Project Double Trouble/Drew's Bronco

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:03 pm

She is sitting in her new home!

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:04 pm

Also picked up some shocks for a good price locally. Now to sort through these and decide what I want to use and what I will sell off.

Tanner287 · Post by **Tanner287** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:14 pm

That color is sweet!

93Broncobuff · Post by **93Broncobuff** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:45 pm

if you sell 14" c/o's id be down.

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:24 am

93Broncobuff wrote:if you sell 14" c/o's id be down.

Yeah i have not decided what to do with all these shocks now. having too many options is a bad thing.

option 1: stay along original path and put my 2.5 x 12 triples out back with deavers and just add the 2.5 x 16 bypasses up front with my 2.5 x 14 CO's.
option 2: use the 2.0 x 14 CO's and 2.5 x 16 bypasses out back in a traditional style link setup and use the 2.5 x 12 bypasses up front with my 2.5 x 14 CO's.
option 3: use short 2.0 x 9 bypasses and 2.0 x 9 CO's out back in a cantilever style link setup (like otters truck) and throw 2.5 bypasses up front with my 2.5 x 14 CO's.

Decisions Decisions.

otter · Post by **otter** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:41 pm

I vote for Option 1. You already have the leafs and everything to get it going. Run it with leafs and see if you like it. Might be fine. The only reason I went with my setup was the cost of shipping, not a big fan of throwing away build money on shipping. Run the first option get it in the dirt and tuned and decide from there. That's my 2 cents.

BDKW1 · Post by **BDKW1** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:51 pm

I like option 2. Best shock package.

tcm glx · Post by **tcm glx** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:37 pm

Option 1, works great, tried and proven.

Rmc · Post by **Rmc** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:06 pm

Follow your heart ...... Er I mean follow your wallet lol
All sound pretty bad ass if you ask me.

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:31 pm

otter wrote:I vote for Option 1. You already have the leafs and everything to get it going. Run it with leafs and see if you like it. Might be fine. The only reason I went with my setup was the cost of shipping, not a big fan of throwing away build money on shipping. Run the first option get it in the dirt and tuned and decide from there. That's my 2 cents.

BDKW1 wrote:I like option 2. Best shock package.

tcm glx wrote:Option 1, works great, tried and proven.

Rmc wrote:Follow your heart ...... Er I mean follow your wallet lol
All sound pretty bad ass if you ask me.

Yeah I'm going with option 1. But will prolly be keeping 2.0 x 14 coilovers for future considerations(links)

Rmc · Post by **Rmc** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:19 pm

Good call. Have fun sooner upgrade as you need to. That's my plan as well.

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:31 am

Slowly but surely, it shall be in the Dezert again!

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:41 pm

Good day at the shop today! Shoving a coilover and bypass has been challenging

otter · Post by **otter** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:54 pm

It's about time you work on this thing! Maybe I will be back from Hawaii for it's maiden voyage.

In 3 years.

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:48 pm

otter wrote:It's about time you work on this thing! Maybe I will be back from Hawaii for it's maiden voyage. In 3 years.

it should have all the kinks worked out by then. If I still have it. Appears that anyone north of Fresno only build a truck to use once and sell. Or wait is that only you. Lol

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:34 pm

So I have been toying around with running the bronco without the passenger axle installed unless I am running some sort of trail in the mtns. I have a bolt in axle third member that I can make a block off plate for the passenger axle and run a locker up front. Has anyone tries this? It keep rattling around in my brain. With the passenger axle installed I am getting 15.5 inches of clean travel from suspension. With out the passenger axle I am getting 20" of travel. Seems like it would be nice to have extra 5" of travel for desert. Idk I could be totally missing something here seems logically sound.

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:40 pm

Oh and picked up this guy last week.

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Sun May 03, 2015 12:04 pm

So I was not happy with how the engine cage was tying into the cab cage so I started cutting things up and reworking everything

Wrightracing.net · Post by **Wrightracing.net** » Sun May 03, 2015 7:13 pm

I have done a couple engine cages and one thing that I have always done is to keep the cage semetricle on both sides where the upper shock mounts are. It also keeps the stress of the frame twisting even from side to side where the engine cage attaches to the main cage. I was wondering what the reason was for the driver's side upper tube bend before going into the firewall? I am not saying it is wrong, just wondering the thought process behind it?

drewbee88 · Post by **drewbee88** » Sun May 03, 2015 7:50 pm

The passenger side and the drivers side are symmetrical. Give or take an 1/8 of an inch. The tube comes out straight and parallel to the fenders for easy mounting of the fiberglass. There will be a nice plated shock mount going between both tubes on each side.