New Bronco with the turbo V6

[1972coronet]

6 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

vehicle designers and engineers should be required to work hands-on in the "lower" echelons of the industry, see how things break, what it takes to maintain them, and how body and mechanical repair procedures operate in reality, before they're green-lighted to design and develop ANYTHING new.

AMEN to that! 

[MrMiles]

This sounds like the focus rs head problems 

[gotnitro?]

I've been pondering purchasing a new Bronco. The major issue keeping me from pulling the trigger is the 10-20k dealer markup over msrp their selling these trucks for. Yeah, they have some teething issues, but Ford has stepped up working with their supplier base to remedy issues. I read they sent workers and engineering into the Webasto plant, the manufacturer of the hard top to help sort out the defects. I can't imagine the stress the folks that reserved a new Bronco, and still haven't taken ownership of their vehicle after 600 days are dealing with. Hopefully some of these supply chain issues work themselves out and they can enjoy their Broncos in short order.

Luckily it sounds like the valve issue was a small batch of parts in effected engines, and the failure rates been relatively low. 

 

[cobraman]

17 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

I work for a Ford dealer. We haven't had any engine related issues with our Broncos yet, but we've had a couple of roof-related issues. Hardtops delaminating, soft top not folding correctly.

We've probably delivered 50 of them so far. 

 

Unrelated, but I'd just like to say that the new Bronco has the ugliest engine bay ever created.

Look at this mess.

 

Did you folks deliver more 4 cyl or the V 6 Bronco ?

[iamsuperdan]

2 hours ago, cobraman said:

Did you folks deliver more 4 cyl or the V 6 Bronco ?

Hands down the V6. In fact, I don't think we've had even one 4-cylinder come through here yet.

 

 

[Dave Ambrose]

On 2/22/2022 at 1:59 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Correct. But I think it looks a whole lot mo' better like this...   

It looks nice, but I have enough fun balancing two carburetters. The four carbs on a Honda 4 cylinder motorcycle were absolutely painful. At least they held their tune well. I have a bad feeling about balancing, and tuning 6 Weber carbs. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

8 hours ago, Dave Ambrose said:

It looks nice, but I have enough fun balancing two carburetters. The four carbs on a Honda 4 cylinder motorcycle were absolutely painful. At least they held their tune well. I have a bad feeling about balancing, and tuning 6 Weber carbs. 

Not saying this applies to you, but the problem most people have with balancing multiple carbs is that they don't really understand the procedure, or don't think it through, or get in a hurry and think they can skip steps....or the components are badly worn.

Multiple carbs will generally hold their tune and balance quite well if they're in good shape (throttle shaft-to-housing clearance has to be almost zero), and the linkage has to be properly designed and free from wear on the ends and pivots.

Individual actuator rods from the main linkage to the butterfly shafts have to have links that are reverse-threaded on one end, so that adjustment is infinite rather than one-turn.

Assuming all the above conditions are met, balancing multiple carbs is a very straightforward procedure...but can be very frustrating working with worn or poorly designed components.

Edited February 24, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy