I'm looking around for my first early Bronco, and the prices are pretty wild in California. It seems like the straight-six trucks are $5-10k cheaper than a comparable V8 example, so I'm trying to run some numbers in my head a bit.
My goal is to have a reliable motor that always starts and never stalls, and to me that means fuel injection. It would be nice to have a bone-stock 5.0L HO motor in there, but I think I would be fine with 100hp until the motor started causing problems. I would want a manual transmission as well.
Where would you go from there? EFI on the 170? Is there more pain going from an I6 to a V8 than just cutting and welding motor mounts?
My goal is to have a reliable motor that always starts and never stalls, and to me that means fuel injection. It would be nice to have a bone-stock 5.0L HO motor in there, but I think I would be fine with 100hp until the motor started causing problems. I would want a manual transmission as well.
Where would you go from there? EFI on the 170? Is there more pain going from an I6 to a V8 than just cutting and welding motor mounts?