1978 Bronco 6.0 Powerstroke Swap

Reds Diesel · Mar 27, 2015

We had a 460 in her originally. Had plans for a 5.9 Cummins, but decided to stick with all Ford. We picked up a roll over 6.0 for a good price. Instead of trying to jerry the motor onto the original frame, we picked the body off the 78 and cut down the 6.0 frame to fit the wheelbase of the 78. Lots of fab work later we got everything to fit.

miesk5 · Mar 28, 2015

yo Reds,

WELCOME!

Let's see some pics soon. Sounds like a good swap!

Here is another swap that once got a lot of attention;

5.4 Triton (04 F-150 Supercrew) Swap in a 78

Source: by Quint C (Quints Bronco Project, (04 F-150 Supercrew drivetrain)

http://home.comcast.net/~qcrispin/bronco/summary.html

Reds Diesel · Mar 28, 2015

Here's a couple pics. Let me know if you guys want more.

Seabronc · Mar 28, 2015

This would be a neat, "How To", for someone else thinking of doing a similar change in the future. You could use this thread as your build scrapbook. Take lots of pictures and make notes here.

Have fun and good luck,

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miesk5 · Mar 28, 2015

yo RED,

TY!

As Seabronc advised; as many images as you have time to post is good;

79OldBone · May 30, 2017

Hey Red, could you post more pictures of this? Hopefully you'll get an email notification since you havent been on here in a while!

Reds Diesel · May 31, 2017

I can try to find some more pics but I'm not sure that would help! The swap was really not that bad! The only advise I would say is to cut out the firewall and use the one out of the superduty to aid in the master cyl mounting and for the clearance of the up pipe. When we did it we did not do that. For ours we had a complete donor truck and so we used everything as far as brakes and abs so we just shortened the frame and mover cab mounts on the frame to fit the bronco cab onto the frame! If you have the basic shop welder, tourch, lift this swap can be done! If not I would do it for a fee!

miesk5 · May 31, 2017

Yo Reds,

Thanks for coming back! Some unfortunately never do.

Enjoy the summer!

NotaVegetarian · May 8, 2021

Wow that’s awesome. Thank you for the idea show us more pictures please

johnnyreb · Sep 18, 2021

Very nice job you did.

chrlsful · Sep 23, 2021

only thing bronk is the '78 body?
Saw a guy do this w/a '40s power wagon (the flatheadi6 pick up) onto a
dodge '84/97 for the ease of gettin the 12v/6BT, frame'n modern goodies. Never sure how body mounts match up on these conversions, wheather U need to move axels to get in wheel wells etc but I lub da idea. I'd keep the ol interiors too but most upgrade that too.

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