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Old Mar 2, 2002 | 11:12 PM
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Kick Butt Engine Swaps ????

If you could have any engine combination put into your bronco what would it be?

I am looking for everyones engine swap wish list.

Mine is a fuel injected 460 with a 671 supercharger from BDS (Blower Drive Service)

What about the engine out of the Lightning truck, Supercharged 5.4 Liter Triton with it's 380HP at 4750 RPM?
 
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Old Mar 3, 2002 | 07:47 AM
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Kick Butt Engine Swaps ????

Mine would be a 7.3L Turbo Diesel. We'vw got a few in pick-ups at work, and in the standard and supercabs, they go like stink and still get decent mileage.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2002 | 10:36 AM
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Kick Butt Engine Swaps ????

Mine would be a '88-'97 EFI460 big-block,with a E4OD transmission.Maybe have the 460 built to about 300-320hp& 450-475 lb.-ft.of torque,and swap in some 4.56:1,or 4.88:1 gears.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2002 | 08:53 PM
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Kick Butt Engine Swaps ????

Mine would be to get one of those "reworked" 351-bored to 358 700+ HP NASCAR ground-pounding monster motors. My 87 only gets about 10MPG now, so a drop to 5-7 MPG wouldn't be much more painful considering the HP gain!
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 08:30 PM
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Kick Butt Engine Swaps ????

I was thinking about this the other day and I came up with the new Power Stroke Diesel with Banks Power Pack and six speed transmission. With like the 4.56's What a towing machine that would be!!!! too bad ford doesn't make a new bronc based on the superduty platform
 
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Old Mar 6, 2002 | 08:38 PM
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 02:48 PM
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i'm swapping a 88 460 in my bronco w/ a zf 5 speed behind it
 
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 10:49 PM
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How about an Allison T56 Turboshaft? Hey, might as well dream BIG!!

I mean, it's only 340HP, but imagine the heads turning while the Jet-A's a burnin'!!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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either anything with a shelby cobra emblem associated with it. or a powerstroke diesel
 
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 08:42 AM
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i'd do the gt-40 302 replace what i have now with all aluminum components to lose some weight, plus they made that engine perfect the first time. Maybe a supercharger on that too.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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Modded Ford 514 crate engine...

...or then engine from Big Foot
 
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 09:49 AM
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a 428 SCJ in a bronco would be nice

but the swap I'm actuallty concidering is a


big cam 300 W/ 240 head, offy intake, 500cfm eddy 4brl, headman header.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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A 351w stroked to a 408 w/t-5 tranny, NP205, and D60s front and rear, w/4:56 gears. oh yea.

Oh, and twin T5 turbos just for kicks.
 

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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 10:40 PM
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BroncoRoadKill seems to have my similar idea on this, love the T5 turbo idea, the stroker would give you more than enough torque too!!
 
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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The engine out of the DeLorean in Back to the Future that way I could go back and fix Fords problems and keep building the Bronco . . . only better than before . . .
 
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