Red Label 68 4.6 Terminator Powered Bronco

[stupidboy]

That bronco looks awesome.

 

[mattyq17]

Awesome build you got going on!

 

[JefeAZ]

Not trying to rush you....Ok I am...Update?!?!

 

[houseofdiesel]

Not trying to rush you....Ok I am...Update?!?!

Still waiting on the tuner to have an opening. Backed up till at least the second week of January.

 

[motoman]

Anxiously awaiting!!!!

 

[englewoodcowboy]

Still waiting on the tuner to have an opening. Backed up till at least the second week of January.

Well it is officially March.... Any updates?

 

[JefeAZ]

If it hasnt been tuned, hit up Eric Brooks at Brookspeed

 

[houseofdiesel]

Update 6/3/12

Nice day. Have to say I'm pretty happy with how well she turned out. Only thing I'd do different was stretched it about 12"-16". Well the wheel base, and the body about 8"-10". Other than that things ran pretty dang good. We were blessed to have such a successful build. Lost one of the trans coolers with a hole that was noticed during tuning. So trans was the only thing heating up. Really hurt since the cooler that was toast was the one with a fan. New one should be in Monday. Steering/Brakes aren't getting enough pressure, but I think that's because the base line tune was set with a low idle. Now that he can tune it at WOT, he'll be able to bump idle to 1500. Boost is off the hook. It's right there upon throttle. This thing would be a blast at the beach. Had some hang ups due to not running the 42"s. I think she'd be unstoppable on 46"s. Can't really think of anything else. Motor never got over 190* all morning. Got it into Squeeze Rock but backed it out after the right rock ended up inside the passenger door. Didn't feel like taking out the rear quarter first run. Here are some pics. Sorry no video yet. Computer downloaded all the video files as Quicktime and Microsoft Video Maker doesn't allow me to edit it. I'll work on it tonight.

 

[Colorado75Bronc]

Badass man yours is my favorite 1ton rig that I've seen

 

[NY-Bronco]

Seriously sweet rig! Definitely one of my favorite builds.

 

[houseofdiesel]

Update 6/4/12

And some beautiful pics from the Rock Garden/Mini Rubicon. Very happy with how it handled it, especially with the street 40"s on. The 42"s have full tread and that little extra clearance. Only scrapped one link and crushed the OE rear diff cover. The trans started getting hot running through the single fanless cooler, so we chose not to run the full coarse. But it ran and responded instantly.

 

[TTTGOWYO]

So cool to see this build "done" turned out amazing.. I love the fact that it went right to the rocks and you put it through it's paces.. Impressive.

 

[houseofdiesel]

So cool to see this build "done" turned out amazing.. I love the fact that it went right to the rocks and you put it through it's paces.. Impressive.

After driving it home 32 miles on 101 straight from the gear shop with no alignment. lol I am more than pleased. It handles great for having no sway bars too. Ride is soft and plush. Short wheel base gives you an inertia feeling on turns, but you get used to it. It's just cause the driver is almost sitting over the rear tire. Kind of like when you first start driving a rear steer lift for the first time.

 

[houseofdiesel]

Cool comparison.

 

[JefeAZ]

Congrats man! I bet its a blast to drive. Get us some videos? Would be interesting to see the dyno # comparison between 31" tires and those

So who tuned it? Datalogger installed? What are you using to monitor temps/etc?

If you have an iphone or android phone theres a really cool app(Torque/Rev) you can get that pulls info from the OBDII port you now have and displays in any way you want on your phone screen. I use that now instead of my dashboard haha. I monitor speed, rpm, coolant temp, intake temp, MAF count, and Timing all at once

 

[DanWheeler]

Wow I completely forgot that you did your coilovers inside the rear wheel wells. I kinda put a rear 4-link with coilovers out of my mind because I figured the coilover wouldn't fit in there. I thought I would have to cut into the wheel wells to make it work.

How is the tire to coilover clearance when a tire is stuffed?

 

[houseofdiesel]

Congrats man! I bet its a blast to drive. Get us some videos? Would be interesting to see the dyno # comparison between 31" tires and those

So who tuned it? Datalogger installed? What are you using to monitor temps/etc?

If you have an iphone or android phone theres a really cool app(Torque/Rev) you can get that pulls info from the OBDII port you now have and displays in any way you want on your phone screen. I use that now instead of my dashboard haha. I monitor speed, rpm, coolant temp, intake temp, MAF count and Timing all at once

The ECM is Accel. Autotrend EFI tuned it and had to rewire the ignition system correctly to retain the Accel unit. No one makes a spec unit for the 03/04 so he had to wire the coil system as an early model 4V, which makes dialing it in correctly and fine tuning it possible. It was running cave man status in the buggy.

Wow I completely forgot that you did your coilovers inside the rear wheel wells. I kinda put a rear 4-link with coilovers out of my mind because I figured the coilover wouldn't fit in there. I thought I would have to cut into the wheel wells to make it work.

How is the tire to coilover clearance when a tire is stuffed?

There are some detailed pics early on in the build thread of how I had to cut, box the tub, and plate the bottom of the well to make it all work. There is a bottom mounting plate that attaches to the roll cage. Clearance is all good since the coils are just front of axle line. I also deigned the rear four link to allow the rear to walk. U notice in the side profile pic above. Not a good aspect in building a race car but for rock crawling it tightens up the turning radius a hair when pivoting rocks and hugs whatever obstacle the rear is traversing.

 

[DanWheeler]

There are some detailed pics early on in the build thread of how I had to cut, box the tub, and plate the bottom of the well to make it all work.

Ah, I didn't look at the picture carefully enough. Now I see the box in the wheelwell. damn, I was hoping maybe it was possible without reducing rear seating area. thanks.

 

[houseofdiesel]

Ah, I didn't look at the picture carefully enough. Now I see the box in the wheelwell. damn, I was hoping maybe it was possible without reducing rear seating area. thanks.

Didn't take up much. Just had to notch a small 3"x3" corner out of each side of the bench.

 

[Colorado75Bronc]

I love it man, turned out great! just curious how much further back is the rear axle from stock, i love how it looks, and im about to go 3/4 ton and want to push the rear back, and i really like how yours looks, most stretches look goofy, and the tube flares are awesome too, how is it for road noise with the bumpers being bolted straight to the body?