{"id":85001,"date":"2022-04-18T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85001"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:38:06","slug":"1973-bronco-with-a-2-3-l-ecoboost-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85001","title":{"rendered":"1973 Bronco with a 2.3 L EcoBoost Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Retro Designs<\/a> built this 1973 Ford Bronco at their company in Concord, North Carolina. The engine bay no longer carries an inline-six or V8. The Bronco is now powered by a turbocharged 2.3 L EcoBoost inline-four producing 310 horsepower and 320\u2013350 lb-ft of torque. The motor features stock internals and a custom stainless steel exhaust. Behind the motor is a 4R70W four-speed automatic transmission sending power through a stock transfer case to the Bronco’s axles. Other modifications include an American Autowire wiring harness with Dakota Digital VHX control box and gauge assembly. The Bronco rides on an upgraded suspension with Bilstein remote reservoir shocks.<\/p>\n

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Retro Designs built this 1973 Ford Bronco at their company in Concord, North Carolina. The engine bay no longer carries an inline-six or V8. The Bronco is now powered by a turbocharged 2.3 L EcoBoost inline-four producing 310 horsepower and 320\u2013350 lb-ft of torque. The motor features stock internals and a custom stainless steel exhaust.… Read More »1973 Bronco with a 2.3 L EcoBoost Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":85005,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bronco"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1973-Ford-Bronco-with-a-turbocharged-Ecoboost-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=960%2C636&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49073,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49073","url_meta":{"origin":85001,"position":0},"title":"1969 Ford Bronco with a Twin-Turbo 4.2 L EcoBoost V6","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1969 Ford Bronco was built by the Roadster Shop for a lucky customer in Southern California. 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