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RCcola55
02-23-2007, 09:33 PM
Well I figured it was about time to start my own thread. She began life as a 90 bronco, now resides on one tons and 40in iroks, plus a bunch of other goodies, too many to list at once.

My current project is narrowing the front and rear and build a set of tube fender to repair a little katemcy damage:

TxCruzr
02-23-2007, 10:12 PM
now resides on one tones

You should paint them two tone....maybe like a black bottom and a light gray top :gigem:

RCcola55
02-23-2007, 10:27 PM
fixed it

CheapJeep
02-23-2007, 11:22 PM
Lookin' good Ryan. Your mom's gonna kill you when she see's what you've done... :D

agjohn02
02-23-2007, 11:26 PM
was this hack the broncos day at 218 today or what? im not gonna lie, looks like crap right now:flipoff2:, but i have no doubt it'll look cool when done.

william_ace
02-23-2007, 11:32 PM
nicely done. remember when you washed and waxed it in my driveway? sure a far cry from that. looks better now

Fredo
02-23-2007, 11:40 PM
Hell yeah man! Looking cool!

RCcola55
02-24-2007, 02:56 AM
was this hack the broncos day at 218 today or what? im not gonna lie, looks like crap right now:flipoff2:, but i have no doubt it'll look cool when done.


ya if i didnt suck at paint and soild works so much i would give everyone a better idea of the final product, as for now it is drawn out on the back of my anthropology notes.

RCcola55
02-25-2007, 07:20 PM
got the hood mostly welded and painted, also made a cover plate for the holes one the firewall where the ac was, the battery tray will also be attached to this. Im gonna go later this week and pic up the tubing and plate to begin making the fenders and front bumper/stinger. pics to come

JB
02-25-2007, 07:42 PM
interesting

Reckless
02-25-2007, 08:49 PM
I could help this weekend if needed.

RCcola55
03-01-2007, 07:33 PM
After removing my ac and air pump on my 90' bronco with an E4OD , i plugged all the vacuum lines and holes in the heads, I started the truck up only to have it run for a few minutes and then die, the check engine light was also on. I was able to restart it and it seems to run fine although it seems to studder between 1000 and 2000 rpms. I pulled the codes and all I got was a koeo 22, which i know is the MAP sensor and im sure it has to do with the vacuum, I also pulled a koer 98 code (hard fault), what does this mean and how do i go about fixing it?

73bronco
03-01-2007, 08:03 PM
Electronic pressure control driver open in EEC (E4OD).

What are you doing with the ac compressor?

RCcola55
03-02-2007, 01:16 AM
What are you doing with the ac compressor?


dont know yet, its brand new though.

fbronco86
03-02-2007, 07:37 AM
Electronic pressure control driver open in EEC (E4OD).

What are you doing with the ac compressor?

You gonna do AC on the bronco? I have one on mine its a future plan on mine. It kinda fecks up the whole cooling system. unless you have the 5.0 conversion rad.

73bronco
03-02-2007, 06:25 PM
You gonna do AC on the bronco? I have one on mine its a future plan on mine. It kinda fecks up the whole cooling system. unless you have the 5.0 conversion rad.

yup, gonna have 2 compressors on the new motor with serpentine, one for AC the other for OBA

If you decide to get rid of it let me know

RCcola55
03-05-2007, 02:09 PM
as she sits now...

JB
03-05-2007, 03:04 PM
hmmmmm, ideas

RCcola55
03-05-2007, 03:17 PM
come on john all the cool kids cut their perfectly good bronco in half

RCcola55
03-05-2007, 03:30 PM
hood welded up

DRAGOONRANCH
03-05-2007, 11:24 PM
as she sits now...


:eek: :haha: awesome

BMFScout
03-06-2007, 08:30 AM
it's pretty impressive.

What's more impressive is their backyard! :yikes:

Sharpe
03-06-2007, 08:53 AM
it's pretty impressive.

