Mustang 3.5L Ecoboost engine swap
1/28/16, 10:12 PM
#861
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Missing is the 2.4 pulley, tune and bigger intake. Don't want to call them
CAI, as they all are more like HAI's.
And that could easily change until the roads get warm again
LEXiiON
1/28/16, 10:33 PM
#863
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For less than $600 and 2 hrs worth of work they would be basically the same, then it would be down to the driver.
I'm really looking forward to racing them at bandimere this year. I would guarantee at the end of the race season the ecostang will beat both our shelbys in the 1/4 mi. It won't out power them but it will have better suspension, lots more traction, and it will weigh considerably less. If you only knew how many times I've been beat by coyotes at the track, all they need is bolt-ons and a set of slicks. I never been beat on the streets tho, it's never been close.
I'm really looking forward to racing them at bandimere this year. I would guarantee at the end of the race season the ecostang will beat both our shelbys in the 1/4 mi. It won't out power them but it will have better suspension, lots more traction, and it will weigh considerably less. If you only knew how many times I've been beat by coyotes at the track, all they need is bolt-ons and a set of slicks. I never been beat on the streets tho, it's never been close.
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1/29/16, 07:28 AM
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Congrats on the 100k views!
I was so surprised when my thread hit 100k views.
Now its probably a couple months away from 1 million views . .
I check your thread pretty much daily just waiting for that initial test drive.
That will be a exciting day . .
I am probably still 1000 hours away from having mine completed. At least I have gotten to drive and enjoy it.
I am really looking forward to driving it with the new Turbo's and other mods.
100k views on the thread! Wow!I was so surprised when my thread hit 100k views.
Now its probably a couple months away from 1 million views . .
I check your thread pretty much daily just waiting for that initial test drive.
That will be a exciting day . .
I am probably still 1000 hours away from having mine completed. At least I have gotten to drive and enjoy it.
I am really looking forward to driving it with the new Turbo's and other mods.
1/29/16, 09:10 AM
#866
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The car is a BAMF. What you guys have created in a home garage is just beyond words for me. I'm just extremely jealous of the skills all of you have and what you've done. From fabrication to wiring to tuning, its all more than I can even ponder, and I used to consider myself fairly good at working on cars and putting engines together. But that was years ago, with old push rod motors and old school hot rodding. You guys have taken the art of hot rods to a new level that I can't even imagine doing myself, I'm just not smart enough or educated enough, and I'm probably too old to learn so I just sit and marvel at the skill you guys have acquired and put to use.
Idiots. would have been classic if the driver of that video stuck around to show the Police
1/29/16, 10:17 AM
#867
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Lexiion, how happy are you that we don't have 1000 hours left
1/29/16, 10:22 AM
#868
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Thanks timewarp! Your thread has some major traction for sure, you've been maintaining it for years. Your basically doing a frame up restoration and an ecoboost swap, it's no wonder you have so many hours invested. You have a one-of-a-kind ride for sure.
Lexiion, how happy are you that we don't have 1000 hours left
Lexiion, how happy are you that we don't have 1000 hours left
LEXiiON
1/30/16, 02:54 PM
#872
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FYI turbo blankets do not fit ecoboost, although the blankets I bought were listed to fit 2010-2015 f150 ecoboost. The clearance between the turbo and the motor is too tight to go around. Also the turbo mount and exhaust flange get in the way.
I did get the exhaust pipes from the turbo to the cats wrapped.
I did get the exhaust pipes from the turbo to the cats wrapped.
1/30/16, 05:25 PM
#873
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I drilled and tapped my extra intake on both sides for the boost gauge and air temp gauge so I can get rid of the throttle body spacer. With the throttle body spacer it was a tight fit for the turbo piping and the engine is running better without it.
1/30/16, 09:16 PM
#874
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Made this relay bracket and mounted it to one of the blower bolts. One is for reverse lights, another for the fuel pumps?...Lexiion what are the others for? I know we needed them but I can't remember what they were going to control.
1/30/16, 09:34 PM
#875
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One for Reverse lights
One for PCM Wakeup
One for Start
LEXiiON
1/31/16, 08:29 AM
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Oh man this s*** is hilarious. This guy takes a tuned ecoboost transit van on the Nurburgring and crushes it! He's passing motorcycles and all kinds of other cars racing. If you didn't think an ecoboost was badass before now THIS should change your mind! This guy is crazy.....and a **** good driver lol
Last edited by Ecostang; 1/31/16 at 10:24 AM.
1/31/16, 09:03 AM
#877
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What's interesting is that the van has a 3.5 ecoboost with a manual transmission, I actually didn't know that setup existed direct from ford. The other interesting part is the HP is reduced to 310 vs 385 in the truck.
If I can get my hands on a cheap PCM from a wrecked manual ecoboost van that might be worth doing. It's possible that the control strategy for the manual could be copied and put in my current PCM.
If I can get my hands on a cheap PCM from a wrecked manual ecoboost van that might be worth doing. It's possible that the control strategy for the manual could be copied and put in my current PCM.
Last edited by Ecostang; 1/31/16 at 09:08 AM.
1/31/16, 10:53 AM
#878
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What's interesting is that the van has a 3.5 ecoboost with a manual transmission, I actually didn't know that setup existed direct from ford. The other interesting part is the HP is reduced to 310 vs 385 in the truck.
If I can get my hands on a cheap PCM from a wrecked manual ecoboost van that might be worth doing. It's possible that the control strategy for the manual could be copied and put in my current PCM.
If I can get my hands on a cheap PCM from a wrecked manual ecoboost van that might be worth doing. It's possible that the control strategy for the manual could be copied and put in my current PCM.
LEXiiON
1/31/16, 12:11 PM
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He's obviously foreign but the van has a left hand drive, not sure which countries have left hand drive?
The redline of the diesel is 4500 rpms, I found this pic of a 2013 transit van with a manual 5500 rpm redline. I'm assuming this would be an ecoboost?
1/31/16, 12:25 PM
#880
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Looking at his interior it's a 2011, so it's either a diesel or ford offered the ecoboost in another country 2 years before offering them in the US? 
If its a diesel with only a tune that's even more impressive than an ecoboost motor!
I looked around for a PCM for a transit ecoboost and found nothing, auto or standard.
Oh well.....
If its a diesel with only a tune that's even more impressive than an ecoboost motor!
I looked around for a PCM for a transit ecoboost and found nothing, auto or standard.
Oh well.....
Last edited by Ecostang; 1/31/16 at 12:27 PM.