shit you needs to come down to san jose to help me with my engine. :lol:
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what was the total cost of your motor swap? and did you get the engine from one of those websites? i've heard they can not be trusted, and have seen countless vids of sr20's with rod knock and all that kinda stuff.. i'm just wondering for future reference..
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Hey I'm looking for a new tire size to run on my vics, would you mind taking a pic of how your rear tires fit?
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looks good. should wire tuck that drivers side harness though. makes the bay look so silky smooth and clean.
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Originally Posted by LIMON
(Post 10923790)
wow mac it keeps improving , we took different roads but will finish in the same place.
I did my TII motor first while you were working on paint/looks/rims now you move to the engine and my engine is done and now moving on my bodykit/rims
Originally Posted by Celestial-Fc
(Post 10923802)
shit you needs to come down to san jose to help me with my engine. :lol:
Originally Posted by beachFC
(Post 10923849)
what was the total cost of your motor swap? and did you get the engine from one of those websites? i've heard they can not be trusted, and have seen countless vids of sr20's with rod knock and all that kinda stuff.. i'm just wondering for future reference..
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Originally Posted by Steves13b
(Post 10924110)
Hey I'm looking for a new tire size to run on my vics, would you mind taking a pic of how your rear tires fit?
Attachment 717074 Attachment 717075
Originally Posted by stevensimon
(Post 10924292)
looks good. should wire tuck that drivers side harness though. makes the bay look so silky smooth and clean.
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Theres a hole on the firewall with a rubber plug in it. If you enlarge it, the harness goes through there:
Attachment 717076 Then route it above the fender on the frame rail with zip ties (picture shows "in process", it actually ended up higher and in a safer location): https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a...l/IMG_0709.jpg Then theres a long skinny hole in the frame area where you can string the passenger headlight harness through to the front of the car along with the fuse box (no picture of that sorry) End result is this: Attachment 717077 |
You gonna let that top mount breathe?
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Thank you, those two pics were helpful
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Originally Posted by Brian_Reynolds123
(Post 10924870)
You gonna let that top mount breathe?
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Originally Posted by Kstout24
(Post 10925382)
ya i was just hinking the same thing, looks like you might want to look for a TII hood or somthing like that
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v mount bro front mount will kill the look of it i think
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Originally Posted by jaggermouth
(Post 10924707)
My Fuel Pump rewire, ran out of black braided sleeve use corrugated loom that came with the kit for the in between section. http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...25836565_n.jpg My engine harness. Got a killer deal on the blue, didn't care about color can't see it anyways. http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...37748364_n.jpg I'm in the middle of re-tucking the engine bay harness atm using. F6 braided sleeve. Its split like corrugated loom, but looks so much better. |
^ wow that does look good
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My engine harness is wrapped in braided sleeving. When you check my car out, and jack it up, and take the wheel off, and then take the fender liner off, then you will see the driver side harness.
Don't find it necessary to spend more time on something that even I won't see for a very long time. And honestly, I'd rather have electrical tape wrapped harness than a baby blue one just because it's "braided sleeving"...lol |
I spy Jesse Budanos s14 ;)
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Considering picking up a TII hood for temporary use. Would love to do a vmount setup but don't know what hood vent to run and keep budget in mind.
Jaggermouth: Hmmm, I don't see how it'd work for me considering my wheel/tire setup gets way too close the my frame rail. I would need to some how find a way to run the harness above the frame rail in between the fender. Would love to see how your bay comes together with everything complete. Makes me want to get rid of that bulky powersteering as well. |
Originally Posted by _Mac_
(Post 10927490)
Considering picking up a TII hood for temporary use. Would love to do a vmount setup but don't know what hood vent to run and keep budget in mind.
Jaggermouth: Hmmm, I don't see how it'd work for me considering my wheel/tire setup gets way too close the my frame rail. I would need to some how find a way to run the harness above the frame rail in between the fender. Would love to see how your bay comes together with everything complete. Makes me want to get rid of that bulky powersteering as well. |
^I kind of like how that sounds haha, pm sent sir^
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Ill take a better picture with the fender off in a few days. The wheel would hit the frame/fender rail thing before the harness.
