Big Power for the 2.7L Bronco: New Garrett PowerMax Turbo + PandaTune Combo

[Caleb@PandaMotorworks]

If you’ve been looking to unlock serious performance out of your 2.7L Bronco without sacrificing drivability or reliability, this is it! The Garrett POWERMAX™ Direct Fit Performance Turbocharger Kit is now available, and it’s a complete plug-and-play solution designed by the same team that builds your OEM turbos, just turned up to 11.

The Hardware
Garrett engineered this kit as a direct bolt-on upgrade for the 2021+ Bronco 2.7L. It includes both LH & RH turbo assemblies, each equipped with calibrated electronic actuators for seamless integration with your factory electronics.

Compared to stock:

• +42% compressor flow
• +27% turbine flow
• Supports up to 640 BHP (477 kW)
• 41mm compressor inducer vs. 34mm stock
• High-strength stainless turbine housings rated to 950°C
• CARB Certified (D-871-4) – 100% emissions legal in all 50 states

That means you get factory-level reliability with headroom for serious performance gains.

The Software

Hardware only gets you halfway there. To truly wake these up, pair them with our custom PandaTune powered by HP Tuners RTD.
With our custom PandaTune, we take full advantage of the increased flow and efficiency these PowerMax turbos provide. Refining boost curves, torque management, fueling, and throttle response for smooth, controllable power delivery across the rev range.

This combo completely transforms how the Bronco drives.
Faster spool
Stronger mid-range torque
Sustained top-end power
Factory-like drivability

Whether you’re chasing more fun on the road, extra grunt for towing, or more punch off-road, the PowerMax + PandaTune combo gives you that OEM-plus experience, just way more of it.

Why Panda Motorworks?

We’ve tuned thousands of EcoBoost platforms, and the 2.7L Bronco is quickly becoming one of our favorites. Our calibrations are developed and tested in-house using the same HP Tuners RTD device we ship to customers, so what you get is a battle-tested tune built for your setup.

Garrett 2021+ Ford Bronco 2.7L GT1752S PowerMax Turbocharger Kit

21+ Ford Bronco 2.7 HPT RTD + Panda Tune

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[Squatch]

Dyno graphs?

 

[Caleb@PandaMotorworks]

Dyno graphs?

Hopefully coming soon!

 

[BroncocnorB]

How much HP over stock on 93?

 

[Caleb@PandaMotorworks]

How much HP over stock on 93?

We look forward to testing and finding that out for you guys! These are pretty new from Garrett, so not much out there in the way of actual horsepower gains just yet.

 

[Caleb@PandaMotorworks]

If there is anyone looking to make the jump into this setup and is close to us in Missouri, we are very open to working with you on pricing for install and tuning so we can get some media and more data!

 

[Loesch]

Dyno graphs?

Look at this great upgrade that gives you great drivability and all the power. Oh yeah, how much power? We don't know yet. HAHA.

 

[WarthogJr]

Look at this great upgrade that gives you great drivability and all the power. Oh yeah, how much power? We don't know yet. HAHA.

And they are looking for a guinea pig to experiment with.

 

[Caleb@PandaMotorworks]

Look at this great upgrade that gives you great drivability and all the power. Oh yeah, how much power? We don't know yet. HAHA.

Our shop Bronco is a 2.3L, otherwise we'd toss these in and put it on the rollers this week. The Garrett PowerMax upgrade has been a very popular turbo upgrade option for a variety of different EcoBoost platforms over the years, so we are excited to see it is now out for the Broncos.

The graph below is an example of power gains we made from a Focus ST with a stock turbo, to the PowerMax upgrade.

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

If you've tuned "thousands of ecoboosts", then why do you need a 2.7 guinea pig truck??? sounds like you're just now learning how to " battle test" tune them to me. While other tuners have been doing the heavy lifting for years and years.

 

[chris@pandamotorworks]

If you've tuned "thousands of ecoboosts", then why do you need a 2.7 guinea pig truck??? sounds like you're just now learning how to " battle test" tune them to me. While other tuners have been doing the heavy lifting for years and years.

We don’t have to have every EcoBoost vehicle in the shop at any given moment, that’s just not realistic. We’ve been tuning EcoBoosts since they first came out, from F150s that were tow rigs to Raptors the first year the 3.5 dropped.
We were one of the pioneers in the 2.0L market, first to break 500whp and keep pushing from there. Just because we did not follow the truck platforms early on does not mean we weren’t tuning them. At least we are being transparent about looking for someone interested in this upgrade and helping us continue to push the 2.7 platform forward.
If you are questioning our experience, take a look through our socials, the work speaks for itself.

 

[ScLeCo]

Passenger side install is easy, driver side is a pain in the dick.
If you have aftermarket intercooler tubes you're going to need 2" to 2.4" 45 deg silicone couplers (I found some on ebay). The stock ones don't fit any more and the turbos only come with an adapter that attaches to the stock tubes.

 

[timhood]

We don’t have to have every EcoBoost vehicle in the shop at any given moment, that’s just not realistic. We’ve been tuning EcoBoosts since they first came out, from F150s that were tow rigs to Raptors the first year the 3.5 dropped.
We were one of the pioneers in the 2.0L market, first to break 500whp and keep pushing from there. Just because we did not follow the truck platforms early on does not mean we weren’t tuning them. At least we are being transparent about looking for someone interested in this upgrade and helping us continue to push the 2.7 platform forward.
If you are questioning our experience, take a look through our socials, the work speaks for itself.

This is a tough crowd here!

I'm neither near Missouri nor lacking for power in my Bronco, but it'll be interesting to watch and see what numbers show up.

 

[chris@pandamotorworks]

This is a tough crowd here!

Im neither near Missouri nor lacking for power in my Bronco, but it'll be interesting to watch and see what numbers show up.

Not afraid of tough at all. We all want numbers and more power. We love what these turbos do on other platforms. We had a big hand in the development of the 2.0L EcoBoost Stage 1 and were the ones to test it on multiple Focus STs, one being my wife’s and another a customer’s car, for nine months before release. I also know who helped test and tune these turbos early on before HP officially released full tuning support. Even got to dabble with them using a power module but unfortunately I don’t have any numbers or additional info I can share publicly on that front.

 

[SierraBronco]

Passenger side install is easy, driver side is a pain in the dick.
If you have aftermarket intercooler tubes you're going to need 2" to 2.4" 45 deg silicone couplers (I found some on ebay). The stock ones don't fit any more and the turbos only come with an adapter that attaches to the stock tubes.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooo!

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