1996 Ford Bronco
| Owner: |
Kingfish999 (All of this user's registries on SuperMotors) |
| From: |
Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.A. (Other registries in FL) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1996 Ford Bronco (Other Ford Broncos) |
| Avatar: |
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| Nickname: |
B3 |
| Mileage: |
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| Engine: |
351w with 4.100 stroke and bored .060 over making it effectively a 425w
AFR 185 heads with 1.6 Mid-Lift roller rockers
Comp Cams 35-514-8 roller hydraulic cam
Trickflow TFS-R 75mm intake with 75mm throttle body
Pro-M 75mm MAF tuned for FRPP 42lb injector
Moates Quarterhorse tuner with AGANF strategy |
| Drivetrain: |
Original E4OD transmission with Transgo shift kit.
Dana 44 Twin Traction Beam Front axle. 5.5 inch lift with Deaver coils and extended radius arms. Regeared to 4.10 and Detroit TrueTrac limited slip
Sterling 10.25 Semi-floating converted to 5x5.5 lug pattern and disc brake conversion. Regeared to 4.11 with Trac-Lok limited slip
Borg Warner 1356 transfer case manual shift
33 12.50 15 BFGoodrich A/T
Precision Shaft Technology double cardan driveshaft upgraded to 1350 u-joint, 3" DOM tubing |
| Notes: |
Bought this truck for $2500 on 10/24/13 who had it for about 10 years. Needed something to replace my previous 96 Bronco as a daily driver. It originally had 227k miles but for the price and how desperate I was for a new truck I couldn't resist. Even with this many miles its still had plenty of power. It needed plenty of work but nothing I cant handle and nothing serious. it might not be my favorite truck but I still like it a lot. Planned on keeping it mostly stock. i was hoping to keep it a mostly stock truck which lasted about 2 years.
Eventually i decided to get an aftermarket valvebody for the transmission but unfortunately i was given an incorrect one and wrong gaskets. The tranny was crippled with very weak reverse so i started planning an engine and tranny rebuild. what started as a mild engine rebuild turned into a stroked and bored high power engien build. about a year later the engine finally started showing extreme wear with low oil pressure and power and despite the tranny still being crippled it was working. the engine build is done but the original tranny is still kicking
while i was gathering parts for the engine rebuild, i realized that the stock axle was no longer gonna handle the power. the axle got damaged at one point so i started building an axle that can handle plenty of power. i had an idea of taking a semi-floating axle from a F250, replace the axleshafts with custom ones build for 5x5.5 pattern and a disk brake conversion. i found a semi-floating 10.25 Sterling axle which should be loads stronger than the original 8.8 axle. i ended up regearing the axle to 4.10 gears with a junkyard Trac-Lok limited slip differential. due to the semi-floating 10.25 axle being very uncommon, there are no aftermarket differentials available so the best i can do is a factory style Trac-Lok
after finding a group to start offroading again, i decided that i would go ahead and have the truck build more for offroading. i found someone selling a cheap used 6" lift which i used and modified to install a 5.5 inch long travel link in the front. i added a TrueTrac limited slip in the front. the rear i lifted with F250 leaf springs adding 3" of lift and added a 3" lift block with massive u-bolts to effectively make a 6" lift. |
| Last Updated: |
3/3/2024 |
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 Random | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4,588 | 0 | 10/19/13 | 1/28/24 | | Offroading | 6 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 0 | 9/22/15 | 3/12/17 | | Hard Rock Park 9/19/15 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 4,024 | 0 | 9/22/15 | 9/28/15 | | Ocala/Hardrock 11/12/16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11/13/16 | 11/13/16 | | Rancho 4/21/18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 591 | 0 | 4/29/18 | 4/29/18 | | Ocala Forest 11/17/18 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1,240 | 0 | 11/19/18 | 9/29/19 | | Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/29/20 | 3/29/20 | | Various work | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4,352 | 0 | 12/8/13 | 3/3/24 | | Oil filter relocation and cooler | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4,793 | 0 | 9/4/16 | 5/9/17 | | fuel pump acces and pump upgrade | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1,110 | 0 | 1/12/17 | 1/12/17 | | F250 shock tower | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2,560 | 0 | 1/15/17 | 12/29/19 | | Retrofit Projector Headlights | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5,085 | 0 | 3/6/17 | 3/23/17 | | Exhaust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 6/2/17 | 12/2/18 | | Transmission | 8 | 0 | 0 | 607 | 0 | 8/25/17 | 10/1/17 | | Winch | 9 | 0 | 0 | 942 | 0 | 11/30/18 | 6/9/19 | | Vinyl flooring | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1,184 | 0 | 11/30/18 | 12/27/18 | | 410 Build | 25 | 0 | 0 | 986 | 0 | 1/12/22 | 1/28/24 | | Exhaust | 6 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 1/27/24 | 1/27/24 | | Front Bumper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 0 | 1/27/24 | 1/27/24 | | Superduty Axle swap | 21 | 0 | 0 | 798 | 0 | 1/28/24 | 1/28/24 | | Outdated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/12/22 | 1/12/22 | | cowl induction/air filter | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2,310 | 0 | 10/3/17 | 1/12/22 | | MAF screen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 640 | 0 | 10/14/17 | 10/14/17 | | -OLD- 6 inch lift install TTB | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1,012 | 0 | 8/14/16 | 1/27/24 | | modified front swaybar | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1,388 | 0 | 1/12/17 | 1/27/24 | | 5-lug Sterling 10.25 axle swap -OLD- | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7,748 | 0 | 2/28/15 | 1/12/22 | | 425ci Windsor stroker build -OLD- | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2,757 | 0 | 5/15/16 | 1/12/22 | | Engine Swap | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1,572 | 0 | 7/10/16 | 9/24/16 | | 425 disassembly | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1,633 | 0 | 1/1/20 | 1/7/20 | | Full Floating 10.25 axle 8-lug | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1,311 | 0 | 3/29/20 | 1/27/24 | | Removing cast leaf perches | 8 | 0 | 0 | 547 | 0 | 4/19/20 | 12/7/20 |
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68 hits | 35.28 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
the floor in back of my truck was REALLY bad and smashing my fuel tank even. I decided to cut the floor mostly out. I welded some steel strips as support for the floor. I then made a 1/8" thick steel floor to mount ontop. its fastened to the supports...
