Thanks for the clip!! I have LT headers on my car currently so I think that might change the sound some...

I would imagine the sound of the engine gets muffled a bit to going through the turbos. We shall see if I can find some on eBay!

 

Congrats on the first test drive!

Really looking forward for the first time I get my eco project out with the turbo's from Geoff.

 

Your going to blow the tires off that light truck!

I just read the instructions on how to change the turbos on the full-race website....**** me and you are going to wish we had done this before we dropped in the motors. You probably have some room around your engine but mine are going to be a tight fit getting them in and out.

 

Ecostang & Lexiion,

congrats guys. you guys have built a unique vehicle. it sounds great, looks great! the sky's the limit from here.

 

I do not have shock towers . . LOL

If need be I can pull the cab in about 90 minutes.

At this time I do not have wheel houses in front. So should be a easy swap. probably much easier than a late model F150.

Not sure if I will wait until I blow it apart for paint to change the turbo's or if I will do it prior to my new wheels showing up. Up in the air for now.

I check back on yours pretty much every day for updates.

 

Well I had somewhat of an adventure today. I brought the car hauler home last night and loaded up the car to take it in for a front end alignment today. My plan was to take it to the ford dealer 1/2 mi from my house but I forgot about an early morning meeting. I went ahead and hauled the car to Boulder where I work and figured I would find a shop there to do it. My friend works at a jeep dealer in Boulder and he said to bring it in. Unloaded the car and it wouldn't go on their alignment machine, cats and water piping was hanging down too low.

Loaded it back up and took it to meineke where I was told they have a lower lift to put it on. I had to unload in in the middle of the 28th street... it's Boulder and no one has a parking lot big enough for a truck. I start the car in the trailer and immediately smell gas! I went ahead and backed it out on the street and killed the engine, gas was pouring out underneath it. I popped the hood and the worm clamp I used for the fuel line I made needed to be tightened more. While blocking one lane of traffic I'm tightening the clamp and cranked it back up, was ok then. I parked the car in their parking lot and pulled my trailer all the way back to work. The minute I walk through the door they call me, bad news, we can't align cars with electric power steering. F***! Drove 20 minutes back and went through this all again, blocking traffic to load the car. For whatever reason gas poured out of the car as I drove it in the trailer. Pulled the car all the way home, stinking of gas, so much gas in the trailer I had to air it out for hours. Still no alignment and spent about 4 hrs dealing with it today.

I bought hose designed for fuel but it doesn't seem to be holding up to the pressure and is distorting around the hose clamp and causing a leak. Tomorrow I'm having a custom hose made at a hydrualic shop using steel braided hose and permanent hose clamps....I've got to fix this before the car burns to the ground.

After I fix the hose I'll be taking it to the ford dealer for an alignment.

 

Thanks Joe!

 

That's scary. High pressure fuel leaks ain't nothing to screw around with, only takes a minute to have a full blown car-b-que on your hands.

 

Are they serious?????
What difference does it make to the alignment technique whether it is manual, hydraulic, or electric steering? They all have the same tie rods.
I'm a little confused......

 

I agree, I'm going to leave this one to the professionals to make sure this never happens again.

I called and upgraded my insurance to full coverage and told them all about the mods after the first time it leaked, really freaked me out. Lesson learned.

 

I said the same thing. I was told you need a scan tool to reset the parameters after doing the alignment.....that the PCM must learn the new center position of the steering wheel? They said it must be done after the alignment and before driving it.

They can align any electric power steering except fords, just my luck.

 

you really have the ultimate build going. I will tell you thee is not a lot of places that really know how to do an alignment anymore. Most put it on the machine and get it close. Well close is not good enough. Good Luck finding a good alignment shop. I finially called hunter and they told me who the best shops in my area. They also told me where to stay away from.

good luck

 

That's utterly retarded since there are Jeeps with EPAS now.


Ah, just saw your last post.

 

Stephen, here's the fruit of MY labor this weekend. Well, and a couple buddies.

 

What I'm a little concerned about is will the have communication with the PSCM when they hook up to the car. We haven't checked that yet.

 

Nice! I really like that hood!

 

You've literally brought this car back from the dead (junk yard) and built something from scratch. I think you should just build your own alignment kit for your creation

 

Well, the service manual doesn't call for any electronic adjustment after alignment. Only if you swap the EPAS you need to do a PMI.

So I call bs on this.

LEXiiON

 

Well this was never going to work!

 

But this will, got this made today.