broncobra22
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- 1985 Bronco 2
Weight distribution
Decided to weigh the Broncobra yet again after installing tube bumpers, spare and rack, new seats and frame, dash etc. a lot has changed since my first weigh in after the 302/C4 & top chop (2650 lbs.) & wanted to get weight distribution figured out. Sure enough shes heavier, but still a lot lighter than stock. Weighed in at 3375 lbs. ....1856 lbs. on the front & 1519 lbs. on the rear giving a distribution of 55/45 front to rear with quarter tank of fuel. If I remember correctly the B2's carry about 23 gal. of fuel so I'll round it off to 100 lbs. more with a full tank of fuel added to the rear plus the shock cage and other suspension components which I'll estimate at 150 lbs. added to the rear weight equals approximately 1769 lbs. .... just under 50/50 front to rear weight distribution & total weight of 3625 lbs. I still plan on moving the battery back to the rear & adding a second battery also which will place another few pounds to the rear. I would like another 5% to the rear, but know only 1 place I can find it and I'm not ditching her transfer case by going 2x4! Power to weight should be pretty high...I have my own idea what it is but since I've made so many changes to the power plant to detune for reliability, cooler running, fuel availability etc. since she was on a dyno, it would be just a swinging wild A** guess. lol
If I were going to race at any level I would go 2x4...that debate goes on all the time & I won't respond to replys castigating one side or the other, because to me there are really good reasons
that the desert trucks, pre runners and race trucks choose one over the other. I'm not racing and most of the time I just cruise and if I need the front drive I use it if not I don't...sure like the idea of a redundant system to get me home...blow the back shaft limp home on the front at least to a point I can get some help. On the river sand I run rear wheel only 90% of the time, but I'm locked, aired down and moving at a good speed over soft stuff. When I mis-judge my speed, *****y sand condition or distance needed to clear the *****y stuff, I end up having to 4 wheel out (if I'm lucky). I love 4x4 & that's what I wheel and build!
Decided to weigh the Broncobra yet again after installing tube bumpers, spare and rack, new seats and frame, dash etc. a lot has changed since my first weigh in after the 302/C4 & top chop (2650 lbs.) & wanted to get weight distribution figured out. Sure enough shes heavier, but still a lot lighter than stock. Weighed in at 3375 lbs. ....1856 lbs. on the front & 1519 lbs. on the rear giving a distribution of 55/45 front to rear with quarter tank of fuel. If I remember correctly the B2's carry about 23 gal. of fuel so I'll round it off to 100 lbs. more with a full tank of fuel added to the rear plus the shock cage and other suspension components which I'll estimate at 150 lbs. added to the rear weight equals approximately 1769 lbs. .... just under 50/50 front to rear weight distribution & total weight of 3625 lbs. I still plan on moving the battery back to the rear & adding a second battery also which will place another few pounds to the rear. I would like another 5% to the rear, but know only 1 place I can find it and I'm not ditching her transfer case by going 2x4! Power to weight should be pretty high...I have my own idea what it is but since I've made so many changes to the power plant to detune for reliability, cooler running, fuel availability etc. since she was on a dyno, it would be just a swinging wild A** guess. lol
If I were going to race at any level I would go 2x4...that debate goes on all the time & I won't respond to replys castigating one side or the other, because to me there are really good reasons
that the desert trucks, pre runners and race trucks choose one over the other. I'm not racing and most of the time I just cruise and if I need the front drive I use it if not I don't...sure like the idea of a redundant system to get me home...blow the back shaft limp home on the front at least to a point I can get some help. On the river sand I run rear wheel only 90% of the time, but I'm locked, aired down and moving at a good speed over soft stuff. When I mis-judge my speed, *****y sand condition or distance needed to clear the *****y stuff, I end up having to 4 wheel out (if I'm lucky). I love 4x4 & that's what I wheel and build!
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