Monster Garage!!
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Monster Garage!!
OMG, they took, i think a 78 bronco and made it crazy mad.
They totally riped apart the body, added about 30k in parts (all new) and did this all in 5 days.
Then took a old dodge or chevy car. Reved it to max for who knows how long, the headers were glowing red, and then took this bronco, which is now a 30k rock crawler with liek a 12" lift and 4 wheel stearing.
they didnt say what they put in it, engine wise but it looked to be a 351 or maybe a little biger, but they had a performance Edlebrock FI system on it, man was it sweet.
The gearing was so law, that they said they had 15000 ft/lbs to all 4 tires.
While stock is like 5000.
It was one BAD bronco!
They totally riped apart the body, added about 30k in parts (all new) and did this all in 5 days.
Then took a old dodge or chevy car. Reved it to max for who knows how long, the headers were glowing red, and then took this bronco, which is now a 30k rock crawler with liek a 12" lift and 4 wheel stearing.
they didnt say what they put in it, engine wise but it looked to be a 351 or maybe a little biger, but they had a performance Edlebrock FI system on it, man was it sweet.
The gearing was so law, that they said they had 15000 ft/lbs to all 4 tires.
While stock is like 5000.
It was one BAD bronco!
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Originally posted by mattg
Yeah I was gritin my teeth at the end when he trashed it! It seemed pretty capable though.
Yeah I was gritin my teeth at the end when he trashed it! It seemed pretty capable though.
Man i wish I had 30k to spend on my bronco!
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Screw asking for $30k to build a bronco... i wish i was cool enough that people just kept sending me goodies to build mine with! He got half that crap for FREE! Must be nice gettin parts on PROMO...
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Here are some pics of that bronco if anyone wants to see them.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mo...pisode_20.html
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http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mo...pisode_20.html
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I saw that show three times. I think the statement they made about that Bronco making 15,000 pounds of torque at the wheels is total garbage. They're lucky if it puts out 350 l/b. They also said that a Honda puts out 2000 pounds of torque at the wheels. I think they said that so whoever watched the show got really excited.
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would you believe that the 15000 ft/lbs come from the gear reduction in the axles and crawler box.
the lower the gear ratios are, the more the torque increases, and the less HP you have.
to the wheels, that is.
the lower the gear ratios are, the more the torque increases, and the less HP you have.
to the wheels, that is.
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Those numbers are arrived through the mechanical advantage of the rear gears, transfer case, and tranny. You are correct, the motor might only put out 350. But, when multiplied by the gearings, you should arrive at 15K. If I knew all of the ratios, I could probably do the math out to prove it.
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jesse is ok but indian larry rules old school like it should be
$30,000 and they still F'd up the build lol
suppose you could have anything shipped in pieces to the shop and slap it together in 5 days
ps those freebies **** me off
nobody gives me nothing
ok let's go too far 30k how would you build
well i guess the 460(700 ci+/-) alloy race block is out
oh heck we will call it a freebie
$30,000 and they still F'd up the build lol
suppose you could have anything shipped in pieces to the shop and slap it together in 5 days
ps those freebies **** me off
nobody gives me nothing
ok let's go too far 30k how would you build
well i guess the 460(700 ci+/-) alloy race block is out
oh heck we will call it a freebie