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96 Ford Bronco came with 5.0L 302 or 351 Windsor 5.8L not a 5.7L Chevrolet 350 I've had one 90 Bronco with the ttb front axle did great for me never had any problems lots of off road and daily driving
K5 all day long! The only way I'd pick a Bronco over a blazer is if it had 6 cyl + manual trans. The leaf spring / solid axle setup up front is ... a lot less problematic.
96 Ford Bronco came with 5.0L 302 or 351 Windsor 5.8L not a 5.7L Chevrolet 350 I've had one 90 Bronco with the ttb front axle did great for me never had any problems lots of off road and daily driving
I'm sure the guy who asked the question almost 4 years ago will find your post quite helpful.
I personally would go with the K5. While both are great trucks I prefer Chevy to Ford 10 to 1 when it comes to their old trucks. If this thing is going to be a hauler and back woods truck I wouldn't worry much about mileage. Build a nice 383 stroker motor for it and back it up with a modern 4L80E auto and you'll be good to go.
You can also do any of the modern EFI systems which have become almost as easy to install a swapping a carb and a he11 of alot easy to tune.
BUT... Like others have said. The K5 is huge so running down trails could be an issue unless you are running open type trails out west.
I'm partial to the Bronco had 3 now had good luck with them great all around vehicle if its going to be old best bet go with a 78-79 bronco. Big block power & c-6auto with np205 tcase can't go wrong
Well I have a 88 K5 4x4 that just sitting around in the garage since the heart attack. It's loaded, power everything 128k original miles, 6.2 Diesel that gets 17mpg. No rust, a few paint bubbles and one very small dent. I'd consider selling it to someone who would appreciate it.
I'd go with the Chevy. The small block Chevy derivatives of that era were bulletproof and cheap. I had an '89 Chevy 4x4 pickup that I used hard, it was bulletproof. I sold it with 230k miles, and (other than tires and exhaust) don't think I had a total of $1000 in parts in the thing in the 12 years or so I had it. Still on the original trans (with several fully loaded cross country trips hauling a trailer) and never even had a valve cover off the motor. Replacement water pump was $18 and I swapped it in a NAPA parking lot. Great rigs, though if you want a Blazer or Yukon, the next generation after the one in your pic was a better riding, quieter rig. THough the early one had a more rugged front axle.
My wife had a '91 full size Bronco. Not a bad rig at all, but pretty miserable to work on. Back in those days, Ford made things difficult, seemingly for no reason. The automatic front hubs were temperamental, I worked on them several times. We only had it a few years, but I don't remember other recurring problems.
Worst thing about the older K5 Blazers was the body rusted out from underneath them!
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