Good luck today!

 

Good luck guys!

 

We got a lot done today but didn't get to start the car, bummer

Lexiion said he will be back this week and maybe we can try and start it then.

 

Pics of the finished piping

 

Another pic

 

Cluster is on, some life coming back!

 

We need to complete more wiring before we can turn the key. I hope we make some progress next week.
We have some more PCM wiring to do...

LEXiiON

 

Added a catch can to the drivers side pcv vapor hose. I had an extra leftovet from from my Shelby.

 

That would have been so awesome if you had gotten it going today!

So cool if both would have been on road the same day . .

Finally took my ecoproject for a longer drive today. Around 55 miles on it so far. Total blast no issues yet.

I check back on yours every couple days. Looking good!

 

We wanted to, but encountered some wiring issues that need to be resolved before we can turn the key. So back to studying the diagrams again...

We will update as we make progress there.

LEXiiON

 

What blows me away is being a v-6 / 3.5 there is so much packed into / happening in that engine bay.
Now that your that close to turning the key. How do you plan on celebrating bring life to Frankenstine?
Will you scream...IT"S ALIVE>>> IT"S ALIVE

 

Thanks man, that's great to hear your driving yours around. I can't wait to put 55 miles on my new setup! Have you tuned yours yet? Made a significant difference on my f150.

 

Haha, what's funny is I call it the frakenstang to my wife! I may do the happy dance when it starts, defintely some kind of celebration is in order.

 

Really pullin' for ya. Hope you get it on the road soon.

I was hoping to get a baseline dyno run prior to doing the mods.

Thinking I may gain some with over double the size of a cooler. Especially when the hot weather hits.

I did buy a LiveWire along with the turbo's, down pipes, pump from Geoff.

I was hoping to see around 475+ RWHP after proper tuning.

I am 3810 lbs right now curb weight so a bunch less than a new F150 but not in ballpark of your mustang.

Mine does feel quite strong right now and scoots along pretty nicely.
The low end torque is unreal on 3800 lbs

A teaser vid of my test drive yesterday. 27 MPG for the last 30 minutes of driving. Love it!

http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/...91209C5BA0.mp4



I have yours book marked and check it often.

Mine is here:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=147380

 

Wish I would have had your help on mine . . . LOL

I am just shooting from the hip to make it work. Not a real clue what I am doing . .

Right now I have everything 100% working except for the Restraint system.

Think I have a handle on that now too. Know what I have to do just have not done it yet.

 

That's great news. Your lucky to have Geoff (full-race) around the corner and I'm extremely lucky to have Lexiion around the corner from me. I couldn't have gone down this path without his help.

 

Just watched the video of you driving, that's so cool, I'm super jealous! With the mods I have already performed on the car I hope to be 450 RWHP after a proper tune. Of course that's only phase 1 but is a great start. I've got high flow turbo piping, high flow air intake, high flow dual exhaust, water-cooled intercoolers, dual fuel pumps, a manual transmission, and less rotational weight than the trucks. Supposedly you lose about 35 horsepower through the automatic transmission alone. Being at 5500' altitude will also bring me down some, I may take it to somewhere with lower elevation to dyno and drag race it so I can get more accurate information.

Your truck weight isn't bad at all actually, my Shelby weighs 3800! My project car will weigh somewhere around 3300-3400 lbs with the roll cage and water-cooled intercooler setup. 27 MPG is amazing, that shows what the f150 can do if it shed 2k lbs!

 

I got a couple of 4" stainless steel hose clamps and looped them around the turbo pipe u-bends and the front crossmember to hold them in place. If they were loose odds are they would move back and rub on the stabilizer bar.

 

I still need to lower it, add the airdam/splitter etc

Updated Video a bit better quality from my cell phone. Had been holding it up for 35 minutes. Arm was getting pretty tired.

 

Instead of filming 35 min of Sunday driving you should film a 45 second smoky burnout