1979 Ford Bronco Xlt Ranger on 2040-cars
Hay Springs, Nebraska, United States
Engine:460
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Trim: XLT
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Drive Type: 4 Wheel Drive
Options: 4-Wheel Drive, CD Player
Mileage: 13,411
Power Options: Air Conditioning, Cruise Control
Exterior Color: Blue
Interior Color: Blue
Number of Cylinders: 8
Year: 1979
460 engine out of a 1976 F350. The cylinders were bored .030 over and hypertec pistons installed. Crankshaft was reground to .010 undersized on all rods and mains. ARP rod bolts installed and all 8 rods were resized. The entire reciprocating assembly was balanced. Heads were converted to screw in studs and guide plates with Crane Roller Rockers installed, three angle valve job with new valves, retainers, and hardened valve keepers and hardened push rods. Competition Cam Extreme 4x4 camshaft #262 with matching springs. Cam specs are: 262 degrees intake, 270 degrees exhaust. 218 degrees intake and 226 degrees exhaust @ .050 lift. .514 inches of lift on the intake and .524 on the exhaust at 111 degrees of separation. Power band: 1400 to 5700 rpm.
Distributor was recurved with 22 degrees mechanical advance starting at 1100 rpm, and all advance in by 3000 rpm. 10 degrees of vacuum advance starting at 5 inches of vacuum.
Edelbrock Aluminum water pump with 180 thermostat (thermostat is guaranteed that if it should fail, it will fail in the open position), 4 core super cooling radiator, heavy duty fan clutch.
Stan's Tri-Y header's with dual 2.5" exhaust and Flowmaster mufflers.
Power steering has been upgraded to a Saginaw power steering pump. New tie rods installed 3 years ago.
New 35x12x15 Kumho Road Venture MT. 4:11 gears with mini spool in rearend.
Has rust over rear tires and tail gate.
The speedometer was replaced when the moter and drive train was rebuilt. The mileage shown is for the motor and drive train.
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Ford talking unibody Ranger replacement
Mon, 18 Feb 2013Now here's some welcome news. Car and Driver reports Ford is seriously mulling a replacement for the recently deceased Ranger, but the successor to the compact pickup's throne may not look anything like what we've seen from the nameplate in the past.
While speaking at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show, Doug Scott, marketing manager for Ford Trucks, said there's still a market for a smaller pickup, but that buyers expect to see a larger differentiation between the smaller utility vehicles and their full size counterparts in price, capability and fuel economy.
According to Scott, that means a vehicle with a payload capacity of around 1,000 pounds paired with a towing capacity of 3,000 pounds and "a dramatic reduction in fuel consumption." But the biggest piece of that recipe is the price tag, and Scott says to keep the MSRP far enough away from the already cheap F-150, the answer could come in the form of a unibody design. Scott says target customers in this market don't care whether the truck has a traditional frame or not, so long as it's tough enough to do the job and has the capability they need.
Project Ugly Horse: Part V
Mon, 11 Feb 2013The Slippery Slope
I've had a healthy appreciation for cars that stop since one truly unfortunate incident with a runaway 1971 Lincoln Continental.
It's funny how quickly a party can turn from, "We're all having blast" to "What happened to the front of the house, and how many stitches do you think this is going to take?" Standing in a Mustang salvage shop in Kodak, Tennessee, I couldn't help but feel I had strayed into the latter territory with Ugly Horse. There was a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 plucked from a rear-ended Cobra sitting off to my left. The shelves were lined with second-hand Roush and SVT components galore, but I couldn't stop staring at a set of rotors with the approximate diameter of my chest.
NHTSA investigating 725k Ford, Mercury vehicles for stalling issue
Mon, 25 Feb 2013Owners of Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models, listen up. According to a report on Automotive News, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into these four vehicles totaling an estimated 725,000 units. The investigation appears to center around a malfunctioning throttle body on non-hybrid models of the 2005-2012 Escape and 2011-2012 Fusion. With Mercury dying off after the 2011 model year, this probe will also apply to the 2005 through 2011 Mariner and the 2011 Milan. There has been some discussion around the Escape stalling issue for some time now, but this investigation appears to be larger in scope than before.
Though not a recall yet, NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received 123 complaints of stalling or surging vehicles, while Ford itself has logged 1,472 complaints. The investigation report, which is posted below, seems to indicate that a faulty circuit board for the throttle body could cause the vehicle to go into limp mode, which, according to NHTSA, could cause complaints of both stalling and surging.