What's more impressive is their backyard! :yikes:
Dont hate :flipoff2:

colman
03-06-2007, 10:08 PM
wow, did you even have body damage?

DRAGOONRANCH
03-06-2007, 10:59 PM
wow, did you even have body damage?


it was a preemptive strike. :gigem:

RCcola55
03-06-2007, 11:16 PM
wow, did you even have body damage?
tekh weekend destroyed the frontend and left some good pinstriping on the rear, which in turn gave me an excuse the "truggy" it which I have always been very fond of.

texasxj
03-07-2007, 08:26 PM
actually ryan it would be a broggy

RCcola55
03-07-2007, 08:28 PM
good one aka Project Bruggy

JB
03-08-2007, 08:43 PM
more pics

J Cooper
03-08-2007, 09:45 PM
... when its done, when its done

http://www.tennis.com/uploadedImages/Your_Game/Sports_Science/2006_04_19_choke.jpg

RCcola55
03-08-2007, 10:07 PM
the only way to finish it....

JB
03-16-2007, 07:24 PM
more pics damnit :D

Who makes your leaf springs? I have a bad case of gansta lean going on after K-Rocks due to a bent front spring and need something new up front. Only direct replacement ones I can find are Skyjacker 3-4"inchers. I know yours are gay chevy 2.5", but let me know.

My cage is coming along nicely...Ill get pics up soon.

RCcola55
03-16-2007, 07:49 PM
ill have pics next weekend once i start binding the tubing, im gonna try and knock out the front by then. As for the front leafs they are 52" cheby's,i still need to do some tweaking cause they wrap like a *****.

Reckless
03-16-2007, 07:52 PM
Ill be in CS next weekend. Still need that die?

RCcola55
03-16-2007, 08:28 PM
im picking it up sunday. so i can get a head start before my barfday

JB
03-16-2007, 11:29 PM
so their stock chevy springs?

agjohn02
03-17-2007, 12:25 AM
so their stock chevy springs?


yeah, kopecki had them on the front of his jeep and they would wrap even when he hit the brakes.

RCcola55
03-17-2007, 07:38 AM
Yes, they are from the rear of a K5 blazer

RCcola55
03-19-2007, 08:40 PM
Ok, got some more sheet metal work done today. I should have it all wrapped up tomorrow and if all goes as planned i should be able to start and finish the sliders, so i can begin the tube work this weekend.

I also just order me PSC assist ram and hardware kit, should be in later this week

I have trouble deciding what kind of light I want to run in the front either rectangle or round, any opinions. I am thinking aboust these for right now....http://extremesuspensions.com/lighting/lighting_index.htm (the top left ones)


pics will be up tomorrow!

agjohn02
03-19-2007, 08:53 PM
I have trouble deciding what kind of light I want to run in the front either rectangle or round, any opinions. I am thinking aboust these for right now....http://extremesuspensions.com/lighting/lighting_index.htm (the top left ones)



that all depends on what compliments the front best after its done. we need pics to give opinions.

RCcola55
03-19-2007, 09:11 PM
frontend tube should be alteast bent and tacked this weekend so ill get those pics up asap

RCcola55
03-22-2007, 02:47 PM
pics....

RCcola55
03-25-2007, 07:21 PM
i finished the frontend tube work today, should wrap up the rear by next weekend, so far ive used around 60ft of 1 3/4 hrew....

bcolman
03-25-2007, 07:48 PM
are you going to have any sort of inner fender? or are you just going to run the tube?

agjohn02
03-25-2007, 07:51 PM
you should put your fender skins back on if you can. it would look cool.



edit- lets see some more pics of that hearse!