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the crown vic wheels look sick, of coarse the te37 style ones are always sickkk too
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do you have any ass shots of your fc? i'd like to see how wide the wheels look from behind
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Wow, been a while since I've checked up on this; great progress MAC! Wish I could say the same. But at least its running good. You must have some canadian-spec weather round your area if that dinky fan setup is providing adequet cooling. I've got 2x 10" fans and it still doesn't like sittin in line at the drive through. Part of that I'm sure is the lack of airflow to the oil cooler with the v-mount, but I've got a PC fan on the way that should fix that.
Loving the look w/ the vics can't wait till I get paint/body done so I can unveil mine. As far as your turbo goes boost creep is just going to be a fact of life for the time being. Enlarging the small scroll combined with leaving the stock flapper diameter the same on an S4 turbo means there is no chance of effectively restricting boost. Just make sure you have enough fuel (550x720 is more than enough w/ rising rate FPR) for whatever boost you might hit (I was well on the way to 20 psi yesterday with <50* ambient temps, and that's on an S5 turbo!). Also, to all the Taurus alt acolytes. There's nothing wrong with a properly functioning FD alt (especially when upgrading from the craptastic s4 alt). The FD alt does "turn on" , but that happens at 3,000 rpm, not 6 grand, so if thats the case, either the belts were lose, the alt was bad, or it was wired incorrectly. My FD alt charges at 14.2 volts even below 3k rpm once the car has been running, and has done so for the last 4 years (and I bought it used). I have nothing against cheap an effective mods but if you have a working FD alt, theres no reason to jump ship. And lets be honest, the Taurus alt while effective, is ugly :rofl:
Originally Posted by beachFC
(Post 10931682)
do you have any ass shots of your fc? i'd like to see how wide the wheels look from behind
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Originally Posted by sharingan 19
(Post 10932438)
Wow, been a while since I've checked up on this; great progress MAC! Wish I could say the same. But at least its running good. You must have some canadian-spec weather round your area if that dinky fan setup is providing adequet cooling. I've got 2x 10" fans and it still doesn't like sittin in line at the drive through. Part of that I'm sure is the lack of airflow to the oil cooler with the v-mount, but I've got a PC fan on the way that should fix that.
As far as your turbo goes boost creep is just going to be a fact of life for the time being. Enlarging the small scroll combined with leaving the stock flapper diameter the same on an S4 turbo means there is no chance of effectively restricting boost. Just make sure you have enough fuel (550x720 is more than enough w/ rising rate FPR) for whatever boost you might hit (I was well on the way to 20 psi yesterday with <50* ambient temps, and that's on an S5 turbo!). Also, to all the Taurus alt acolytes. There's nothing wrong with a properly functioning FD alt (especially when upgrading from the craptastic s4 alt). The FD alt does "turn on" , but that happens at 3,000 rpm, not 6 grand, so if thats the case, either the belts were lose, the alt was bad, or it was wired incorrectly. My FD alt charges at 14.2 volts even below 3k rpm once the car has been running, and has done so for the last 4 years (and I bought it used). I have nothing against cheap an effective mods but if you have a working FD alt, theres no reason to jump ship. And lets be honest, the Taurus alt while effective, is ugly :rofl: Anyways, I picked up a carbon TII hood from rx7club member LIMON. Thanks a ton man! Started getting to work on it, needs alot of work. Attachment 717078 |
Originally Posted by sharingan 19
(Post 10932438)
Also, to all the Taurus alt acolytes. There's nothing wrong with a properly functioning FD alt (especially when upgrading from the craptastic s4 alt). The FD alt does "turn on" , but that happens at 3,000 rpm, not 6 grand, so if thats the case, either the belts were lose, the alt was bad, or it was wired incorrectly. My FD alt charges at 14.2 volts even below 3k rpm once the car has been running, and has done so for the last 4 years (and I bought it used). I have nothing against cheap an effective mods but if you have a working FD alt, theres no reason to jump ship. And lets be honest, the Taurus alt while effective, is ugly :rofl:
The car looks good Mac. |
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