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Bronco 2 trail/desert....any questions?


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Hi, just thought I'd share my 86 bronco 2 build, feel free to give any suggestions or ask any questions.
Not sure if the pics are working yet, but they will be up soon if not already.
So, I have been trying to build a trail/desert vehicle, and this is what I have so far.
Started with an 86 bronco 2 STOCK
Rather then state every turn the rig has taken, I'll just go ahead with what it is to this date...
86 bronco 2
4.0 ohv, ported polished smog eliminate ecu, headers wrapped, cully ballanced.
M50d Trans
Bw1350 transfer case
Built wrangler drive shaft
8.8 rear end, from. 96 explorer 4.56 gears and true trac
D35 from 93 explorer with 4.56 gears, true trac
Sky jacker front arms and cross member
Skyjacker 4inch lift soft ride reqr springs with beltech shackles
Shocks up front:
12" king 2.5 dual rate coilovers with resi
Giant motorsports shock hoop
2.0 FOA bumps
Strapped at 16" of four wheel drive travel
Rear suspention:
14" FOA 2.5 remote resi
2.5 foa bump
Strapped at 13" travel
Steering:
Stock box and pump
Single swing set with hiem joints all around
Exterior:
Bushwhacker fender flares
Stock tire carrier
40" LED light bar
Interior:
Full roll cage
Rear shock hoop
3 seater w/5 point harnesses all around
12" sub/amp
Smitty build center consul with seat heater switch
Raptor liner on full tub
I'm sure I'm missing a lot, but this is the most of it, if you have any questions or suggestions feel free to let me know.
 


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Sounds like an awesome build. Can't wait to see the pictures
 
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Definitely want to see the pics
 

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Pics man Pics
 

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Cant get any pics to download, keeps telling me errors... any suggestions????
 

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Nice rig!

Id love to see some more details about your steering set-up. My geometry is all sorts of stupid, your set-up looks like a good solution.

Welcome to the forum. :beer:
 

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It works really well, no noticeable bump steer at all, what do you have on your set up so far, the single swing is really not to hard of a set up to get right.
Do you have lift brackets, I ask cause I do, and that did make for a tighter situation, but still very doable.
 

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Pretty interesting. Did you fab up the steering setup? I'd like to see more photos of the full steering setup.
 

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I have built everything on the car except the cage and the steering, main reason is I don't trust my welding to my life or others.
The steering was my idea after weeks of deciding what would work best, after doing some very basic drawings, I had a local fab guy put in into reality, he drew it on a cad cam system so all parts could be laser cut to weld, and he could check for clearances and rang of motion.
I do not have the car cam files, but let me know and I can list the dementions and I will put up some more detailed pics of the front end.
As I stated earlier, I have drop brackets, this made cleard few pretty critical,
And i am using the skyjacker 6inch extreme drop pitmen arm, with drop brackets and a sinkhole swing set steering, that extreme drop pitmen arms is a MUST for proper steering geometry.
 

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It would make a great feature at broncoiicorral.com. What brand LED bar is that?
 

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