Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and Well I am finally a member. This site has been alot of help to me while I have been working on my project nicknamed "Lil Hoss". I have owned my 1990 BII for just over 4 years. I bought it from an officer for $500 and it has been my daily driver since then. Everything I know about this truck I have either taught myself or learned from friends helping me. Here is the status as of today.
Its a long story but suffice to say I am taking the entire power train and both front and rear ends out of my 1982 Bronco and putting them under my 1990 BII. After alot of work here is the status.
The BII is totally gutted. I swapped both doors to have the manual windows and locks. I pulled the 2.9 V6 out and will be installing a tuned 302 and the Manual transfer case instead of the pushbutton one that came standard. The front TTB from the fullsize fits perfectly under the BII with one exception. I have to shorten or get a new passenger side axle to work with the reduced spacing between the drop brackets. **update- my buddy and I are going to weld a few modifications on the drop brackets so I dont have to shorten the axle** I also have to move the spring perches and shock mounts on the 9in rear to work under the BII frame **this was done on saturday**.
We plan on boxing the frame to handle the extra torque and a roll cage as well.
As far as I am concerned the roll cage can wait until its running but it would be alot easier to do with everything torn out of the inside. Need a place to get tubing at a decent price.... any ideas???
Driveshafts..... **Jesse at High Angle driveline in Cali is helping me out with this.... great feedback and quick response** Rear will have to be shortened an front lengthend.
My new rims on the BII dont fit the hubs on the fullsize so I am selling those and using the stock rims from the Bronco.
In order to move the fullsize back home I put the front and rear from the BII underneath it. I now have a low rider bronco. Its actually pretty ugly but as long as it rolls onto a trailer it will work. I planned on using the frame for parts to box in the BII and the body will most likely wind up at MSI **local AK junk yard**. If anyone wants it let me know. Its in pretty decent shape.
I have to (well my buddy is going to since he can weld) fab up some spacers between the coil buckets/upper shock mounts and the frame so the extended radius arms arent swung out as wide. Fortunately the James Duff arms have a 1 1/2" adjustable eye bolt so they have bookoo flex and lateral travel but I would still like it to be more or less vertically alligned.
The wiring harness is a nightmare but luckily I have another friend that is helping out on that. A previous owner had a viper car alarm and a sound system installed but it was rigged and the harness looked like a frankenstein. Spliced and stitched EVERYWHERE. Got rid of all the EFI crap, A/C, cruise control... you name it. I am taking it down to the basics. I have a MSD ignition that will go in and a new heater box (swapped with my wiring buddy) so there should be no trimming of the box to make room for the V8.
I am still stuck on the radiator mounts since the 90 BII has a welded radiator support that I cant remove without chopping. I would like to use the radiator out of the fullsize but I havent measured it yet. Worse comes to worse Ill reuse the one from the BII since it was designed for A/C and I shouldnt have a problem with overheating in the winter.
Other than that, I am keeping the James Duff 3" suspension kit and the JD 2" body lift. Still running the 33 BFG MTs but after my deployment in Jan I would like to size up to 35"s. I dont think I will have an issue with them fitting due to the extra wheel base.
I am hoping to have everything I can control DONE by the beginning of December. If I am waiting on the driveshafts thats fine with me.
Any thoughts, ideas, or comments are appreciated.
Its a long story but suffice to say I am taking the entire power train and both front and rear ends out of my 1982 Bronco and putting them under my 1990 BII. After alot of work here is the status.
The BII is totally gutted. I swapped both doors to have the manual windows and locks. I pulled the 2.9 V6 out and will be installing a tuned 302 and the Manual transfer case instead of the pushbutton one that came standard. The front TTB from the fullsize fits perfectly under the BII with one exception. I have to shorten or get a new passenger side axle to work with the reduced spacing between the drop brackets. **update- my buddy and I are going to weld a few modifications on the drop brackets so I dont have to shorten the axle** I also have to move the spring perches and shock mounts on the 9in rear to work under the BII frame **this was done on saturday**.
We plan on boxing the frame to handle the extra torque and a roll cage as well.
As far as I am concerned the roll cage can wait until its running but it would be alot easier to do with everything torn out of the inside. Need a place to get tubing at a decent price.... any ideas???
Driveshafts..... **Jesse at High Angle driveline in Cali is helping me out with this.... great feedback and quick response** Rear will have to be shortened an front lengthend.
My new rims on the BII dont fit the hubs on the fullsize so I am selling those and using the stock rims from the Bronco.
In order to move the fullsize back home I put the front and rear from the BII underneath it. I now have a low rider bronco. Its actually pretty ugly but as long as it rolls onto a trailer it will work. I planned on using the frame for parts to box in the BII and the body will most likely wind up at MSI **local AK junk yard**. If anyone wants it let me know. Its in pretty decent shape.
I have to (well my buddy is going to since he can weld) fab up some spacers between the coil buckets/upper shock mounts and the frame so the extended radius arms arent swung out as wide. Fortunately the James Duff arms have a 1 1/2" adjustable eye bolt so they have bookoo flex and lateral travel but I would still like it to be more or less vertically alligned.
The wiring harness is a nightmare but luckily I have another friend that is helping out on that. A previous owner had a viper car alarm and a sound system installed but it was rigged and the harness looked like a frankenstein. Spliced and stitched EVERYWHERE. Got rid of all the EFI crap, A/C, cruise control... you name it. I am taking it down to the basics. I have a MSD ignition that will go in and a new heater box (swapped with my wiring buddy) so there should be no trimming of the box to make room for the V8.
I am still stuck on the radiator mounts since the 90 BII has a welded radiator support that I cant remove without chopping. I would like to use the radiator out of the fullsize but I havent measured it yet. Worse comes to worse Ill reuse the one from the BII since it was designed for A/C and I shouldnt have a problem with overheating in the winter.
Other than that, I am keeping the James Duff 3" suspension kit and the JD 2" body lift. Still running the 33 BFG MTs but after my deployment in Jan I would like to size up to 35"s. I dont think I will have an issue with them fitting due to the extra wheel base.
I am hoping to have everything I can control DONE by the beginning of December. If I am waiting on the driveshafts thats fine with me.
Any thoughts, ideas, or comments are appreciated.
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