Seems to come outta the woodwork any time the "BUH MUH V8" crowd comes out to play in my experience.
We get it, you want a v8. Buy a RAM or an F150 already lol.
You're a madman and I'm insanely interested in this hypothetical build
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4 cylinder 4 door? Really?
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We get it, you want a v8. Buy a RAM or an F150 already lol.
It would be a fun swap, that motor is capable of a lot of power. A 2j would also piss a lot of people off
Roy from TN is an angry dude. Keeps going on and on about people on the board wanna make loads of power, but when you bring up modifications to get the power, all of a sudden they want a stock engine with a warranty? I don't get it, he's all over the place.
Can we get a fund going, CURSED SWAPS:
13b?
SR?
Hellcat crate with only the left side of the V firing?
Prius swap?
I am going to pull the s52 out of my project car and deactivate 2 cylinders
I honestly think 2Js are insanely overdone, but...I can't deny how hilarious the thought of an I6 with two turbines on it sounds screaming across the desert in a Bronco. Or an RB26 lol. Or EJ257...
Wait, no, we're thinking too small...
BARRA SWAP IT!
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You're being intentionally obtuse and confrontational. Try not being an asshole for a day.
People are comparing the 2.3t to older v8s...because that's what the last bronco had! It's perfectly reasonable to compare the engine from today's bronco to the older ones.
People are comparing the 2.3t to older v8s...because that's what the last bronco had! It's perfectly reasonable to compare the engine from today's bronco to the older ones.
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You keep saying this, and I don't think it's true. We can't have people here that think they'll be racing their Wildtrak in the Baja 1000.
If you think that anybody is going to be "racing" or competing in rock crawl competitions in a stock Bronco both you and they are high AF.
Anybody attempting this would find, as did the Bronco R team, that the engine is not their weak point.
The engine choices we've been given are perfectly appropriate. And it is simply reality that manufacturers are moving away from V8s, except for FCA. Don't like it? Don't buy one.
This thread is about whether the 4cyl is capable enough. Not about whether or not a V8 would be better.
If you think that anybody is going to be "racing" or competing in rock crawl competitions in a stock Bronco both you and they are high AF.
Anybody attempting this would find, as did the Bronco R team, that the engine is not their weak point.
The engine choices we've been given are perfectly appropriate. And it is simply reality that manufacturers are moving away from V8s, except for FCA. Don't like it? Don't buy one.
This thread is about whether the 4cyl is capable enough. Not about whether or not a V8 would be better.
The funnier thing about this is a lot of people on this forum heard about the 392 trail concept and went "Eh who cares it's just another V8 FCA get a new party trick," but then will turn around and decry that 5.0's aren't going in Broncos from the factory any time soon. It's weird.
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I work with a guy that was so pissed there was no V8 offered he swears he'll call mine a Bronco II.
Me-"Whatever Carl."
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I don't have the actual number on me but Im' building a 4cyl Mustang track car and did a bunch of research on it.
Ford is notorious for hiding their curb weights ever since the aluminum body came out and was 600lbs lighter, yet the truck is still 700lbs heavier than Chevy and Ram....
Comes down to 4cyl being 165lbs lighter than the coyote.
Coyote is about another 100lbs lighter than the 2.7 - from what I have been able to gather..
So, around 250lbs? That's a lot, specially being that its up front...
Ford is notorious for hiding their curb weights ever since the aluminum body came out and was 600lbs lighter, yet the truck is still 700lbs heavier than Chevy and Ram....
Comes down to 4cyl being 165lbs lighter than the coyote.
Coyote is about another 100lbs lighter than the 2.7 - from what I have been able to gather..
So, around 250lbs? That's a lot, specially being that its up front...
I've seen a lot of reviews that the 2.0 4 cyl. is unreliable in the ford explorer. I'm curious if reliability will be an issue with the 2.3 4 cyl. in a four door bronco. I have the 4cyl as a selection on my 4 door badlands build but I'm worried that I may start having issues around 50k miles or so. Not worried about power at all just reliability....
So much this. Reading all the "but V8 :'( " dudes online is endlessly annoying. They're the same people who cry "back in my day" but have no idea what's actually happening today.
Don’t knock V-8s. The simpler versions, are very reliable, not over-stressed with turbos or other power adders and do very well in most platforms despite their inefficencies. Plus most V-8 have a great bellowing exhaust note, unlike the high-strung anemic blender song of most 4 cylinders and especially the V-6s.
