2.3 4x4 not so stock bronco.

[jarfly]

So been kickin around the ideal of building a more off road rig. I have a few bIIs laying around, so why not. been kicking around the ideal of a using a 2.3 and building a bit, and run some deep gearing about like the jeep/yota guys.

So I have found a 97 2.3 4x4 truck, 5spd manual t case. Will this trans/t case handel the built motor, and 37's going to use a 44/9 combo, 5.?? gears mabey deeper have not really thought on it.

 

[RangerSVT]

It should handle it, just dont speed shift the M5OD, they dont like it. 538 gears in the axles, doubler if you want to rock crawl and youll be good...

SVT

 

[KnockKnock]

As a fellow 2.3 owner (though Duratec) I'd like to see this build. I'm not 100% certain, but hopefully someone will chime-in and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that you can take the guts from an M5OD-R1HD (all but the input shaft), and swap them into your M5OD-R1 case, and get a better/stronger trans that bolts up to your I4. Again, hopefully someone can confirm this for me.