Ford unveils go-anywhere Bronco with a 7.3-litre V8, making more than 890kW

Ford has unveiled a heavily modified Bronco for SEMA, calling it the ‘Frostwarden”, but it’s the engine that has caught everyone’s attention.

Measuring a hefty 7.3-litre in displacement, the engine is called the “Megazilla 2.0”, and it is the biggest crate engine you can buy off the blue oval. 

It has also been fitted with a 3.0-liter Whipple supercharger, that allows the V8 to pump out more than 890kW and 1,300Nm. 

Ford notes that this engine isn’t just a Megazilla 1.0 with an added supercharger, it’s a new development program that started with a stronger block. 

It also benefits from a supercharger-specific camshaft, upgraded pistons, larger fuel injectors, and a different belt drive.

Considering that this is a crate engine, Ford obviously wanted to show how you can drop it into the wildest of vehicles, and this Bronco proves its point perfectly. 

Dubbed the ‘Frostwarden’, Ford wanted to build something that was capable of completing search and rescue missions in the Arctic. 

To do this, the Bronco was fitted with 42-inch tyres and portal axles that maximise ground clearance for conquering deep snow. 

It also shows that Ford is interested in the idea of building a V8-powered Bronco, something that would compete with the Jeep Wrangler 392. 

Rumours of a Bronco Raptor R with the same supercharged V8 as the F-150 Raptor R have been floating around for some time, but have remained nothing more than hearsay. 

Either way, a vehicle like this likely wouldn’t make it down to our market, so we can simply watch and hope from afar.