I meant that they disabled the systems you were talking about. I remember somebody saying Ford (probably?) helped them do that.
Yeah, all the race trucks have the A. B S disconnected, all the cruise control and goat modes don't work, stability control disconnected. While these things aren't necessary to race, The real reason they're disconnected is because it's too difficult for most builders to keep the electrical stuff connected and have everything work in a modified fashion. They take the easy way out and just omit Or delete the problem area., Instead of creating a solution. This is fine for a dedicated race truck, but not for a daily driver. My Bronco is approaching 80,000 miles.
What do you think it would cost to put the engine you want and get it working in your Bronco? (Or another if that's what you want.)
The "electrical wizardry" may be figured out pretty easily by the right folks: Either calibrators at Ford with the proprietary keys and kit, or some silly valley folks who all of a sudden are more interested in motor swaps than working at the latest tech start up.
I don't believe it's nearly that difficult. I've already proved you can the program modules across different platforms, This opens the doors for much more. There is a risk of bricking modules and the cost of replacement is not cheap. I already have a massive wiring printout of both donor vehicle and the 5.2 pcm. All the wiring is identical except a few easy to add ones. the ecms use the same canbus communication and strategies. Bosche (not Ford) creates the programming to actually be as universal as possible...so the same or similar modules can be used on a multitude of applications. Although I do believe it is totally possible to reprogram all the broncos modules to accept the 5.2s architecture and work seamlessly, a less time consuming solution is on my mind and I plan on swapping in a 5.2 later this year. once the project is underway I'll update and do a build thread.
The engine is $30,000 by itself...then you need to upgrade the transmission as well...Then address the fuel system as priority. Many if not all the Bronco’s modules can be reused with new programming and configuration. I'm guessing somewhere between $50,000 and $60,000 if ALL new OEM parts are used. this cost could be shaved in half with used parts.
Can't wait to see that!
I wasnt sure if he had done another, the hoss 3.0 rack tentatively qualifies in this regard. and I dont mean to take away from that achievement, It was impressive to get it working so early in a different model Bronco without any Ford support, but it is afterall basically identical mechatronics across all the steering racks. A PCM even with the same harness design (2 pot vs 3 pot) I imagine is much harder to get "happy" but man I hope I'm wrong! I have some pinouts myself, but I know that alone is not enough, even if I match signals/pins as best I can, the actual signal names are wrong hence I think I need a translator, or unique calibration. (again, I hope i'm wrong)
I actually don't think that it will be all that much harder if it's largely pin compatible. If I had unlimited time and resources, I would try some pretty creative approaches. I have theories, but it would be so much easier if I could peek inside the black box for a day.
I belong to a forum called diog.net.. Well I don't contribute much there. It is a read-only forum for me. And I have learned a great deal about this subject. I've read about and watched literally hundreds of mechanics in the nation. Use modules that are used or new and install them in. Many different makes and models across platforms in places. They don't belong or did not originate. The vehicle architecture, it's quite simple and ninety nine percent of the modules have the same pin outs for the same vehicles purposes. The computers communicate together the same way. T This is really not that difficult to do, and there are several ways to solve the problems that may arise.
