Weight Reduction for On-Road Bronco

[Beach_Bum]

I’m wondering if there are parts or equipment that can be removed to reduce the Bronco curb weight. Purely for on road performance.


I’ve got a 2.7 soft top with 3.73 gearing and pizza cutters. I also got the Ford performance tune so I can peel out in the mall parking lot. (This is known as a joke)

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Your profile and your response indicates that you have a 4-dr OBX 2.7L ST with open rear diff.

It already comes with plastic bumpers and no bash plates. The front plastic skid plate isn't going to save much weight if you remove it. It probably provides more of a benefit in aerodynamics on the underside.

You can eliminate the spare (keep a plug kit/compressor/fix-a-flat). You can also find a lighter wheel than the OEM OBX wheels. When the Dueler tires wear out, look for a P-rated A/T tire with an emphasis on weight savings.

Next, you can delete the rear seat if you don't have passengers. Ditch the ST as it weighs over 100 lbs. If you don't need the doors, then ditch them.

If you want additional weight savings, you could swap the fuel tank for the 2-dr's tank. That will save you the extra weight of fuel that you are toting around along with the material weight savings.



If you were concerned with weight savings, you should have went with the 2.3L.

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[j_marinelli]

Grab an Injen muffler delete pipe. Imagine the OEM muffler weighs a good bit with as bulky as it is

 

[Roadbronc]

My BB is going to be pretty much road driving with plenty of snowy and slippery roads. All these ideas are good, however IMHO not enough to notice on such a heavy vehicle. Wheels/Tires you will notice. I recommend some lightweight wheels, perhaps 22's with some nice highway tread like Michelin PS or the like.

 

[Rjacks258]

Grab an Injen muffler delete pipe. Imagine the OEM muffler weighs a good bit with as bulky as it is

You’d be surprised, it’s not too bad really.

 

[NORCALGXP]

You could throw out the Wife and kids.

I'm going to tell her for you in an email.

 

[j_marinelli]

You’d be surprised, it’s not too bad really.

Any idea what the weight is on that bad boy? I have searched several times with no luck on finding it.

 

[Silver-Bolt]

Wheels and tires are the place to start. Unsprung weight and rotating mass reduction will give you the most all around performance gains in weight loss.

 

[Rjacks258]

Any idea what the weight is on that bad boy? I have searched several times with no luck on finding it.

No, but I did hold it and remove it with one hand two weeks back when I swapped it. I was surprised myself, had jackstands out there hold it up and never needed them. If I get a sec I’ll weigh it on a bathroom scale.

 

[Tricky Dick]

Oh I forgot the big one. Trade it in for a 2dr!

 

[Ogre]

Oh I forgot the big one. Trade it in for a 2dr!

2 doors look better too!!

 

[Bronc69]

I was completely OCD with weight reduction on a 2006 BMW 330 that I had learned how to drive on the track with. It was a 4-door, street car and had a full interior. I ended up cutting 180lbs. off of it and could have gone a bit more if I wanted to get more extreme with the weight reduction. I did a carbon fiber hood, roof and trunk. Light weight seats, wheels, aftermarket exhaust and big brake kit (yes, the BBK weighted less than the smaller factory brakes).

For the Bronco you could cut weight pretty quickly with the following changes (not including the suggested sound deadening/carpet removal):
Wheels/tires: 40-50lbs.
Antigravity Li Batter: 40lbs.
Light weight bucket seats: 40-50lbs.

So right there you're at 120-140lbs. weight reduction.

 

[BroncoAZ]

I’m swapping from my factory steel rock rails on my Badlands with IAG add on steps to Greenlane Offroad aluminum steps that are built like sliders, should save me 76#. I went with aluminum more for rust issues, but the weight savings is a bonus.

My Method 705 17” wheels are 25.3# each, lighter than any of the stock wheels except the Big Bend aluminum at 23.25#. There are lighter wheels like the Motegi Trailites or Titan 7. Firestone Destination AT2 tires are usually light for their size.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/firestone-destination-a-t2

Stock wheel and tire weights
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/factory-wheel-tire-weights-all-models.56475/#post-1632108

 

[Mud Dawg]

[If, as an off road Bronco person you are offended by this thread, please vent in a DM. Lets keep the thread clean!]

Arguably an "off road Bronco person" should care about this even more...

 

[John Whammer]

Wheels and tires are the place to start. Unsprung weight and rotating mass reduction will give you the most all around performance gains in weight loss.

Thanks, this is what I will Start with . And thanks to the other ideas and helpful input as well!

 

[Ogre]

Thanks, this is what I will Start with . And thanks to the other ideas and helpful input as well!

Are you going for performance or fuel savings?

I'm not changing tires till factory tires are bald because fuel savings won't overcome the cost by itself.

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