Yahoo Autos Ford Introduces Yet Another Bronco Race Truck for King of the Hammers
Ford announced Monday it would enter a trio of Bronco-branded purpose-built race trucks in the 4400 class of this weekend's King of the Hammers off-road racing event. Now, just two days later, the company says it will be fielding even more Broncos—this time production-based trucks—at the event.
Ford confirmed Wednesday it will be fielding a trio of Broncos in Ultra4's 4600 stock class at King of the Hammers. Unlike the more aggressive 4400-class trucks, which use custom tube frames and share little with the production Bronco, these 4600-class trucks will be built from unmodified 2021 Bronco two-door chassis and powered by the same 2.7-liter twin-turbo Ecoboost V-6 found in the road-legal SUV. They'll be equipped with the Sasquatch package, and send power to all four wheels via the factory 10-speed automatic transmission.
Of course, the trucks won't be completely stock. Underneath the body sits heavy-duty front portal hubs from 76 Weld. They're held up by Triton Engineering control arms and pointed by a Howe hydraulic steering rack, which has its own cooler. Spinning the front wheels is the factory Dana AdvanTek electronic locking differential, connected to custom half shafts by RCV. Out back you'll find a ProRock XD60 axle holding an ARB 35-spline air-locker connected to Spidertrax axle shafts and hubs. The steel bumpers are Ford Performance products and hold a Warn winch up front for getting out of especially sticky situations. There's also a custom roll cage by Geiser Brothers and racing buckets from Recaro—the first-ever to be off-road-certified by the FIA, according to Ford.
