchin to not let the general public see it on the road
 
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73bronco

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sling some sway bars at it! What good is a bronco if you can't take it out on the road at speed?

[If not I guess I will invest in some sticky tires and make it a trailer queen.]

Ha....no you won't, lol...

Its too bitchin to not let the general public see it on the road

Thanks!

You're right. I really want to drive it on the street. I still cruise it around town, just nothing above 45 m.p.h.
 
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73bronco

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My bronco is done with this round of upgrades. Has been for a couple months now. I went a little crazy on it and ended up with 40 spline rear shafts with a load bolted 3rd member and spidertrax housing. Ditched the coilovers and went with Oris front and rear. I'm happy to report it now drives beautifully on the street at any speed. I've had it up to 80 m.p.h. with 1 hand on the wheel comfortably. It also crawls amazingly. It also now has an atlas in it. The 40" mtrs have been great for me. They stick to the rocks far better than I expected. I've been asked on multiple wheeling trips if they're the sticky mtrs but they're not. Anyway, on to the important things... Pictures!
 

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RADO

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Wow, awesome! ORIs do have the benefit of added stability for street driving and that's good you were able to keep your Bronco streetable.

The pose pic looks like the first obstacle on Spring Creek... I recognize it because I posed in the same place after finishing a build years ago. Fun trail for sure!
 
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73bronco

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Wow, awesome! ORIs do have the benefit of added stability for street driving and that's good you were able to keep your Bronco streetable.

The pose pic looks like the first obstacle on Spring Creek... I recognize it because I posed in the same place after finishing a build years ago. Fun trail for sure!

Good catch! It sure is the poser rock right after the first obstacle on spring creek. It was my shakedown run. I drove the bronco on the highway up there, wheeled the hardest stuff it offers and drove it back home. I guess you could say I was pretty confident in my build to drive it there and back. I have since run Penrose(Indy and Patriot) and Carnage BV. Ran them both clean with no body damage or winch!
 

sprdv1

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Looks sweet for sure... Want mine to do that on the street some day as well
 
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