Iām looking forward to picking up my 2.3 Base (hopefully this week) and seeing how the clutch and the shifter stack up against the hundreds Iāve driven in the last 45+ years. Automatics are ok. My favorite transmission of all, though, is no transmission. Just a driveshaft from the crankshaft to...
I called Ford marketing and asked for my certificate number. They had nothing using my current address, but using the zip code from where I lived when I originally placed the order the cert came right up and was for the exact amount I calculated using the flow chart found elsewhere in this forum.
Nitrogenā¦the biggest ripoff in the industry right now. Unless it is going on a racetrack, or the driver checks air pressure daily and maintains it within 1/2 psi of optimum, it isnāt helping anything but the dealerās bank account.
Itās happening!
Blend date 4/20
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Rotation (sequencing) #2262
Exactly 800 days from order on 2/10/21 to blend date. Shadow Black 2-dr Base w/2.3 manual.
You can do all the research in the world but you donāt know what the trail is really like until you get there. You may be willing to wad up your new Bronco but I would bet the vast majority of people arenāt. They made the right decision.
Yeah, it's too bad not everyone is a premier off road driver like you and has to ask for help on occasion. Remind me, please, which year did you win KOH?
Looks great!
My Base is only optioned with the roof rails and ax switches. Rails because Iāll use them, and switches because, being prewired, they wouldāve been a bargain at 2-3 times the cost.
What did you do about speedometer calibration going to the bigger tires?