Whats a good frame
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He pretty much said everything about the truck in the other vids.
It's on a shortened 78 F150 4x4 chassis. It has a 351M ( with compression bump, mild cam, edelbrock performer intake, He said it had an edelbrock carb but it's actually a Carter Comp 9000 series ) with a C6, Dana 44 front diff, 9" rear, 3.50 gears. A "Custom" body lift to clear the frame. The tires are 33"x14.5"x15". Fenderwell headers, dual 3" exhaust, Edelbrock Mufflers, Dodge dakota seat, a mix of autometer and some other type of gauge.
It's on a shortened 78 F150 4x4 chassis. It has a 351M ( with compression bump, mild cam, edelbrock performer intake, He said it had an edelbrock carb but it's actually a Carter Comp 9000 series ) with a C6, Dana 44 front diff, 9" rear, 3.50 gears. A "Custom" body lift to clear the frame. The tires are 33"x14.5"x15". Fenderwell headers, dual 3" exhaust, Edelbrock Mufflers, Dodge dakota seat, a mix of autometer and some other type of gauge.
Lead Driver
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Yes all the Broncos had coil spring front suspension with radius arms. You can adapt this set up to your stock frame which would take some fabrication. Or you can cut the radius arm mounting tabs off and weld on some leaf spring perches. This will let you run your stock type suspension like this guy did.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...d-f-1-4x4.html
But you'll want to use the early Bronco 66-77 axles. The 78-79 Bronco is the same width as the 78 F150. And the 80 and newer has the TTB front axle that's too wide.
If you want to run the coil spring front suspension your best bet is to get either a complete drivable early Bronco donor truck or at least a complete early Bronco chassis. Then you will have all the brackets, spring and shock mounts, etc. so you can adapt them to your stock frame.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...d-f-1-4x4.html
But you'll want to use the early Bronco 66-77 axles. The 78-79 Bronco is the same width as the 78 F150. And the 80 and newer has the TTB front axle that's too wide.
If you want to run the coil spring front suspension your best bet is to get either a complete drivable early Bronco donor truck or at least a complete early Bronco chassis. Then you will have all the brackets, spring and shock mounts, etc. so you can adapt them to your stock frame.
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