4 cylinder 4 door? Really?

[DrewBronc21]

How does that look pushing 5,000lbs through an overbuilt 4x4 system on 35inch off-road tires? I'm not a tuner, I'd like something I can just weld the hood shut on.....

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How does that look pushing 5,000lbs through an overbuilt 4x4 system on 35inch off-road tires? I'm not a tuner, I'd like something I can just weld the hood shut on.....

lifted Big tire Jeeps, Toyota’s, etc have done fine with much less for many year.

Read the Ranger road tests. It’s actually pretty quick. 15 sec quarter mile. 6.5 secs to 60.

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[OX1]

120 lbft at 2000rpm but 200+ at 2500 and 300lbft before 3000rpm.

That’s pretty quick. Jeep only has more torque from 0-2750 rpm. After that the bronco had a lot more.

The difference is huge off idle. 5.0 puts 160 ft-lbs to the wheels @ 1200 RPM (and 235 by 1600). Most won't care, as ford does an excellent job building boost VERY quickly @ part throttle. But go full throttle at a stop, and even the 2.7 takes a bit over a full second to get full boost (and that's with turbos verified smaller than the F150, an aero car, with really small/light wheels/tires, comparatively).

Now if you are used to wheeling an EB with cable throttle and a mild 398 stroker, you are not going to get that response, no matter what you do to the ecoboosts.

 

[Rogues Gambit]

off topic here, but imagine what a 351 with the aluminum boss block and heads, twin turbo, sequential injection. It would be hard to not make 600 hp at very low boost levels. and have durability through the roof.

That does sound sexy tbh, missed growing up with beasts like those, my household leased lux vehicles

 

[jtzako]

Its not any bigger/heavier than an xterra which has less power and does very well with what it has. The fact that bronco has turbos will help a lot (especially in high altitude places).

 

[kbexperience]

I think the 2.7 V6 is underpowered. So that's the extent of my doubting even more the 4 cylinder. It just isn't sitting well with me after a week of being excited and thinking about it. 5000+ pounds (with Sasquatch) on that small displacement leads me to think it will not he durable. Probably why they restricted the manual on the Sasquatch. I'm waiting for further developments at this point. A Coyote V8 or a larger V6.

Underpowered? They put it in crew cab F150's and they haul a$$ for a full size truck. A V8 would be nice, but in no way is the 2.7 underpowered.

 

[pan-y-cerveza]

Underpowered? They put it in crew cab F150's and they haul a$$ for a full size truck. A V8 would be nice, but in no way is the 2.7 underpowered.

This Bronco seems like a tank....but people seem to think it's actually based on a tank and not a modern vehicle. V8 might be cool but nowhere near what is actually needed to power this truck.

 

[GT5050]

My crew cab Ranger FX4 is 4600lbs roughly. And it has a 7500lb tow rating. The 2.3 is not just “adequate” it’s a terrific powertrain pairing and class leading amongst mid size trucks in terms of performance.

I have to believe the Bronco will be in the same ballpark weight-wise, and the 2.3 will be great

 

[MaverickMan]

I had a 2017 STI. Sold it 4 months after receiving it (waited 4 months for it to be built and shipped). Sold it quick because it wasn't as fast as expected. Had a corvette as well and compared it to that. 40 HP difference and the STI just didn't do it for me. My mom had an ecoboost F150 at the time that felt much quicker than the STI. Ford has got it right with the ecoboost as much as i hate to admit.

You compared a true sports car to a suped up sedan. You got the expected result. Nothing against those lil subbies, rally sure, drift sure, but raw sport power, nope.
Also whether your moms truck was faster or not. Something big with any good speed at all will feel very fast. The bronco 4 door looks pretty big to me so the either ecoboost should make it feel fast.

 

[motown313]

Rich Catholic school teens and sorority girls will be fine with the 4-cyl

 

[Dick_Castlesmurff]

Rich Catholic school teens and sorority girls will be fine with the 4-cyl

4-cyl sans turbo.

 

[Wanted33]

It's not the power I question, its the durability. I'm quite used to driving underpowered 4 bangers. They get the job done. But I'm also not in a machine anything like what this looks to be. With all that power being squeezed out of that little guy I question how long it will hold up. Seems like a recipe for blowing heads.

I get that also sir. All I can add is I have friends that have F-150's with the 2.7L, and the bigger 3.5L TT. None have said anything about having problems. And some of the older 3.5's have quite a few mile on them.

 

[NCOBX]

4-cyl sans turbo.

I wish I could get any powertrain option sans turbo.

 

[Dick_Castlesmurff]

I get that also sir. All I can add is I have friends that have F-150's with the 2.7L, and the bigger 3.5L TT. None have say anything about having problems. And some of the older 3.5's have quite a few mile on them.

Pound for pound the 4door Bronco looks like the same size as a F150, if not a little heavier, but Ford doesn't offer the 2.3L turbo in the F150....

 

[King Luis]

we have a 2.0L turbo 4 in our Volvo and it's plenty. it's only got 250hp versus the fords 270hp.

 

[FirstOnRaceDay]

Pound for pound the 4door Bronco looks like the same size as a F150, if not a little heavier, but Ford doesn't offer the 2.3L turbo in the F150....

No but ford has the 3.3 n/a in the f150 that’s a lot weaker than the 2.3

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