A 2014 Taurus Limited with 151k miles. I've owned it since 20k miles.
It's starting to turn into a money pit. Time for it to go
What is the POS car?
Been there. Earlier version of the same car.A 2014 Taurus Limited with 151k miles. I've owned it since 20k miles.
It's starting to turn into a money pit. Time for it to go
Not much different with the suvs. My rx350 is like that, only good thing is it has the power close button on the bottom of the door, told old for the ground sensor but I can close it with my nose when hands are full of junk lol.Dads car was a babe magnet..... LOL .. I always wanted to know who designed the down sloping back doors in the wagons? Hit my head many times on it..
Well that's talent!!I can close it with my nose
Fun car question…… seat of the pants feel, how much HP have you gained since the engine “refresh”? And was it enough of a change to say it was worth it?
Poor wording on my part... I meant the two back passenger doors behind the front doors.... The top of the back of the door slopes down... I am 5 10" and it was hard for me to get in the back seats without hitting my head.....Not much different with the suvs. My rx350 is like that, only good thing is it has the power close button on the bottom of the door, told old for the ground sensor but I can close it with my nose when hands are full of junk lol.
I knew that head of yours was gonna give you troubleit was hard for me to get in the back seats without hitting my head...
Oh man. That's a tough question. It pulls hard, but i haven't had a good enough stretch of road to wind it out 2-3 gears or so. I will say that the biggest change I noticed right away was that it doesn't run out of steam at 4500-5000RPM like it did with the stock E7's. Now i have to pay attention to my shift points rather than being able to feel when it was running out of breath.
Before you mess with rear gears again, decide on the trans. With 4.10s, the T56 1st gear (2.66) is still a little too TALL in Black Jack for my taste, while 4th is too short. But, in the other black car, 3.70 rear gears & 28" tires makes 1st (2.97) feel about the same.Oh man. That's a tough question. It pulls hard, but i haven't had a good enough stretch of road to wind it out 2-3 gears or so. I will say that the biggest change I noticed right away was that it doesn't run out of steam at 4500-5000RPM like it did with the stock E7's. Now i have to pay attention to my shift points rather than being able to feel when it was running out of breath.
I need more time to really evaluate a SOTP feel. Was it worth it? I'd say so. A lot of what i did pertained to refreshing the car in general vs just trying to improve HP numbers. I wasn't going for big numbers as a goal anyway.
Once i get this thing tuned up, i will head to a dyno. It's an hour away unfortunately.
I am starting to think I want to step the 3.73's down to 3.55;s or 3.31's. Need a little more time to think about this. 1st gear is too short and too aggressive just trying to get through an intersection with regular traffic.
The Borla's do emphasize the cam chop more at idle now than the flowmasters did. Even though it's a tad bit quieter, it's more distinct and pronounced. That alone makes driving it fun when you come to a stop sign and hear that cam chop. It's actually pretty darn driveable even untuned.
Also...i'm still on my 19# injectors, so trying not to go too hard yet. I really need to get my Megasqurt in, add the 30#ers and tune this MF. I need to build the adapter harness, but i want to drive the car a bit first.
Before you mess with rear gears again, decide on the trans.
Just caught this comment from post #2,062. Check this out: if a 3.38 1st w/ 3.27 rear is the 'perfect gear' for you, and you end up with a 2.97 1st gear in a transmission, then the perfect rear gears would be 3.38 * 3.27/ 2.97 = 3.72. Dayumn!My 2003 GT had a 3.38 1st with the t3650 and came with 3.27s and I always thought it was the perfect gear. I realize the 4.6L revs higher but I absolutely loved how 1st felt on that car, and how 4th gear was on the highway. I had zero desire to change the gears on that car during my 6 years of owning it.
So, for me and my driving style and highway speeds, 3.27s will suit me fine.
Just caught this comment from post #2,062. Check this out: if a 3.38 1st w/ 3.27 rear is the 'perfect gear' for you, and you end up with a 2.97 1st gear in a transmission, then the perfect rear gears would be 3.38 * 3.27/ 2.97 = 3.72. Dayumn!
My original to the car looked like that and I remember fighting bad t stat housings throughout the years... I coughed up and purchased this one from LMR.. Not running yet but its a very nice piece....Back to the fun car.
Oil change. It’s been over a year plus I just want to keep tabs on what comes out.
Then I dug into the tstat change. Going back to the 180*
This might be why my rad hose leaked a tad here. I should see if I can find a replacement or repair this by smoothing that all out with JB weld
Edit: after searching around, looks like this is an outer D9 housing that ran to 1989. The F0ZE 1990+ neck looks like it has a revised hose “barb” so I’m gonna pick up a clean one.
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