motor swap question
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It'd be a complete driveline swap. None of the stock transmissions in a Bronco will bolt to the modular mills. And this is probably why you won't find too many who have done it. Its a lot of fab and electrical work for a project that is just as easily accomplished with a motor/trans setup that will swap with a lot less work. Besides that, the 4.9 I6 and the 5.8 V8 are fine power plants for the Bronco that were available in these trucks for a long time.
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It might be easier to get a frame with the drive train you want and shorten it to set the Bronco body on. Been done in the classic Mustang world several times.
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I didn't think about that, it's hard to think like a communist when you're not used to it.
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I would say that holes in the piston walls of the diesel from cavitation are more common than blown-out spark plugs in a Triton.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...s-in-here.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...s-in-here.html
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Post Fiend
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From: concord ca
yea the motor has to be newer them the said vechial and a 7.3 no way
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I would say that holes in the piston walls of the diesel from cavitation are more common than blown-out spark plugs in a Triton.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...s-in-here.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...s-in-here.html
And the electrolysis/cavitation was only in the 7.3 IDI and PowerStroke, more so in the IDI.