What have you done to your Ecoboosted vehicle today?
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I have not checked in for a while. I gave my son the Lincoln this summer. Since then, we have replaced front and rear brakes with EBC rotors and red stuff pads. That is something I should've done when I owned it a long time ago. It was just something I lived ....with even though the brakes were in good condition, they sucked from day one, as everybody knows. After driving my new vehicle, which has front Brembos, to my sons joy, it pushed me to want to make the brakes in the Lincoln better for him than stock.
So that was something fun to do. What was not fun, was getting the transmission replaced in August. The tuned car had 100,000 miles on it and had the transmission fluid changed every 20,000 miles. However, while I drove it for 8 years, it was beat to hell every single day. I don't drive fast, but I love getting to the speed limit quickly! So literally every day I would have WOT from the start at least two times. I don't feel like the transmission owed me anything. We replaced it with a Jasper transmission with a three-year warranty. Also, I was able to get B&G to cover $1000 of the $4000 replacement. They were really really easy to deal with and earned a customer for life.
So that was something fun to do. What was not fun, was getting the transmission replaced in August. The tuned car had 100,000 miles on it and had the transmission fluid changed every 20,000 miles. However, while I drove it for 8 years, it was beat to hell every single day. I don't drive fast, but I love getting to the speed limit quickly! So literally every day I would have WOT from the start at least two times. I don't feel like the transmission owed me anything. We replaced it with a Jasper transmission with a three-year warranty. Also, I was able to get B&G to cover $1000 of the $4000 replacement. They were really really easy to deal with and earned a customer for life.
ChrisxHowe
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Got my new Gen 2 EPP intake in the mail today and got it installed tonight!
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ChrisxHowe
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I never posted it but also installed the hot pipes alittle over a week ago and had my own TIAl bov laying around I had welded on, I still gotta clean the pipes up alittle and get my engine back cover back on.802SHO said:
That rear turbo coupler was a PITA had to get the clamp from underneath, and I still couldn't get my IAT sensor to go the whole way in I'm gonna put alittle grease on it and try to get it in more
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ZSHO has the sensor secured with a clamp, so maybe that will work for you as well.
https://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,10095.msg155866.html#msg155866
https://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,10095.msg155866.html#msg155866
FiveLeeter918
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Chris_Flex said:I never posted it but also installed the hot pipes alittle over a week ago and had my own TIAl bov laying around I had welded on, I still gotta clean the pipes up alittle and get my engine back cover back on.802SHO said:
That rear turbo coupler was a PITA had to get the clamp from underneath, and I still couldn't get my IAT sensor to go the whole way in I'm gonna put alittle grease on it and try to get it in more
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Yea a little baby oil and shove that sucker in there...
Since yours is a Gen 2 intake the Iat sensor inlet could be smaller! Dunno! I guess you can always try to cut off the side plastic nipple as pic below. It can be had for fairly cheap. ZChris_Flex said:I never posted it but also installed the hot pipes alittle over a week ago and had my own TIAl bov laying around I had welded on, I still gotta clean the pipes up alittle and get my engine back cover back on.802SHO said:
That rear turbo coupler was a PITA had to get the clamp from underneath, and I still couldn't get my IAT sensor to go the whole way in I'm gonna put alittle grease on it and try to get it in more
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Good mother of God, I came home from work today and expected to just throw the Duel CAI on (since I do this for a living) and 4 hours later I just finished things up (and I still need to make some fitness adjustments tomorrow or the weekend). As a lifetime practice I never put lube on hoses, usually a spritz of carb cleaner or some soap water. That rear turbo is the kiss of death-after well over an hour of fighting with it, I broke down and put a light coat of trans jell on the hose and it slid right on and I re-used the factory worm gear clamp. For better or worse, it's just a test fit until the hot pipes come in and they all go off to the local powder coating company.
Some things I noticed, some have been noted already is the IAT sensor needs some tweeking. I need to re-check my work, but my enclosure needs to be trimmed and some adjustments made, seems to crowd some wiring and the trans connector a bit and mine in general needs to be moved a bit more to the right (the front left area looks kind of funky). All this is subjective to spending some more time for final fitting, but it's not a completely plug and play experience.
Some things I noticed, some have been noted already is the IAT sensor needs some tweeking. I need to re-check my work, but my enclosure needs to be trimmed and some adjustments made, seems to crowd some wiring and the trans connector a bit and mine in general needs to be moved a bit more to the right (the front left area looks kind of funky). All this is subjective to spending some more time for final fitting, but it's not a completely plug and play experience.
Oddly enough, I had a 2019 non PP come in for service this morning and the rear turbo seemed much more accessable than my PP. Some things are definately different not to mention the lift offers better viewing than jack stands. When I go to take mine back off I may try taking the down pipe off for a bit more working room.
Black Dream
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You're such a tease, how about a picture showing everything that comes in the box lol. I'm sure you're stoked though.802SHO said:
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