Mac congrats on the T2 swap and after reviewing the whole thread how many sets of wheels do you have?! LOL

 

U got mádd hops MAC!!!lol
Im glad the dp worked out for u.

 

Thanks! I never saw myself going t2 this year but everything fell into place sooner than I thought.

I actually don't even own wheels at the moment, sold everything to finish my t2 swap. My buddy let me borrow his Evo X stock wheels. 18x8.5 +35 245/40/18. Currently trying to go back to crown vics, I don't care if they "look small" on my car.

I had another one where I got over the roof line, can't seem to find it lol. But yah, thanks again for the downpipe and clutch/flywheel. Both work beautifully!

Picked up an fcd to run temporarily until I get Rtek 1.7 and 720s. The car boosts so much smoother now. Just need to replace the engine to manifold gasket and replace the water jacket o-rings on the uim.

Boost I saw today:
1st-2nd gear: 9psi
2nd-3rd gear:11psi
3rd-4th gear: 12psi and climbing, I got scared and let off haha.

 

Careful with 550s

Do you have a wideband on yet?

 

Yah, really trying hard to stay away from beating on the car still. I just wanted to see where I sit. And no wideband yet. What setup are you running again?

 

thats one fine looking ride

 

Finally felt confident the car would make it on a semi long drive. I rolled with Nuisance to Chino for the Royal Origin car meet. Got there and back with ease! Definitely have a lot of boost creep in those higher gears though. Rocking my buddies Evo X wheels for now.

Some pics from the that night:

 

Little out of place with all those hondas.

 

Did you happen to port the wastegate? Or are you saving up for a Tial

 

I swear, you're car looks good with any wheels on it.

 

All good, besides, there's no rotary heads around my area that roll out to meets/events and such.

Wastegate is ported but I didn't increase the flapper diameter. I just bored the wastegate opening for the stock sized flapper.

Thanks, but I feel like these wheels don't really suit the car well so I'm hoping to change that up soon. Its hard to be slammed on 245/40/18 in the front.

 

Ah I see. Well I'm sure there's plans in the works for a nice setup with it all. Hell my whole problem with going turbo is I wouldn't want anything less than the best, which kills me on a lot of things money wise.

 

Yah I know what you mean. My idea was to just dive into it, hope for the best, and get a running t2 motor. 3 weeks of my car being down It's pretty close to where I want it to be, just got to keep at it.

Thanks! Me too, sometimes lol.



Instead of going Black friday shopping at the malls and outlets, I made a few visits to the local junkyards for 50% off discount weekend.

First yard I couldn't find any fc's and felt like walking out with something so I picked up a Ford Taurus alternator. Going to autozone to test it out tomorrow.

Second yard I figured I'd go to the ford/mercury section to see if I could come up on some crown vic wheels. After walking around a few isles I saw a mesh wheel face down, got excited and sure enough I got me a stepped lip crown vic. Went on the other side of the car and found the other wheel also face down. Happy as hell I rushed towards the exit to go pay for them haha. Then came back to look for the other pair but couldn't find them. Can't complain though, a pair of vics with crap tires for dirt cheap is enough to make me happy.

 

Just like the engine bay, I didn't want any thing flashy but still wanted it to look fresh. Ended up with this...



Installed pics soon to come

 

Installed the crown vics, check it out on my team's facebook page in my sig. There's a few pics on the wall, just scroll down a bit.

 

God I cannot wait to pick up a pair of crown vics... What color did you use on them? I'm thinking of doing them with that color lip (although probably a bit darker and with a tint of something else) and a flat white center.

 

I just went to Lowes and found the best gray. DO NOT get Valspar paint, the paint quality is pretty nice but the cans are terrible. It spits and drip out of the nozzle. Other than that I love how it dries and came out. Its like a primer gray but glossy.

 

Nice! Looks really good. I really want to get another FC and keep my C.V's. They are so light and just dope looking wheels on stock body!

 

Mac sorry if this a stupid question or any body who can answer this but with the crown Vic can you run standard suspension like kyb struts or do you gotta run coilovers indefinite?

 

airquin: Agreed, crown vics are too awesome for what they are.

Jcre8te: Not 100% sure but I'm 99% sure you wont have any issues with hitting your struts.

 

Yep I went there, reppin hard whether you like it or not haha.




With my buddies s2k.

 

Damn, do have such great taste. Saving that pic.

 

Thank you sir!

 

your tires remind me of nascar tires for some reason lol car is lookin very sexy! I need to stroll around my local junkards for some CVs.

 

I totally agree haha