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Great report! Ford should be honest about those stock plastic rear bumpers being good for only at most a 4….

look up “Rev hang” here or elsewhere. While all modern turbo engines suffer this emissions strategy, these Ford ecoboosts seemed to have it worse than most. That combined with this hydraulic clutch system in the bronco (little feel, wandering engagement point, difficult to ‘feather’) and the...

I should add that the hydraulic clutch system in the bronco is difficult (though light). It provides no feedback, and the engagement point seems to change a little bit between each shift. folks have changed out the return spring, for a lighter one which is counterintuitive at least to me, but...

Yes, driveline lash when you miss a shift and/or harshly load/unload the driveline via the clutch (or even the throttle) is a thing. I don’t believe the Bronco to be any different than any other large manual vehicle I’ve had in the past however. There is definitely an audible and felt vibration...

Interesting. I can report that with the AC off, on a moderate-to-hot day (particularly with wind behind you) on a slow trail here, the water & cylinder head temp's climb pretty much in step (though not quite as much) as the "inferred" reading of the oil temp (as reported by the ProCal). That...

Interesting, I'm going to have to check this route out. As far as 2.3 vs 2.7, in stock (non tuned form), the choice of transmission makes the decision for you. If you want a manual, then the "sacrifice" of a bit less torque/HP of the 2.3 is no big deal. If you want an auto (as most would)...

Two thoughts: As others have noted the oil temp is inferred on 2.3 (not sure about 2.7). I use the Ford Performance doo-hooky thingy that is used to upload the FP tune to show me actual intake air temp, coolant temp, and cylinder head temp. The manual has no tranmission temp sensor I do not...

I can't tell from the pics - is that a real rock rail with a running board "step" bolted on to it (so that you could remove it on the trail) or is it a normal running board that just looks like it is a functional rail? Your bronco looks sharp - I aesthetically like black and a "black out"...

How? By stiffening/strengthening the tierod, it can no longer serve as a "fuse" (i.e. the part that breaks) for the steering rack. Does the bronze 'support bushing' or some other property of this tie rod somehow "absorb" shock/stress routed to the steering rack?

A few things are being conflated here. As the OP pointed out, the Bronco has open differentials (unless they are electro-mecahnically locked with the "hero" button), which mechanically distributes torque across both wheels on the axle evenly, even when the wheel speed differentiates (thus the...

Although, given his offset (spacers? can't tell fur sur but those wheels look stock) His wheel/tire still probably would have caught the brunt of it...

^This^ That, and the fact that almost all these various recommendations the OP was getting (especially the one about how he needed to use a 10K lbs in the calculation :ROFLMAO: ) are not an coming from an engineering perspective, which is to say from an objective point of view based in known...

I have done business with these guys and find them bullshit free and helpful, though with points/discounts the above Ford version might be slightly cheaper for you: https://www.shocksurplus.com/products/bronco-assembled-6112-set Since the aftermarket is rarely transparent on exactly what...

Huuummm, would the extra articulation that they provide really be significant? If I recall my numbers correctly, the extra articulation the links provide are just shy of half way between stock sway bar and the Ford electronic disconnect that is standard on Badlands and optional on others...

I admit I don't know what the "ford performance coilovers" are, but if they include the OEM yellow bilsteins, or a bilstein 5100 or 6200 equivalent, you would find them much more to your liking. Not for everybody of course because many (most I believe) prefer a linear, soft-ish shock on their...