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my 69 bronco project
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my 69 bronco project
i bought a bronco from arizona and it has no rust at all and im building this truck up for me when i turn 16 to drive on the road but im go off roading and stuff with it to. I was wondering what size tires and lift i should put on it for it handals good and still is good off road.
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i have 14inchs of lift on my 72 and 44 inch tires but that thing would be inpossable to drive on the road. but my 69 looks really cool with 40's i put then on yesterday but i coundnt drive it cus i needed more lift cus i only have 3inch body lift and 2 on the springs
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14 inches of lift? may i ask how??!!
i would stick to something in the 4-6" range if you are gonna be driving it on the road. much taller than that and it starts to want to drive itself. however i usually tell people to pick out the tires they want to run FIRST and then modify the truck as necessary.
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i would stick to something in the 4-6" range if you are gonna be driving it on the road. much taller than that and it starts to want to drive itself. however i usually tell people to pick out the tires they want to run FIRST and then modify the truck as necessary.
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Originally Posted by 1bad73bronco
Ah its a mud truck not a rock crawler....
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lol so! what in the WORLD could you ever do with 14" of lift besides being unsafe?
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I would run 33" tires and 3.96 gears and a 3.5" suspension lift. Get the fenders cut just right with bushwacker fender flares.
Or 35" with 4.11 gears, 37" tires with the 5.5" lift and 4.56 or 4.27 in the front and 4.30 in the rear.
arond 2500 rpm peak torque-3.96-4.56
around 4000 rpm peak toruqe-4.27-4.88 depending on tire size.
If you are interested here is an rpm calculerer for engine speed at vehicle speed
http://www.csgnetwork.com/multirpmcalc.html
Wild horeses Broncos, Jeff's Bronco graveyard, James Duff enterprises make great systems.
Or 35" with 4.11 gears, 37" tires with the 5.5" lift and 4.56 or 4.27 in the front and 4.30 in the rear.
arond 2500 rpm peak torque-3.96-4.56
around 4000 rpm peak toruqe-4.27-4.88 depending on tire size.
If you are interested here is an rpm calculerer for engine speed at vehicle speed
http://www.csgnetwork.com/multirpmcalc.html
Wild horeses Broncos, Jeff's Bronco graveyard, James Duff enterprises make great systems.
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I like think of it in terms of lift and tire size. 3+" lift and 33" tires, 5+" lift and 35 tires.
Thing is that depending on the tires, your axles need different gearing. You may also then want a different tranny, so it depends on how far you want to go. I love the look of my 3.5" lifted truck with 33's and it has great road-handling.
Also, depends on the kind of lift too in that too much suspension can cause strain on the drivetrain due to pinion angles and driveshaft length being used up.
Good luck!
Thing is that depending on the tires, your axles need different gearing. You may also then want a different tranny, so it depends on how far you want to go. I love the look of my 3.5" lifted truck with 33's and it has great road-handling.
Also, depends on the kind of lift too in that too much suspension can cause strain on the drivetrain due to pinion angles and driveshaft length being used up.
Good luck!
