{"id":130255,"date":"2025-04-10T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130255"},"modified":"2025-04-09T23:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T04:45:15","slug":"1981-ford-bronco-with-a-godzilla-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130255","title":{"rendered":"1981 Ford Bronco with a Godzilla V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Firehouse Vintage<\/a> built this 1981 Ford Bronco Ranger XLT at their company in Statesville, North Carolina. In the engine bay they swapped a 7.3 L Godzilla V8. The modern big-block motor is paired to a 6R80 six-speed automatic transmission controlled by a Quick 6 TCU. A dual-range transfer case splits power between a Dana 44 front axle and 9-inch rear axle with a limited-slip differential, 3.0 ratio, and 31-spline axles. The Bronco rides on Rancho shocks and BFGoodrich K02 32\u00d711.5-inch tires mounted on factory 15-inch steel wheels. Firehouse Vintage repainted the body and removable fiberglass hardtop in Wimbledon White paint and added new Chromatic stripes. View more photos of the Bronco when it was listed on Bring a Trailer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: Firehouse Vintage<\/a> and Bring a Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Firehouse Vintage built this 1981 Ford Bronco Ranger XLT at their company in Statesville, North Carolina. In the engine bay they swapped a 7.3 L Godzilla V8. The modern big-block motor is paired to a 6R80 six-speed automatic transmission controlled by a Quick 6 TCU. A dual-range transfer case splits power between a Dana 44… Read More »1981 Ford Bronco with a Godzilla V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":130266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bronco"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133063,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=133063","url_meta":{"origin":130255,"position":0},"title":"1979 Ford Bronco with a Godzilla V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1979 Ford Bronco Ranger XLT is powered by a 7.3 L Godzilla V8. 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