RCcola55
03-25-2007, 08:00 PM
are you going to have any sort of inner fender? or are you just going to run the tube?


yes im going to break some sheet metal for inner fenders, and as for the fender skins one of then it too fawk to reuse so i was thiniing about plateing in between the tubes

AggieTJ2007
03-25-2007, 08:14 PM
I would adds some support in those two corners

RCcola55
03-25-2007, 08:26 PM
ya im gonna tie them together then tie the whole thing into the cage

HULK-1
03-25-2007, 08:35 PM
looks badass ryan

J Cooper
03-25-2007, 08:47 PM
pimp

colman
03-25-2007, 08:48 PM
who's bender are you using. i need to to bend my tube into a cage. preferably with someone who knows what they are doing

redcagepatrol
03-25-2007, 08:50 PM
I saw a JD in the picture - What notcher are you using. I need a new one, my second harbor freight crapped out on me today :rolleyes:

AggieTJ2007
03-25-2007, 08:55 PM
ide suggest the JD2 notcher, specially the "beast"

RCcola55
03-25-2007, 09:01 PM
thats what im using

colman
03-25-2007, 09:03 PM
so who has said jd2 with a 1.75 die

HULK-1
03-25-2007, 09:08 PM
Weston does but from what it sounds like u might wanna wait in line, seems like everyone wants to use that thing.

RCcola55
03-25-2007, 09:30 PM
not gonna have the die much longer

stx4wheeler
03-26-2007, 07:31 AM
you should put your fender skins back on if you can. it would look cool.



edit- lets see some more pics of that hearse!


ive got some ill try and throw them up later

jerryg79
03-26-2007, 07:33 AM
ive got some ill try and throw them up later

Bulimia is not the answer frick :flipoff2:

RCcola55
04-08-2007, 09:35 PM
Got my new tail light ordered this weekend


tail lights (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LED-combination-3-light-bar-high-mount-brake-light-red_W0QQitemZ250101704088QQihZ015QQcategoryZ50069Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

sasquatch
04-08-2007, 09:44 PM
now all you need are those ridiculous 230w lights

CheapJeep
04-08-2007, 10:00 PM
Just strap two of those big ass hand held gazillion watt beacon lights on the front.

Sharpe
04-08-2007, 10:04 PM
Or just mount The Sun to the roof or hood and hardwire it into the truck's battery. You'd probably have to bump up to a 300 amp alternator though.

Reckless
04-08-2007, 10:06 PM
true or a pto driven generator

sasquatch
04-08-2007, 10:07 PM
the sun killed my CJs battery in an hour or two of drunkin kill-anything-you-can-shine-the-light-on fun.

RCcola55
04-08-2007, 10:12 PM
maybe one of yall wiring people could tear the sun apart and figure out a way to make it fit in the stinger. Then i could rename the truck cyclops

Reckless
04-08-2007, 10:15 PM
i bet i could do it

CheapJeep
04-23-2007, 08:36 PM
Pics of Ryan's Bronco!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/RyansBronco011.jpg

J Cooper
04-23-2007, 08:42 PM
love it!










ryan...can i drive?

FJAggie07
04-23-2007, 08:47 PM
Did you fix the latch on the driver's side tube door?

RCcola55
04-23-2007, 08:58 PM
Did you fix the latch on the driver's side tube door?
nope


and i got it running GREAT she will be ready to go by wed.

FJAggie07
04-23-2007, 09:20 PM
sweeeeeeet... Can't wait to see it at Katemcy

J Cooper
04-23-2007, 09:22 PM
sweeeeeeet... Can't wait to see it at Katemcy

this is what it looked like last time


http://www.tamor.org/rotm/rotm-april06.jpg

uglyota
04-23-2007, 09:23 PM
wow that turned out kickass

BroncoJo
04-23-2007, 09:24 PM
Looks badass

HULK-1
04-23-2007, 09:28 PM
cant ****in wait for this weekend :gigem:

J Cooper
04-23-2007, 09:30 PM
cant ****in wait for this weekend :gigem:


love it!






ryan...can i drive?

