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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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on the forum that i know him from, he showed the install of his dome top pistons, forged rods, and stroked crank. he may have just not updated his cardomain page yet.
 
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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That one is my friend's 1968 Bronco. He's single and successful and cars are all he spends his money on. (I'd estimate he's into 6 digits on that one)I don't have any pics on my home computer, but I've got some on my work computer. It was on the cover and featured inthe Jul/Aug 2005 edition of Sandsports Magazine. We designed and built it for our Master's thesis project (MS Product Development)

http://www.sandsports.net/BackIssues...lyAugCover.htm

I've got some wicked video of us POUNDING on this truck if you've got somewhere to host it. 14" front travel/22" rear. We regularly go through 2 ft tall whoops at 70-80 mph, usually accelerating through them.

I'm currently building a similar 1974 Bronco that will be a little different than that one, but just as nice when it's done. Although I'm ONLY shooting for around 500 hp naturally aspirated.

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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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looks like a great start man. Loving the chasis setup and shock placement. not to familier on the broncos...other then that i knowthose can usually take a beating.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2007 | 07:38 AM
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Here's a few more pics of my friend's Bronco



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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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Lordie!! That'sCrAzY!!! It looks so weird being as short as it is and being up so high on it's suspension.

 
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 11:15 PM
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my side project is going to be an s-10 pickup with a 383 stroker, dual carbs, and a big cam. i amshooting for 400 hp, but my dad keeps telling me that it may be higher in the end
 
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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 07:39 AM
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400 hp is easily achieveable with a 383....That would be a very streetable motor.

You could figure out how you would need to build the motor with a program called Dyno2000. It is an engine simulation software that allows you to spec out different cams/heads/carbs, etc and run simulated dyno runs to see what kindof power your engine gets. When we were developing my friend's truck, we ran the software, then had his motor dyno'd and it was only off by a couple of percent (in fact the dyno software was a little conservative and gave a lower power number than what the dyno showed on multiple pulls.) You might want to check it out.
 
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