Advice Needed on Bronco Purchase: Badlands 7MT or Stroppe 2.7L?

[Valhalla]

The shifting on the 10 speed is absolute trash, especially off road. A tune is necessary just for that reason. And it would have to be an afermarket tune, as the Ford tune doesn't fix the crazy downshift RPM flair to my knowledge.

You gotta know about it and manual it.

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[zyglyrox]

I was curious and the 2.3 manual has:

• Crawler: 6.588:1
• 1st: 4.714:1
• 2nd: 2.997:1
• 3rd: 2.149:1
• 4th: 1.769:1
• 5th: 1.521:1
• 6th: 1.275:1
• 7th: 1.000:1
• Reverse: 5.625:1

We just have the standard tires as she is predominantly a pavement princess and aren't interested in upgrading as we see no benefits. Personally I think the oversized tires look out-of-place on the Bronco's body.

https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/attachments/bronco-gear-ratios-pdf.709277/

 

[Leafy]

lol so the AI took the manual crawler gear and then took the auto trans 1-7 ratios to make its chart.

 

[Oldhippie]

Yes I cheated and use AI. I can't find a non-enthusiast site which lists it so who knows that the values are.

It is amazing how terrible AI is and folks continue to use it to spread false information…end of rant…

 

[crzyhawk]

Hello. I am considering purchasing one of two models, both 2-door:

2025 Stroppe
2026 Badlands 7MT

I have test driven both along with a Big Bend 7MT.

For those who have or have had these, what do you think?

I know the manual-vs-automatic debate can get heated, so here goes!

My impressions:
The 2.7L Stroppe is much snappier off the line vs. the Badlands 2.3L 7MT. Interestingly, the Big Bend 2.3L 7MT felt closer to the Stroppe in acceleration, likely due to the smaller tires. The larger tires, I suspect, made the Badlands feel relatively sluggish to me at least below 3,000 RPM.

While I love manual transmissions and thought I wanted it in my Bronco, the 2.7L auto felt much better. Also, I have three Mustangs all with manual transmissions, so have plenty of other time rowing my own gears. Since the Bronco is not an on-road performance vehicle, the stick shift is becoming less important to me.

This will be just a fun vehicle for me, not a daily driver. I will use it for a mix of on- and off-road uses, including some road trips. I have a cabin in the woods, so it will spend a lot of time there running around the wilderness and going into places devoid of people.

I realize that only I can make this decision, but am just curious how others have approached this tradeoff and open to any words of wisdom based on actual usage.

Thanks!

As someone who has, and loves a 7MT, I think that if you are not married to the idea of a manual, just get the auto.

 

[Gopher]

It is amazing how terrible AI is and folks continue to use it to spread false information…end of rant…

It is amazing how terrible some human intelligence is and folks continue to use it to spread false information!

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