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Chalk up another one who was just moved from 5/16 to 5/23.

July 20th here. In December 21 after the only two people I knew who took deliveries both had their 2.7's blow up, I called the dealer and code 99'd mine. Just made a couple changes and pulled it out of 99 status, now back on the waiting game. Kept holding out hope Toyota would announce an all...

Hope has been lost for a while now, only hope is that someone else enjoys theirs a little sooner since since I'm out of the way.

Funny reference, as my 1987 4runner does not leak through a carwash, and the gaskets on that hardtop are 35 years old. Neither did my K5 Blazer. The expectation should not be lowered, the roof should seal.

I'm not going to keep debating you on this. But highly suggest actually looking at the rest of the guys who run 4600. There are no other big name sponsors, no professional drivers, and the vast majority of the rigs were built by the drivers themselves. Yes, this isn't their first time off...

Stop thinking this is a stock Bronco that you can replicate through a 4wp catalog. There's probably $50k just in the front end of each of these broncos alone. There's nothing "off the shelf" up there, except for maybe the Howe trophy truck steering rack. The are required to use factory...

Well, you arent wrong!

I have no idea why you are linking to that article. Unless it's the great photo of the IFS portal box out of a hummer.....

No, I don't think that was why they won. After all the drama last year with Jesse Haines, I'm shocked it was allowed though. My bigger beef is the drivers, followed by the full factory backed race team, in a class that was created specifically to be a grassroots class. It was the orriginal...

Awesome insights, but I am still disappointed they were in the 4600 class with those.

Holy hell these aren't even close to what you are buying off the showroom floor, nor are they lightly modified! But hey, the marketing is working! https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/02/03/ford-performance-bronco-4600-race-truck.html Edit: did threads get merged...

Uh, yeah, all 3 of the 4600 Broncos are running portals. It's even called out in ford's own press releases. What was that last part again? https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/02/03/ford-performance-bronco-4600-race-truck.html

Look deeper into the rule book. You have to run the vehicle set up as it left the factory using factory mounting points. Obviously you can modify it, but the idea is to retain a stock based vehicle. No solid axle swaps, can't change coil springs for coilovers, etc. If you go out in an IH...

That's actually occurred a bunch, even more so in the last few years. It's fully welcome, always amusing, and it generally doesn't end well for those who just show up with money. Especially since they are usually racing in 4400, which is unlimited. In any growing motorsport, rule and class...

Honestly, they could and I would love to see the creation of a manufacturers class. That would be great for all parties, and could create some pretty cool grudge matches on the lakebed. I'm all for it, just not in 4600.

That's honestly something many are wondering about. Now that they have their podium sweep, will they actually stick around the event? Or slide quietly back into the night. Or, what would be a whole lot cooler, could this lead to the creation of a manufacturers class. I'd love to see Ford V...

Ford didn't "progress into" the 4600 class. They paid 4400 class drivers to step down into a class that was created in for your everyday Joe Schmoe to be able to go out and have fun on a budget after big money sponsors started getting behind what is now the 4400 unlimited class. The 4600 class...

That's exactly it. To keep the front end alive and maximize the ground clearance, 74Weld made a set of front portals that replace the steering knuckles. The rulebook doesn't specify stock knuckles. But when Jesse Haines bent the rules last year in a similar fashion by building a Mahindra Roxor...

I must have missed the option to get mine with portals from the factor. They identified a loophole and fully exploited it. Do I necessarily blame them, no. Is it exciting to see a manufacturer supporting KOH, in a way. But as someone who has followed KOH and Ultra4 since their inception, its...

Congratulations @Ford for finding ways to exploit loopholes and beat guys in their leaf sprung Toyota Pickups and Suzuki Samurais, and by throwing more money into your 3 "factory stock" race cars with professional driving teams than the rest of the 4600 class competition, combined.