DannyMack 13 MKS "Old Man" Build and Maintenance Thread

New Cooper Zeon G1 all seasons were put on yesterday. TireRack was closing them out so saved some good cash too.

Initial tune from Brad was also put in Saturday evening. Haven't been able to do good logs yet since we got snow, but can already tell a difference. Did find one spot of clean road on the way to the tire shop Sunday morning to do a pull. Shifts significantly cleaner and pulls a lot harder.

Then... as I turned into the tire shop parking lot the Check Brake System light came on. Lost all power to brakes other than full power with a lot of pressure. Had them take a look to make sure nothing was seized and they couldn't find anything. Once they were done I figured I would pop the hood and check the vacuum hoses. Well, the new tune added just enough pressure to pop off the brake booster vacuum line during that pull on the clean section of road. When the water pump was done that line must have not seated back in all the way. Popped it back on and ensured it clipped fully and was good to go.

Hoping to do some logging pulls today if the roads clear enough.
 
Dannymack said:
Pull 1 - 5.62
Pull 2 - 5.80
Pull 3 - 5.48
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Last 0-60 tunes quoted above.

Took some log runs to send to Brad today. Tested out the 0-60 while I was at it. Have a little more data this time from the log.

DA was around 4057 based on dragtime calculator.

Pull 1
Dragy - 5.08
Log - 5.198

Pull 2
Dragy - 4.98
Log - 5.098

Pull 3
Dragy - 5.08
Log - 5.137

Overall have gained about a 0-60 reduction of about .5 seconds with similar conditions. Do have new tires on as well.  I'll be curious to see how Brad thinks the logs went.
 
Maybe Dragy was getting dialed in then.  I know with other such devices there could be inaccurate data returned due to the timing of when the vehicle is deemed to have started the run.
 
Dannymack said:
New Cooper Zeon G1 all seasons were put on yesterday. TireRack was closing them out so saved some good cash too.

Initial tune from Brad was also put in Saturday evening. Haven't been able to do good logs yet since we got snow, but can already tell a difference. Did find one spot of clean road on the way to the tire shop Sunday morning to do a pull. Shifts significantly cleaner and pulls a lot harder.

Then... as I turned into the tire shop parking lot the Check Brake System light came on. Lost all power to brakes other than full power with a lot of pressure. Had them take a look to make sure nothing was seized and they couldn't find anything. Once they were done I figured I would pop the hood and check the vacuum hoses. Well, the new tune added just enough pressure to pop off the brake booster vacuum line during that pull on the clean section of road. When the water pump was done that line must have not seated back in all the way. Popped it back on and ensured it clipped fully and was good to go.

Hoping to do some logging pulls today if the roads clear enough.
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Clamp that sucker.. it will happen again as it has for a few members.  under 3rd gear run that's a fatal failure.
 
SHOdded said:
Maybe Dragy was getting dialed in then.  I know with other such devices there could be inaccurate data returned due to the timing of when the vehicle is deemed to have started the run.
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As the runs for logging continue I'll keep comparing the 2 and see what overall results looks like.

Topher - thanks for the note on that. I'll get a clamp on it ASAP.
 
Dannymack said:
SHOdded said:
Maybe Dragy was getting dialed in then.  I know with other such devices there could be inaccurate data returned due to the timing of when the vehicle is deemed to have started the run.
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As the runs for logging continue I'll keep comparing the 2 and see what overall results looks like.

Topher - thanks for the note on that. I'll get a clamp on it ASAP.
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Yarp,  safety 1st! :) good luck have fun!
 
802SHO said:
That's just Revision 1?
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Yeah. Just got rev 2 last night and that will go in today. He said everything looked pretty clean. Will add 1 more pound of boost and some minor adjustments.
 
How much boost was Revision 1?  Nice improvement from your first tune and you guys are just getting started. 
 
802SHO said:
How much boost was Revision 1?  Nice improvement from your first tune and you guys are just getting started.
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Looks like it goes from around 179-180 kPa (11.3 psi) and tapers down to 172 kPa (10.3 psi). This was during the 3rd gear pull.

In the pulls from 0 it looks like my peaks averaged around 200 kPa (14.3 psi) and then would taper down to around 172 kPa.
 
Gave it a quick wash today and debadged the trunk. I contemplated just removing the ecoboost, but it's just much better without any. If I had the final trunk version I would have left the "lincoln", but like the uniformity of this.
 
Gave myself an hour under the car today to get more familiar and also attempt to determine the suspension thud. All pics are posted below.

Tried getting movement out of the lower control arm bushings, but they were solid. Admittedly they do look pretty neat though. Thoughts?

Ball joints moved fine and didn't have any leaks.

Sway bar looks fine. Took pics of the bushings to see if anyone has thoughts on those as well.

Now for a couple discoveries. In one of the pics you'll see what looks like a female plug coming out of the firewall right above the back of the ptu and just below where the rear bov recirc hits the intake pipe. Is that a plug or something else?

I also found out where all the gear oil from the ptu had gone... hence why not much was extracted. The rear seal is going and it has been leaking out and spreading all over the firewall and tunnel. Add that to an upcoming project list.

Finally I just found this odd. Every 1-5ish minutes there would be an electrical noise coming from the timing cover area around mid engine. Sounds like a solenoid or relay activating or something along those lines. I recorded it to see if it's familiar to anyone. This is with the car completely off and locked.
https://youtu.be/8hw1IkZdM6E
 
Fuel pump or purge valve is what comes to mind.  How is the battery in your MKS holdng up?  CCAs, not just Vs.
 
Took on a little more involved project today. Adding permanent mount roof racks. Now I use the word "permanent" here with some caveats. While the mounts are riveted to the car they are also fairly easy to remove in an hour if I ever want to sell the car. They attach in the roof ditch so the holes don't show with the ditch trim.

I originally ordered the clip style mounts that clip to the door frame, but the one I wanted was out of stock. This caused me to rethink and I decided to get a little more involved.

Here are the parts if anyone ever wants to do something similar.

Yakima 60" Jetstream Bars
Yakima Skyline Towers
Yakima Landing Pad 21

I'll have more pics tomorrow in the light with bike racks installed.
 
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