Fastpat,
Your devotion to the electronic cause is admirable to say the least. Many of your introspectives are probably right on target. As you know, when they're working, the electronic controls are quit forgettable...but when they fail the tow truck driver gets the money and in my case the Ford Dealers Service Dept 'cause I don't have the resources (electronic equipment) and the where-with-all to excuite the necessary repairs. But with mechanical components....I CAN do the repair work MYSELF. Even on the side of the road, if necessary. You can't do that kind of thing with electronics.
You say it is easy to control EFI. Well, bunk to that. It is set-up and designed to specific applications. Just connecting a laptop and hitting some keys won't get much more that the perameters imbedded. There are many more components that have to be addressed. As KEMICALBURNS gives the web site that has the do's and cannots, mechanical controls is much more user friendly (to dinosaurs like my self) who do not drink from the well of electronics.
Bronco Butch

 

Instead of going through all of this trouble why don't you just buy an older bronco in great shape? I picked up my bronco (1980) for $3,000 and it is extremely nice. it would be more cost effective too. Just a thought.

 

3000 for an 80. that thing better be dipped in gold. or be completely restored. I picked up my 88 for that much 3yrs ago. But i do agree finding an older carbed bronco. you can start in 87 if you want a 351w but 84-85 was last year for 302 carbed

 

The Ford Fuel Injection Web Site

 

Buying a doner Bronco is the route I am going to take. It will have the wiring harness and dashboard gauges I will require. The doner will be just that...a parts resouvior. The '92 Bronco's front end is the difference. It has that rounded front end that I like. Not to say that the earlier Bronco's don't look good but the '92 is the reason I bought it new. If I had the time I'd like to build a "Crazy Horse" like Stacy David on "TRUCKS" but my '55 Crown Vic takes up my time.

 

you know it would be easier to find the older bronco and transfer the 92 front end onto it then to take the stuff off of the older donor rig and make it work on the 92.

 

There is a lot to be said for the front clip exchange.
Thanks for the thought.
Bronco Butch

 

Kem,
Gotta disagree with you on this one. The OD select button was in the end of the shift lever as early as 92.

Bronco Butch,

My sincerest admiration to for sticking to your guns and opting for the older carb and mechanicals setup. I personally would never attempt it for all of the reasons that you have already heard more than once. I will say this. When the electronics are beyond our scope of knowledge, it will behoove us to expand our knowledge base before regressing to lesser means. The electronic age will march on and leave the mechanicals to rust. I have seen it happen in my own profession and industry. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages which are, in most cases, simply a lack of knowledge or a lack of interest in learning more. I began with my first Bronco being a '92 and was ready to take on the exact project you so dearly wish to accomplish. Time, this forum and its participants, and a concerted effort to FIX IT RIGHT have managed to sway my opinion. I'll not try to sway yours. But I will put forth this information just so you know that it begins as a wonderful idea...to make things simple... and gets more complicated the further into the project you get.

 

Well said GS92