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Old 03-13-15, 08:31 PM
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will the alternator not hit that FPR?
Old 03-13-15, 08:59 PM
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will the alternator not hit that FPR?

Nope its quite aways out of the way, but i am going side mount alternator i do beleive!
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Me and my roomate are both revamping our ecus Both running ms3x, we were sick of the db connectors so we decided to up to a racetronix connector here in canada. Both harnesses will be using deusch connectors as well as completely solderless! Still need to order some wires and sensor but it will be done soon!
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Old 03-27-15, 02:45 PM
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Got some parts back from powdercoating look hella clean now!
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Originally Posted by dillrx7
Progress, fuel lines have been made, fuel rails are ready for cleaning up, everything has been fabbed up for this so its good to go, all set up on my dumby block in the work room!
it was a pain in the *** to bend those lines took a good amount of time and some working beers... lol. but it looks awesome! love it so far! still working on the ecu and harnesss and yea... lots of things lol spring is almost here!
That fuel setup looks great man. I didn't even think of solid lines as an option. I ended up deciding just to stick with series setup to cut a lot of the fittings needed for parallel and just going to put new flex hose lines and clamps. I can always upgrade to parallel later I guess
Old 04-12-15, 07:34 PM
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Thanks trickster!

Mocked up the sidemount alternator mount, looks good, just put the engine back in, the front cover and oil pan had nasty leaks -_- so it needed to come out so i could redo the gaskets with "the right stuff" it should work alot better this time around!
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So mocking up the coils, first look at the custom sidemount alt bracket me and my roomate logan made, using a custom tension-er set up for the alt, have the rest of the wires,connectors and my fan, other then that just putting the polish up on my interior and making sure its road worthy !
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Old 05-13-15, 10:48 PM
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Do you think you could takes some pics of that bracket by chance . I'm tryin to side mount my taurus alt . And looking for ideas . Thanks man
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that engine bay and side mount looks great
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Been trying to get the car to run/start its very up/down with working cant get a clear sign why its not working, Running a FFE trigger kit 36-2-2-2 wheel (aka RX8 wheel) but heres some pics of the engine bay, the harness isnt loomed we are waiting till its turn key on and off, then pull it apart, loom it and make it perm.
Heres a pic of the custom billet alum, Have the center surround almost done. just need to put some more things in and its done, The fuse panel turned out great on the inside super clean, and the megasquirt case came out flawless, why because racecar!, other then that just hoping to get this thing on the road soon! might just be ordering a 36-1 wheel from FFE to make my life easier!
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overdue update IT LIVES!

received our FFE 36-1 trigger wheel, started right up after alittle setting changed and vroom she runs, set timing, got it to idle decent. took everything off and me Loomed the harness now its all tidy and done!, wired in the fan relay, its ready for when i get my fan.... yea so any who polished one out of four crown vic rims and omg it looks so sexy!

other then that, waiting to get this thing licensed on the road to do some road tuning and then possible dyno time at the end/next month and see if i hit close to the 300Whp mark that im hoping for! as for now just tightening up loose ends, finishing wiring my intereior peices and fix my horns.. and i need to re do my coolant it has to much.. water in it lol.
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And it happend... at 4 psi, the rear rotor detonated and blew up a seal.... looks the the rear was running leaner then the front and gave off wrong afr readings
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Originally Posted by dillrx7
And it happend... at 4 psi, the rear rotor detonated and blew up a seal.... looks the the rear was running leaner then the front and gave off wrong afr readings
the devil in the details bit us the secondary injector does not flow fuel she clicked. we thought that was enough but sadly no not the case. live and learn i guess.
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..Holy Fark..another Kaboom??
Have you ever thought of taking up Knitting, Dill?...LOL!..sorry about the Setback man.