:flipoff2:

RCcola55
04-23-2007, 09:58 PM
this is what it looked like last time


http://www.tamor.org/rotm/rotm-april06.jpg

yeep in less then a year, no wonder im on sco pro

AggieTJ2007
04-23-2007, 10:37 PM
I remember when it had 35's, ttb, and ripped a front break line off

J Cooper
04-23-2007, 10:52 PM
I remember when it had 35's, ttb, and ripped a front break line off


ya me too.. i tried to find a pic of it like that but no luck

sasquatch
04-23-2007, 10:53 PM
was that at alto during fall semester of 04

RCcola55
04-23-2007, 11:01 PM
its always had 37's in the club, no the ripped break line was the first trip to 47

heres a classic...

redcagepatrol
04-23-2007, 11:09 PM
nice work - that's quite a few hours in there I bet...

lots of bends, lots of tube. Came out looking pretty mean. Any plans to fab up some inner fenders? It'll look even better then :gigem:

RCcola55
04-23-2007, 11:14 PM
ya im gonna sheet in between the fender tubes and make some inner fenders i just dont have they time before tcc, im alos gonna do some the cool for to tie the rear cage together. If you look closely the welds look like **** ill eventually go back and fix them, i just had to do a lot of notching with the torch and grinder and this is my first try at a big tube project, its strong though.

JeepPhisherman
04-23-2007, 11:37 PM
its always had 37's in the club, no the ripped break line was the first trip to 47

heres a classic...

That's not too classic if jordan is driving nick's old jeep.

What the hell happened to him?

TxCruzr
04-23-2007, 11:46 PM
i really like how the back half came out, nice job :cool:

RCcola55
04-23-2007, 11:49 PM
the plan for the summer is to backhalf the frame and bring it up to the bottom tube and fourlink it using xj front coils

Sharpe
04-23-2007, 11:50 PM
Damn dude you must have made a ****load of progress today. Yesterday the cage wasnt finished and was half unpainted, the engine ran like poo and your tail light didnt work.

God doesnt hate you after all.

CRaSHnBuRN
04-24-2007, 12:03 AM
I remember when it had 35's, ttb, and ripped a front break line off

yeah, I was behind him when that cable did that. It looked like a snake jumped up and bit his truck :flipoff2:

CRaSHnBuRN
04-24-2007, 12:05 AM
so how much tubing went into that thing?

RCcola55
04-24-2007, 12:07 AM
6 sticks

CRaSHnBuRN
04-24-2007, 12:09 AM
not much leftover? And the internal part of the cage was allready there, right?

Reckless
04-24-2007, 12:10 AM
Yea, we put that in before TCC IV

CRaSHnBuRN
04-24-2007, 12:13 AM
okay, just trying to get an idea of what I'm going to need for my project. I hope Mack has another stick or two of 1.75 DOM/HREW laying out back for me

Shaggy
04-26-2007, 11:27 AM
if i come down to cs and pull my bronco over there can you make mine look like that this summer(not really but it looks cool)... it needs to loose some weight... damn bedliner.... it will be moving to SA in Aug-Sept when my house gets done... then progress will be made... maby

RCcola55
09-17-2007, 08:43 PM
motor mount replaced, one step closer

william_ace
09-17-2007, 10:37 PM
one step closer to what?

RCcola55
09-17-2007, 11:00 PM
doing something you dont

Seth
09-18-2007, 08:38 AM
SO in the very first pic in this thread - those are the 40" irocs - with that wheels? I like that shot.

