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So yes, go fast doesnāt mean the 4600 level speeds. It does mean fast enough to get the thrill, but slow enough to lower the roll potential. Itās a balance that Iām not sure stock provides, and positive rock crawler focus lifts are not suited for.I think a Bronco with a nice aftermarket front bumper and winch, and a good aftermarket rear bumper, on 35's or 37's would be very cool looking. As far as capability, I would easily run the Rubicon trail in a Badlands non-SAS on 33" tires. My Cherokee now has 33's and lockers F&R and will easily tackle the 'Con. It also has Deaver Jeepspeed springs and good shocks tuned for the car and trussed axles F&R and does very well in the desert or rough roads. Very fun to drive. On 33's.
Now, would I like to have a Bronco with a Stage 2 suspension and longer travel? Hell yes! But, it needs a good bit more travel than stock to justify the price and inconvenience of it being a daily driver. The thing about go fast Baja style builds is the ability to go faster over bigger whoops and irregularities. Doesn't make it faster on normal stuff, it makes it faster over much rougher roads and bigger whoops. But, to make use of longer travel the shocks need to be custom tuned for the car. On our race cars we spend $600 a day for custom shock tuning, and racing without doing that is pointless. I assume a future Stage 2 suspension will come with shocks already tuned, but short of buying a package like that most 2-3" lift kits will likely have shocks that aren't tuned as well as the stock factory Bilsteins. The stock Bronco has a bout 8.5" of travel. To get a noticeable increase you'd want to go over 10" and the shocks would need custom tuning. It's possible that a stock Badlands non-SAS Bronco could be faster than a 2" lift kit Bronco from an average vendor. The shocks will make the difference.
Our 4600 car had 11" travel in the front and 12.5" travel in the back, and two full days of shock tuning, and I would never drive the Bronco close to as fast as I drove that car. It will be my daily driver and I don't want to barrel roll it. We rolled the 4600 car a number of times, if you're going to go really fast it is just a risk. I also don't want to daily drive a lifted car, and my wife needs to get into it. So, like I said, lots of things are possible, but what do you want and how much are you willing to spend.
Not sure a full long travel kit is the need, but some more travel than stock would help with the whoops and uneven trails. The hills and deeper inclines would be a much more measured speed.
I feel the Branco BL or WT is the best starting platform out there for this type of off reading. Not really looking for anything larger than 37s, but most likely run 35s.
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