Mark's 71 BKO

[Rockbronco67]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

I been wanting to try my suspension out on some high speed stuff. Maybe one day we should plan a Pismo trip

[welndmn]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

I'm thinking about one now.
I'll let you know when I will be there.

[earlybronco72]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

How much does she weigh? I need to get mine down to the scales. Did you get a front, rear and total weight?

[Broncrick]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

UGH!
I just had it weighed again.

Think the Bronco is the problem? and yes what was the weight? I'm heading over to get mine done Sat...

[welndmn]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

Oh, 5240 Total
2830 Front
2410 Rear

Yes, I rounded

I went for corner weight too.
That's fully loaded for the trail with my 120lb body in it too...

[crawlin68]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

That's fully loaded for the trail with my 120lb body in it too...

That's a good one. You must of been thinking about Ryan.

[69crawler]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

That's a good one. You must of been thinking about ryan.

wet !

[NOTPRETTY]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

I'm shocked the weight is not more on the nose then that. Interesting. And, damn...that's heavy. I wonder what mine is...well when it has a motor/and everything else I have off it now back on?
I'm trying to dump weight where I can. This motor swap and front end redo should save me about 200-300 lbs.

Winch rope...from wire
Aluminum heads/intake/water pump/Headers from stk mans/but adding heavier brackets and more intake mass
Fiberglass hood...not much less really...probably 10 lbs is all.
Dumping wheel wells/inner fenders/adding some tube and small sheet should be a net loss
Removed a ton of crap that was not removed from the frame/body during various mods...about 50 lbs
I have lost 30 lbs
Okay...maybe not 300. But 150-200 is possible.

I'd bet just my rolling chassis is 3K... 60/14/atlas/frame/suspension/tires/wheels.

[welndmn]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

It is always fun to weigh them.
My front end I always thought was light, as I have glass fenders and air shocks, I really have no sheet metal up front.
I really think my tires and wheels are stupid heavy and the 60 has some pretty thick and heavy crap welded to it, but weight down low is good.

[720Racer]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

Mark,

Is your front end pushed forward? That would move the COG back, closer to the center of your WB.

[NOTPRETTY]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

Yeah, the difference in a ford versus a jeep is the location of the engine on the frame given the axle location. Jeeps have extremely short rear d-lines compared to fords. The cog in a ford is not as good as a jeep. And moving the front axle forward is way smarter then moving the rear back. I want to move mine forward but have not yet. I will when I link it.

[welndmn]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

Yeah, both front and rear ends are pushed, I can't remember how many inches each way, I was around 108/109 inches of WB IIRC

[broncomitch]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

hey mark, love the bronco!
im tubing out my front clip and was wondering if i made a bumper setup like yours?

i remember seeing your bronco on the last page of a mag years ago (dont remember what the mag was) but thought, man...that is bad ass!

[welndmn]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

Thanks for the complement!
It was CRAWL I think your talking about when I took over the whole page.
My front bumper/ fender mounts is ok, I'm not a fan of it any more.
But the tubes just go down the fenders and tie back into the a pillar of the roll cage.
It really adds some beef to the front end as I've hit it pretty hard.
Doing it again, I would of just tied it Into the frame or something, and leave it out of the cab.

[Delta 4 Wheel]

Re: Mark's 71 BKO

Thanks for the complement!
It was CRAWL I think your talking about when I took over the whole page.
My front bumper/ fender mounts is ok, I'm not a fan of it any more.
But the tubes just go down the fenders and tie back into the a pillar of the roll cage.
It really adds some beef to the front end as I've hit it pretty hard.
Doing it again, I would of just tied it Into the frame or something, and leave it out of the cab.

I call bullshit on that statement. HAHAHAHA