RCcola55
09-18-2007, 09:19 AM
17" soft 8's

RCcola55
01-05-2008, 07:07 PM
come by tonight and watch me get sawzall happy on this *****

JB
01-05-2008, 07:14 PM
Let be borrow a 39 so I can see how much bigger I can go now :flipoff2:

DRAGOONRANCH
01-05-2008, 10:56 PM
WTF is left on this thing to hack up, or are you hacking it apart? :flipoff2:

JB
01-06-2008, 12:30 AM
The body is no longer attached to its frame. Police were involved. :gigem:

RCcola55
01-06-2008, 12:43 AM
The body is no longer attached to its frame. Police were involved. :gigem:
It still has one bolt attached. Pics and video to come

DRAGOONRANCH
01-06-2008, 12:46 AM
FAWESOME!!!!!!!http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/DRAGOONRANCH/GIFS/new_2gunsfiring_v1.gif

Sharpe
01-06-2008, 02:49 AM
****ing tool-neighbor. This was quite possibly the awsomist night og 218 **** evar, evan though it wasnt actually a party...

Lets just say having a police spotlight as extra lighting is prety handy.

robertf03
01-06-2008, 04:27 PM
please explain

JB
01-06-2008, 07:37 PM
I showed up just in time to pull the body of Ryan's Bronco. Apparently, there was in incident earlier with a neighbor who was pissed about the noise. We used my winch to pull the body off and while doing so, a cop showed up and put his spotlight on the Bronco and said to continue. Moved the truck to a different angle and the body finally came off except for one body mount bolt on the back. It looked pretty ridiculous when i left.

The cop talked to us and was fairly cool I guess. Just told them to wrap it up for the night. I think it was 11ish.

I think Shupe got it on video.

agjohn02
01-06-2008, 07:44 PM
sounds like a typical tamor fustercluck

RCcola55
01-06-2008, 08:01 PM
and i caught a possum in my leg trap i set last night.

The bronco is in pieces now, after cleaning the side yard of all the old crap left by previous tenenats, most of the parts have been stored, the body and frame are on the trailer ready to go to bryan iron and hopefully ill find a ranger that fits my liking soon for the new project to begin. All in all, the bronco went out in style, sad to see my first vehicle go that i said ide never get rid of, but it was a love/hate relationship.

Shupe01
01-06-2008, 08:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yz8hdg5xpo

william_ace
01-06-2008, 08:53 PM
so basically you should have sold it when we cleaned it all up

jerryg79
01-06-2008, 08:54 PM
sounds like a typical 218 fustercluck
fixed

RCcola55
01-06-2008, 08:59 PM
so basically you should have sold it when we cleaned it all up
no, because the amount i had in parts that i got good deals on wouldnt have been made up in selling it, i can A sell the cool ****, or B (which is going to be the plan) use it in a new build that is going to be done right the first time and not change elevendybillion times.

redcagepatrol
01-06-2008, 08:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yz8hdg5xpo
I love all the beer cans rolling around in the wind etc...

CheapJeep
01-06-2008, 09:11 PM
Gotta love the cop car in the background. Sad to see her go... On to bigger and better things. :gigem:

agjohn02
01-06-2008, 10:57 PM
I love all the beer cans rolling around in the wind etc...

my favorite part as well

CheapJeep
01-07-2008, 12:04 AM
A couple memorable pics I dug up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV216.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV101.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV139.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV129.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV049.jpg

DRAGOONRANCH
01-07-2008, 12:12 AM
Gotta send this one to mom, she is always lookin for ones w/ my little bro in them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/TCC%20V/TCCV139.jpg

mudtoy67
01-07-2008, 08:10 AM
Maybe I missed the memo...


WhyTF did you chop this thing up? Last I saw you had it all tubed out and were wheeling it. I remember you had some other problems like engine or something, so you chopped it up? :confused2

DRAGOONRANCH
01-07-2008, 08:12 AM
That's two pretty capable broncos down the drain in just over a few months. :(

JB
01-07-2008, 09:10 AM
That's two pretty capable broncos down the drain in just over a few months. :(

hey now, mine is slowly coming back to life.

DRAGOONRANCH
01-07-2008, 09:16 AM
I was talkin about the big nazty ;)

JB
01-07-2008, 12:27 PM
I was talkin about the big nazty ;)

O, I thought you said "capable"



:flipoff2: frick

RCcola55
01-07-2008, 07:52 PM
Maybe I missed the memo...


