Short truck make good donuts.

Short truck also high centers... I don't plan on lifting it, but once these tires wear out I want to get the largest ones that will fit in the wheel wells and still turn.

I put 33s on my 86 F 150 with no lift.

that's what all of the forums say, and I measured it myself and it should work.
BFG and INTERCO make 33X10.50X15s, but I haven't decided if i want the super swampers, or all terrains.
I guess I should go with the best sidewalls, because I can always get them re-treaded for less than half the price.

I wish I had a lsd

I wish I had Lysergic acid diethylamide too, But the Limited Slip Differential is also nice.

Ha! I know a few who'd want that to x3 Yeah, I'm a one tire fire guy atm :/

I know how that feels, my lieutenant lee http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6348554
had a shitty diff. it could never decide which tire to engage, and sometimes even got stuck in-between when trying to slide.
of course... i don't think the creators ever had crazy American rednecks in mind when they made that car

hahaha yeah x3 That thing's bitchen

That is a nice truck. I've always liked that body style, and the E.B. is a very smooth interior. One of my favorites. Very cool!

I've got a '78 Bronco right now that's seen better days. The paint is peeling and rusting in places (Not badly - just surface rust ATM). However, I just got done completely rebuilding the entire drive train on it. Completely rebuilt the axles (Ford 9" rear with Detroit Locker and 4.56 gears). Rebuilt the C6 auto with heavy duty bands and clutch pack and a really hard shift servo. Pulled the 400 and dropped in a rebuilt 460 that's pumping out 465 HP and 492 Ft. Lb. - Dual 40 series stainless Flowmasters and 2.5" stainless exhaust. MSD 6 series off road ignition with billitt distributor, Performer RPM intake, and Holley Off Road Avenger carb. Oh yeah - and I spent a lot of time fabbing cutom brackets, mounts, etc. for it. Year and a half of work, but well worth it. Still looks like a total trash heap, but it is a real sleeper.

In other words, Mine is mean and ugly and gets terrible gas mileage and sounds terrible (Until you stomp on it) and is uncomfortable to ride in, but is a blast. Yours sounds great, rides nice, looks GREAT, and is much, MUCH nicer than mine.

Thanks for sharing! Love seeing these pictures!

do tyour tires beg for mercy?
im aiming for more all purpose capability. so far im working on a duel flowmaster super 44 exhaust with long tube headers. it sounds too "blah" at 2000 rpm, so im hoping some glass pack exhaust tips can fix that. otherwise it sounds great at idle and when flooring it. ive also got an underpully kit, programmer, and MSD performance coil in the mail. im keeping the stock filter box and paper filters so i dont have to worry about sucking mud or fouling my map sensor. im aiming for at least 300hp and 400 lbft before moving up to 33" tires, but ono lift kit. once i get my detached garage im taking off the canopy and putting a soft top on if i can find one. just doing the simple stuff for now, but i plan on finishing the ignition system, intake manafold, and cylender heads.

They do from time to time! I've got the 33x12.50R15LT Super Swamper SSR's on real bead lock rims - they ride MUCH better than the original bias-ply Swampers I used to have on it (Which were much louder and gave a much rougher ride - bias-ply tires are AWESOME at low PSI for crawling, but they'll beat you to death on the road). All in all, I'd say the SSRs are much nicer for a daily-driver than the normal Swampers. Anyway - I try not to beat them up too much - I don't have any sort of ladder bars yet, and I don't want to wreck another differential due to excessive axle wrap.

Oh - don't drive a Bronco in four wheel drive with a disconnected rear drive shaft unless you have to. They get really squirrley!

I did the underdrive pully kit as well. I'm not sure if I like it or not. The pulleys look real nice and they do add a few rear-wheel HP and help the torque a bit, but I had to turn up my low engine idle speed to keep my 200 amp alternator in the power-producing range. Then again, I suppose having the thing idling at 650 RPM was a bit slow. ;^) I think it is up around 800 now.

I think you'll be happy with the programmer! Those make a world of difference! If you're not afraid of upping the engine octane to mid-grade, then you can get a little more wild. Well worth it! The coil will go nicely with the programming. Also - does your '96 have the MAP sensor, or is it MAF? You'll get a lot more flexibility out of the stock intake if you're MAF - they seem to scale better than the MAP system does.

Have you taken out the cats yet? Ford's stock catalytic converters are notoriously sound-deadening. If you want to keep it legal in an emissions sense, consider upgrading to high-performance cats. I haven't played with them personally, but I've heard they are the single biggest contributor to a quiet exhaust on Fords and that just replacing those alone really changed the tone of their rigs.

Anyway, sounds like you've got an awesome ride with some good plans in store for it! Keep us posted on updates!

i was planning on getting the goodyear duratracs in 33x12.15 if i get new 15x10 rims. there the most aggressive all terrain on the market, being better in the mud than the bfgs (2 out of 4 stars, 4 on t he road) but also slightly rougher on the road (3 stars). but what really got me was that there the best snow and ice tires (4 stars) according to 4wheeler magazines mass tire reveiw. they actually said that the nitto trail grappler is great in the mud (4 out of 4 stars) without sacraficing road capability (3 stars), but they dont make anything under a "16 rim. the bfgs just arent cutting it in the mud, they ball up at the first sight of mud, and dont let go untill you hit tje highway. and thats bad because i can pull any jeep, chevy, or nissan out of the mud, but it takes another full size ford to get my 6,300lb bronco out.
when i first got my truck it didnt have 4 wheel drive, and the dealer didnt know what it was, so i convinced them that it was the transfer case chain, and it would be expencive work, so he knocked $500 off. what it really was is the front automatic hubs have plastic gears in them that like to sread under pressure. so i converted it to some manual mile markers. only an hour of work and $100.
i actually done have any cats in right now, but i think ill need them in the next year to pass inspection. ut every thing is clamped together, so it should be simple. the original cat was as big as my body because it was originally made for california, but the first owner only had it for a year and the second one brought it to arizona where it spent the next 15 years rust and hippie free.