project Against the Grain

[choped84]

well i've been gettin alot of questions about the bronco II iv'e been buildin so here we go.

i bought it from my uncle for 300 bux with a pink camo paint job, no lift and 35" bfg mt's

after about a year i blew both head gaskets and fried the auto overdrive trans. so the teardown began

out came the stock 2.8

and since it was all tore apart i figured it was a good time to do a solid axle swap.

 

[bobbywalter]

JDB2



sweet...i love no lift 35 in tire trucks...matts was killer.



you gonna still try to stay low as possible? how bout a 4.0? or are you going to scream the 2.8?

 

[Rangerman4158]

I love the solid axle being john deere colors that awesome!!

 

[choped84]

after getting the full width dana 44 under it i found out the frame was bent on both side infront of the cab. so i cut stock frame rails off and built my own out of 2"x5" .188 wall tube.

i used 4" bronco graveyard superflex coils and stock f-150 coil buckets

 

[Rangerman4158]

? how did you shoe horn the straight six in that truck? Is the ingine compartment long enough for that or did you have to lenghten the nose?

 

[choped84]

the 300 fit with just a little firewall beating. the radiator is goin to be mounted to the roll bar in the bed. the whole thing is goin to be JD green and yellow but i just havnt had the time to paint it yet

 

[choped84]

when i made the new front frame rails i made them to be the same width as a 79 f-150 for ease of mounting the radius arms, motor mounts, and steering box

 

[choped84]

heres some pics of the clearance around the I6

 

[choped84]

the dana 70 rear

rear crossmember. i still plan to guset the shakles i just havent got my dimple dies yet

 

[choped84]

the stance with 35's after the suspension work

 

[choped84]

the chop top. the rear hatch still opens

 

[bobbywalter]

i like it


i was thinking of plate mounting a carb like that on a bellows that was adjustable so startups on angles would be easy...with two cables for fore/aft side/side...i started working on it some time ago when rusty was thinkin of droppin a 300 in a rbv...that way you could ruin a lil more carb with the mid clifford cam.


he is gonna love this rig

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I do love this rig.

Probely the most bad ass rig ive seen on here.....LOVE to see it in action!

Makes me wanna revive my 300/RBV project.

later,
Dustin

 

[FordMan016]

deadly truck.

 

[BeaterMan]

hell yea! thats a sweat rig. i'm really digging the 300 I6. got any more pics of the engine bay?