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Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:55 am
by dtbback
1Hondalover wrote:Correct. This is 5 row dual pass. Lots of capability to have cool stuff with a custom radiator.....motor oil heat exchanger on the left side, 3/8" bung for drain valve, intake water connection, grounding hub and mandrel 45 top hose connection for more direct route. Not taking any chances Jim & Paige's Bronco will ever heat again, at idle for 30 minutes with the A/C on or buried in the silt pedal to the wood.
Speaking of not taking chances, our Fluidyne trans cooler showed up today. No way we're going to risk the new E4OD. Lots of work to be done before KOH.....
Fluidyne E4OD cooler dual core dual pass.jpg
Fluidyne E4OD cooler dual 6.5 Spal fans.jpg
How much did that beautiful piece of cooling set you back?
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:37 am
by 1Hondalover
tcm glx wrote:Solo seems to be way way backed up. Good luck getting in! Cant wait to see the Bronco at KOH!
Dropping off at Solo tomorrow Tony. Bassani/RPM exhaust will unfortunately have to wait until after KOH though. We won't have the headers back in time and I don't want to spread things too thin. We have a small pile of dough invested in the new trans and cooling, so I'll make sure those things are well seated in time to romp KOH. Engine & exhaust upgrades do before peninsula run in the Spring.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:43 am
by 1Hondalover
dtbback wrote:How much did that beautiful piece of cooling set you back?
$500 for the trans cooler plus $115 for the two fans. I sent all of the Spal fans to Fluidyne for both coolers.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:57 pm
by dtbback
Holy moly!
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:31 pm
by 1Hondalover
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:59 pm
by dtbback
VERY NICE!! I just wish they were local.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:54 pm
by 1Hondalover
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:59 pm
by 1Hondalover
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:03 pm
by 1Hondalover
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:31 pm
by tcm glx
That's one good looking alternator! Bronco is looking great, getting all dolled up for KOH!
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:45 pm
by rdcjuanb
Crazy how busy that place is.
Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:56 am
by cs_drums
Pretty cool cooler set up.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:19 am
by 1Hondalover
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:36 am
by tcm glx
Did you drive it yet? Curious to hear your thoughts on power... I think you will be happy!
Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:42 am
by cs_drums
I had the same issue with my headers and firewall. Nothing a body saw and some tin didn't fix. Richard guys do great work.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:31 pm
by Wrightracing.net
I had Richard do the exhaust in my Bronco many moon's ago. Back then in the small shop. That exhaust was a side exit before the rear tire and is still solid. I have oval-shaped the 3" exhaust on some rocks, but still works great with a SpinTech muffler.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:47 pm
by 1Hondalover
tcm glx wrote:Did you drive it yet? Curious to hear your thoughts on power... I think you will be happy!
Unfortunately no drive yet......but we been on the dyno! Wish I had video with sound of that.
Will post more tomorrow but looks like at the rear wheels we made 180HP and 250TQ with an otherwise stock 351. This after Steve fixed the mass airflow sensor hijinks.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:35 am
by hollandermotorsports
Very nice.
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:03 pm
by 1Hondalover
Re: Jim & Paige's Bronco
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:28 pm
by 1Hondalover
Pretty smart guy this Steve at Powertrain Dynamics. He rigs up the Bronco, spins it up and immediately asks me about a few things, including the mass airflow sensor. I told him as far as we knew, Greg and Blake transferred the entire 1996 OBDII setup into our chassis. Why was he asking about the sensor? Steve said the engine was immediately and dangerously lean from mid to WOT. I have no idea, but it could explain some of our past heating issues as hard as we run it. I had seen another sensor in a ziplock bag left over from the conversion, so I brought it with me.
Steve pulls the sensor out and takes it to his office. He comes back and says it's out of an old F150 not 351. Curry Racecars I tell him.....but it doesn't explain why the OE 1996 piece isn't in there. I give him the other sensor in the bag and guess what? I have no idea how it didn't replace the old one when everything else was swapped together. Funny it seemed to run pretty well.....with the exception of the heating issues it made the trip down the peninsula last year and lots of other places pushed pretty hard with no problem.
A few minutes later the 96 sensor is in and spinning again. Several WOT pulls and Steve comes out smiling. No more lean condition. I'm happy he can see this......how would I know otherwise? Now Steve can start to tune and he does just that. He tells me the John Wood E4OD is spot-on already, and sets everything as it should and can be for us to push it some more. Steve repeatedly says he can't believe we didn't scrap the motor running that lean. I say Ford.
In the end I'm thrilled for $500 and even though I want that Stroker worse than ever, happy with the power the old Bassani assisted 5.8 makes. Hopefully Pismo testing March 19 and then Barstow testing April 9.
If you have the need......best go see Steve and have him see what's happening for your rig.
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