WhyTF did you chop this thing up? Last I saw you had it all tubed out and were wheeling it. I remember you had some other problems like engine or something, so you chopped it up? :confused2

It was time that i move on that i build something new. I want something more capable, done and done right. I kept everything i.e. motor(just the block) axles and various other parts that are useable on a new rig. I figured with the amout of money this thing need to take it to the level i wanna go i should start from scratch and spend it the right way. It sucked to see it go but once i torn it down i could really see all the shotty work i did to it over ther years and thought to myself, "damn this isnt supposed to work". So im am building a 96 exo'd ranger truggy w/a 393 propane stroker, D60, sterling, 435, 203/205, 4-link rear and undecided on the front. The goal is to build something simple and reliable the first time. Hopefully by march i will have picked up the ranger and can begin

Sharpe
01-07-2008, 07:57 PM
You will never wheel again.

RCcola55
01-07-2008, 07:59 PM
You will never wheel again.
and like i told you last night you will never be a man

mudtoy67
01-07-2008, 08:18 PM
It was time that i move on that i build something new. I want something more capable, done and done right. I kept everything i.e. motor(just the block) axles and various other parts that are useable on a new rig. I figured with the amout of money this thing need to take it to the level i wanna go i should start from scratch and spend it the right way. It sucked to see it go but once i torn it down i could really see all the shotty work i did to it over ther years and thought to myself, "damn this isnt supposed to work". So im am building a 96 exo'd ranger truggy w/a 393 propane stroker, D60, sterling, 465, 203/205, 4-link rear and undecided on the front. The goal is to build something simple and reliable the first time. Hopefully by march i will have picked up the ranger and can begin


Ok, I get it. I kinda felt the same way about the cruiser. The more I dug into it the more I felt I needed to tear out of it. :)

Seth
01-07-2008, 08:43 PM
leaf springs if you want simple. youve seen what that can do (scott, rodney, davido, cody, etc) also, if you are goin all out on the motor, I would run an nv4500 behind it.

BroncoJo
01-07-2008, 09:39 PM
I second the NV4500 or even a zf.

RCcola55
01-07-2008, 10:34 PM
np435 has a lower first, shorter then the ZF, just as strong and i dont need an overdrive

J Cooper
01-07-2008, 10:39 PM
if anybody else compares "the white house" 218 to now i will stab you in the neck with a spoon

sasquatch
01-08-2008, 01:11 AM
...

Seth
01-08-2008, 01:25 AM
I agree the 435 is lower and you don't need OD, I was thinking more for ease of shifting. No grinding gears when you are shaggin ass with that motor screamin'.

DRAGOONRANCH
01-08-2008, 01:42 AM
...

THAT IS A SAD SAD SIGHT....

william_ace
01-08-2008, 02:28 AM
put a hydraulic clutch in with the 435. its been done before. should be just fine shifting then

and yes that was a sad sight

BMFScout
01-08-2008, 09:12 AM
I love that the cop was there. See, I told you they were good for something, they can hold the light!

sasquatch
01-08-2008, 12:30 PM
put a hydraulic clutch in with the 435. its been done before. should be just fine shifting then

and yes that was a sad sight

mine is just fine shifting now

AggieTJ2007
09-09-2008, 08:51 PM
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=313836

this link may help you out with the rockwells

RCcola55
09-09-2008, 09:49 PM
i got home from work drunk the other night and read all of that!

RCcola55
03-25-2010, 10:44 AM
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=874792

The bronco lives!!!!! these are the old axles that i traded for the rockwells

85cj7
03-25-2010, 10:55 AM
that guy no longer ownes that rig, he sold it about a month ago, and the new guy is running 44's.

RCcola55
03-25-2010, 12:30 PM
still...

bburris
03-25-2010, 01:57 PM
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=874792

The bronco lives!!!!! these are the old axles that i traded for the rockwells

I wish those were 16.5s...