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Old 12/31/05, 11:22 PM
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Well the last day of 05 and we started of by mounting the water tank for intercooler


Then we jacked up car took off front wheels to be able to remove front half of inner fenders and the front bumper. Actually remove the front of the car was probably the easiest thing we have done. This is to install the cooler for intercooler.



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Old 12/31/05, 11:23 PM
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We now installed the cooler and I must say the way it was built was like it came right from ford themselves it was perfect fit. We removed the crush beam
(styrofoam lol)from the front . Removed the 2 inside bumper bolts. this is where the cooler mounts. We then installed the 2 supllied hoses to the engine compartment on paseenger side the other to the drivers side fender area. this is where the water pump for inter cooler goes. On the pump side we had to cut a few inches of hose off at a time to get the kinks out of the hose.


























Had to adjust a/c lines to make sure they didn't rub against cooler

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Here's the intercooler water pump and bracket. We had to remove a plug from close to cpu and cut of a red wire. We then solderd the supllied harness for pump and ran near top of rad to the drivers side.










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Next we installed the supplied cooler autolite spark plugs. the order They do things in the instructions seem to make things easier to do. Like the spark plugs we be a little tight with everything on to change.







we then reinstalled the cooler lines we haad to modify into water pump under intake. Remove tape and clean the surface area to insatl the intake





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Now we are getting to the best stuff so far. The intake goes on !!!!!!!!!!!. You can see intercooler in mainfold hole where s/c will sit





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Then the s/c goes on!!!!! Now it is starting to look totally awsome now!!!!!!!










Then we installed the new fuel injectors and fuel rails. Notice how the crosover tube goes over the s/c






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We now had to mount the new alternator bracket. It is of high quality aluminum and it mounted on the 2 studs from the old location. It Looked like a factory piece high quality when installed. .We the installed a couple of idler pulleys and installed the new belt. Just one belt drives everthing. Belt was alost as tall as me. Definetly the page that shows where the belt goes is a must keeper in car in case you ever have to replace or remove belt. Even with the instructions it was a maze lol.































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We then installed the throttle spacer and the throttle body










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Incredible write up! Thank you!

Do you still get the 3 year drivetrain warranty by doing all the work yourself? I figured Ford would have to do it in order for the warranty to be honored. ??

How long did it take you beginning to end?

Nice job!!
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Great write up and pics...thanks a million for taking the time to do that! Looks sweet. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on performance!
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Super write up Paul. Thanks for taking the time to do it

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Sweet write up!! Excellent Job!!

Well, I guess we know who to look out for in 2006!! A blown Roush!
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Very nice and well done review. This kit looks like on of the best I have seen.
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Paul... thanks for the detailed writeup and pics! Looks like you are going to have a sweet setup when you're all done!
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Nice write, looks awesome! Jack would be proud Enjoy

If you added the suspension, you could get your STG1 certified and documneted into a STG3 You would get a new dash emblem, and rear STG3 deck emblem as well.
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Originally posted by porkster@January 1, 2006, 7:30 AM
Incredible write up! Thank you!

Do you still get the 3 year drivetrain warranty by doing all the work yourself? I figured Ford would have to do it in order for the warranty to be honored. ??

How long did it take you beginning to end?

Nice job!!
i filled out he warranty card and sent it in. I am also a licensed auto mechanic. The install was not realy hard to do. Thir instructionand their parts packaging was perfect. Every single thing you needed including heatshrink tubes was in the kit. WE might have it finished today or tommorow. We have spent about 20 hours so far doing install. It says 8 hours in manual, but that would be after doing maybe 50 of them. We were quite fussy doing it ourselves on the little things that some installer may not bother with.
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Originally posted by 05STG1@January 1, 2006, 11:13 AM
Nice write, looks awesome! Jack would be proud Enjoy

If you added the suspension, you could get your STG1 certified and documneted into a STG3 You would get a new dash emblem, and rear STG3 deck emblem as well.
Suspension and brakes are next on the list to do.
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cool write up! very informative!
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awesome write up!!
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Originally posted by killo-11@January 1, 2006, 10:52 AM
This kit looks like one of the best I have seen.
Ditto that - OEM quality all the way. I'm sold.


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