My Latest Power, "Safety", and Aesthetic Mods...
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Glad to hear that you are pleased with the new mods. It will make the car much more enjoyable to drive. Videos show it pulls strong.
Yes, there are a number of good tuners that can fix a box tune (AED, VMP, Lund, Larocca etc...)
The car is now getting better gas mileage because it was set to be pig rich before. It is now more lean using less fuel. This is a normal with a quality tune.
Do the GT's came with knock sensors btw? Stick with top tier fuel stations only. Quick Trip of all places is listed as a company that has top tier fuel.
The coyote in factory form was not designed to be supercharged (high compression, non forged). Ford racing sells an aluminator 5.0 with lower compression/forged bits that is designed for S/C.
Clearly 1000's of owners have done it and with a good tune and good gas they have been safe. just stick to those and not hang in the redline section for any extended time and you will be safe.
Car looks great.
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Oil separator install is complete. I ended up needing only one 90degree pcv connector because the pcv intake inlet to the Maggie was already oriented 90 degrees putting it right inline with the separator fitting. This actually me to have a shorter hose run plus no bends/kinks in the hose.
Pics show my harbor freight 3/8's torque wrench which I love since I bought on special
, also my Father's Day gift this year...18v Milwaukee Fuel impact driver. God I love that thing.
Pics show my harbor freight 3/8's torque wrench which I love since I bought on special
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Burton Glad to hear that you are pleased with the new mods. It will make the car much more enjoyable to drive. Videos show it pulls strong. Yes, there are a number of good tuners that can fix a box tune (AED, VMP, Lund, Larocca etc...) The car is now getting better gas mileage because it was set to be pig rich before. It is now more lean using less fuel. This is a normal with a quality tune. Do the GT's came with knock sensors btw? Stick with top tier fuel stations only. Quick Trip of all places is listed as a company that has top tier fuel. The coyote in factory form was not designed to be supercharged (high compression, non forged). Ford racing sells an aluminator 5.0 with lower compression/forged bits that is designed for S/C. Clearly 1000's of owners have done it and with a good tune and good gas they have been safe. just stick to those and not hang in the redline section for any extended time and you will be safe. Car looks great.
As far as fuel consumption, yeah, BIG difference. Since yesterday's pic of 15.4 mpg, now I'm up to 16.4 in town. That's crazy. I've never had that mileage, since maybe stock. Even then I think I was at 15ish. Interestingly enough, the sound out of my corsas sound smoother and more refined and more even, if you will. Less popping. I would attribute that to less fuel (rich) being wasted/unburned.
Regarding safety, yeah I have no concerns. She's more optimal now than she ever was. And no worries, I don't track or race her, so the redlining she will see is probably never, since when I drive her on the street I'll rarely ever go wot, and when I do, I let off or shift by 6k rpm.
Btw, cars-coffee Saturday but rain! I wanted to get dyno'd too... Shucks.
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I'd say 1/2". You can always get adapters down to 3/8 and 1/4 inch drives. Not familiar with the Milwaukee driver, but I've had the Ryobi ones. The smaller one (1/4" --1600 in-lbs) was just about worthless --could barely break the lug nuts loose. I returned it the next day for the 1/2" driver (200 ft-lbs (2400 in-lbs)) and the difference was night and day. I changed my struts last year and had the whole job done in under 2 hours thanks to this thing. It doesn't have adjustable torque settings (it does have a continuously variable trigger so you can control how much torque) but I always use a regular torque wrench when torquing everything to spec
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I have an older DeWalt 14.4V 1/2" cordless impact. It's not enough to break em loose, I gotta use a bar to crack em on the ground before I jack up. It'll tighten them to 85 ft lbs. or so but coming off requires double the tightening torque and it doesn't get it done. I'm going to be doing some reconfiguring in my garage and a compressor/air tools is on the list.
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I have an older DeWalt 14.4V 1/2" cordless impact. It's not enough to break em loose, I gotta use a bar to crack em on the ground before I jack up. It'll tighten them to 85 ft lbs. or so but coming off requires double the tightening torque and it doesn't get it done. I'm going to be doing some reconfiguring in my garage and a compressor/air tools is on the list.
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Okay… so today, I went pure aesthetic
yes, I did go out and enjoy my new mods and tune, but I took photos today. Enjoy!
p.s. my new fogs should arrive this week. Look for updates then.
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p.s. my new fogs should arrive this week. Look for updates then.
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What I forgot to say was, when I went to ask for permission to take a photo, they politely hid inside so as not to be in my shot. Hindsight, I actually should've asked them to pose outside with the car... America's finest indeed. We ended up chatting about the car afterwards.
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Besides, I need to get dyno'd at Karl's soon.
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GREAT pics Burton ... just amazing, dude ... I so wish you were closer so we could have detailing parties, LMAO ...
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lol
But yes, a detailing meet is what we need next. So many folks who think they know what they're doing, but are actually swirling/scratching their cars...
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