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60 hits | 49.28 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
Got the arms done. Because of the trans crossmember, i could not go full length of the kit but they are still plenty long. I did upgrade the main 9/16" bolt to a 3/4" bolt.
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52 hits | 46.11 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
The kit is designed to weld the mounts directly to the frame. I decided i wanted it to be bolt-on to the frame instead. So i bought some 1/4" steel plate and welded the outrigger, plate, and mount so it is a easily bolted on to the frame yet very stu...
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46 hits | 74.75 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
This kit requires alot of welding for what seems pretty simple. But the kit works pretty good
Dont judge my welds too bad, i did several passes with them and they have plenty of penetration. I will clean them up to be very smooth once done
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96 hits | 76.45 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
Ruffstuff universal DOM / Heim arm kit for Superduty axle swaps. Also an outriggers to mount to the frame in correct position because Superduty are wider than OBS frames
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63 hits | 33.39 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
Dana 60 was regeared to 5.13 gears and a Yukon Grizzly locker added. a strong iron Solid Axle Industries brand diff cover to protect from rocks
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71 hits | 65.79 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
Front axle is now useable but will probably be changed up at some point. It does not drive very well in this current state. need to do something about tracbar, mount lower coil bucket better, maybe better steering stabilizer.
new steering components...
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45 hits | 50.26 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
upper Tracbar mount using a James Duff trackbar mount
used a Ruffstuff universal DOM / Heim tracbar kit.
my tracbar limits my axle travel by hitting the top of the diff housing and the bottom of the engine crossmember. i will need to eventually red...
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60 hits | 41.77 KB | Posted: 1/28/24
In order to try and gain some camber as easy as i can. I modified the stock Superduty arms so the upper axle mounting point is inward more to increase caster.
To do so i cut a bit out of the top of the arms between the mounting tabs. i then weld a G...
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1079 hits | 76.2 KB | Posted: 2/28/15
This is a 10.25" Sterling axle I got from a 97 F250 (newer body style). it is semi-floating, has 3.55 gears with open differential. it has an odd 7-lug pattern instead of the normal 8-lug but this shouldn't be a problem regardless since I am goi...
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519 hits | 94.36 KB | Posted: 10/19/13
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454 hits | 59.38 KB | Posted: 9/4/16
side view. the filter is only slightly exposed from the bottom of the frame. it should be well protected
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445 hits | 61.79 KB | Posted: 2/28/15
I never knew Ford used a 7-lug axle in a 3/4 ton truck or ever for that matter. I figured they would use 8-lug for all 3/4 ton applications and am unsure why they even would want to switch to a 7-lug.
Either way it wont matter in the long run
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435 hits | 39.1 KB | Posted: 3/13/15
7-lug axleshaft vs my new 5-lug axleshaft.
the hub doesn't stick out very far. this doesn't bother me too much but it would have been nice if the hub went far enough to reach inside the wheel more.
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427 hits | 66.59 KB | Posted: 9/4/16
the very late years 351w have a factory oil cooler setup. it has an adapter that goes between the engine and the oil filter that cools the oil. the adapter is connected to the lower radiator hose to allow coolant to flow through the adapter.
theres ...
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421 hits | 55.41 KB | Posted: 9/4/16
top view of mount with the radiator and fan shroud mocked into place. there should be plenty of room to clear everything
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392 hits | 48.28 KB | Posted: 3/12/15
new leaf spring perch from Ruffstuff. I had to grind them abit to make them fit good around the axletube but nothing too much. these perches are great and designed to be long to prevent axle wrap, and have 3 different holes for moving the axle forwa...
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387 hits | 46.68 KB | Posted: 9/14/19
rebuilt two F6TE-JA harmonic balancers for 96 351w with 4-point tone ring. done by Damper Dudes for around $120 each plus shipping. one for this bronco, other for the 88 bronco with 96 EFI
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