(keep your eyes open for an 86,87 chassis for me.)
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So one of the secondary injector died, no longer sprays gas at all, just ticks. So the rear rotor detonated on all 3 faces, split all 3 seals in half in the middle, and so the rear housing and rotor are done, irons are good shape, add them to the collection! Looking into some new secondary name brand injectors to make sure it doesnt happen again, and while im waiting to find a n/a block to throw in so i can drive this summer with out putting mad money to do a rebuild, i think this winter im going to build up a better block, either a 4port with 9.4 rotors or a 6port with 8.5 rotors, possibly a small bridge n/a 6 port block, id love a Bridge, maybe keep n/a and tune for 200-250 hp depending on set up! but while i wait i shall clean up the engine bay even further then it was loom up some loose wires, and just tidy tidy tidy!
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So all of a sudden my build now goes from a 6port turbo to a half bridge s4 t2 turbo ! Thanks too 613rx7 for hooking me up with a stellar deal, with more then i need for the time being!. Blocks in the car, running, just need to do some fine tuning and stop some oil leaks but other then that im back in business!. I also upgraded my no name 1000cc secondary injectors to 1600 they where a good deal and way better quality! so now its time to retune the vacuum map, and not try to boost this block with my hybrid turbo to much, its running a stock s5 hot side soo... yea i can hit boost with out the car under load... lol learned also to run 91-94 octane here in canada since our 87 isnt even close to 87... oh well live and learn!


So new goal now is to drive it the rest of the year have some fun do some car meets/shows and next year, go to maybe a BW s360 or s366! looking for 400whp with a good responsive power band!
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The car is finally starting to drive like a car... lol its starting to go threw the rpms at different loads, since i have the 60-1 ish hybrid s5 turbo, vacuum driving is nearly none existent ... lol sucks but thats where im at for now till i can get a bigger turbo with a bigger a/r to help things out, but all i can say... this is my first car, first turbo car, first self built car.. and im so happy, went for a good tune drive with my roomate while he was on the laptop, car starts to really pull from 3500- and up, its insane the sensation i get when it starts to throw you in the seat!, just need to do some more low rpm, tuning for stop and go traffic and starting from a dead stop and i can finally just enjoy the car for the rest of the year, do some skids and just enjoy my handyword lol!

to all those megasquirt guys out there heres my data log for my last pull!https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz38tht469...0pull.msl?dl=0

to anyone that wants to take a look current specs are

550cc primarys
1600 cc secondarys
34psi fuel pressure none raising rate
60-1 style hybrid turbo (s5) with ported wastegate
FFE 32-1 mag sensor trigger wheel
Racing Beat exhaust with megan racing mufflers instead.
Half Bridge s4 T2 rotors
Oil mod for front rotor
FMIC
etc

any questions just ask!
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Look who i found! ivan!
cars up and running turbo is waaaaaayyyy to small.... lol

need a upgrade to a full non hybrid s5 turbo to maybe mr styx to4s lol. other then that it eats gas, needs a solid tune, so turbo upgrade then dyno time i guess!
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haha nice find! I was going to say your buddies hitch looks familiar :P
Any problems with the crown vics rubbing in the front with your car that low?
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haha nice find! I was going to say your buddies hitch looks familiar :P
Any problems with the crown vics rubbing in the front with your car that low?

Im running way more camber in the front and rolled fenders so no rubbing so far!
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woah... been way to busy... doing nothing lol! winter months suck! working on getting the last peices of the puzzle! I just got my self a 44mm Tial wastegate, with a 8.9psi spring... hope it doesnt creep too much it was too good of a price to pass up!, i did get Styx T04R garett turbo, which has been polished 75% of the way haha its gunna look great!, still waiting on getting new 850cc primary injectors to upgrade over the 550s and a new clutch to hold 500hp.. as the stock clutch is not going to do nolonger! other timbits just looking to get the car dialed in run at 10psi-12psi on pump gas, then get a water/meth kit to run higher and get those numbers im after on my half bridge s4!
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Heres some pictures of the new loot



Turbo got from mr styx! Should go great with my setup! And got a nasty 44mm tial wastegate at a decent prices! Rock the ebay manifold till i need highquality!




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HELLO PEOPLE!
its been awhile, lots have happend... crazy amount, just had a baby boy! gunna be a rotor head like his dad. but other then that lots of new parts

FD intake port matched,
JGS 50mm wastegate,
better turbo manifold as the ebay special one wouldnt hold boost with my tial 44mm wastegate

lots of stuff ! take a look at the pics!

Also did a full rebuild on my half bridge block,
goopy apex seals
atkins solid corner seals
everything else oem mazda

cleaned up the bridges and matched housings 100%

s4 rotors werent in the best condition so i found a great deal on a set of s5 turbo rotors so thats in there now!
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2017 setup
okay yet again more changes now just a solid medium street port with a 5psi basetune and i must say its no slouch!but that wastegate dump is so loud it scary! Haha dyno in acouple months taking guesses on whp on 5psi!! Get your guesses it!!
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Car is looking really nice. The engine bay is tidy even with all the turbo stuff. My guess is 285 WHP.


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