Topic: making my 73 ford courier go fast, turn, and stop (Read 361614 times)

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #180 on:** May 19, 2019, 10:58:11 AM »

Getting more work in. Im not a fan of all this wiring. its not so much the actual crimping and soldering as much as it is the planning of the routing and positions of the components.

ordered up some stainless from burnsstainless.com . one for charge pipe, one for radiator hose, and one for heater line. my harbor freight bead roller does a decent job on this thick tube.

both charge pipes are done. BOV is installed along with the IAT sensor. block off plate installed to block off the SR20 idle air passage.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #181 on:** May 19, 2019, 05:27:04 PM »

Digging this so much

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #182 on:** May 26, 2019, 02:03:51 AM »

another drop in the bucket... i mounted my idle air controller and the map sensor to the bottom of my intake manifold. I also finished my fuel rail mount. All that's left is to find a place to mount my boost controller and i can start to put togeher my wiring harness.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #183 on:** May 28, 2019, 02:09:05 AM »

More wiring and other things. found out that filter i have on my iac either needs to have a check valve in it or i need to get rid of it and plumb it into the intake before the throttle body. Stepper iac's dont close fully and it will cause a big boost leak if i dont. i do like the look of the filter poking out so im probably going to get or make a check valve.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #184 on:** August 02, 2019, 11:18:44 AM »

looks like im retarded and got the wrong idle air controller. i needed a pwm but got a stepper motor set up instead. to use the stepper setup i would need to lose 4 of my relay controls from my ms3x. im cutting my losses and just going with an 01 ford mustang pwm iac and making my own block.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #185 on:** November 02, 2019, 02:41:29 AM »

small update: tail lights are just about finished. i gutted the stock tail lights and am sticking some cheap 6" oval trailer lights inside them. im gonna sandblast and paint them at some point and try to polish the insides. the rest of the wiring is slowly but surely coming getting there

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #186 on:** January 01, 2020, 10:35:28 PM »

I took advantage of my time off for christmas and sorted out the majority of my cooling system. Upper and lower radiator hoses and heater lines are all in place. Upper radiator mount is finally done. The only part left in the cooling system is the lines to and from my wastegate.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #187 on:** January 02, 2020, 05:50:58 PM »

Solid

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #188 on:** April 24, 2020, 12:26:51 AM »

finally found more racetruck time. picked up a fusion5 windows 10 tablet and put tuner studio on it. started wiring up the engine today, i have tps, clt, iat, boost controller, idle controller, injectors, and map sensor all wired up in that bundle of crap under the intake. hopefully tomorrow ill get the coils, and miata cam/crank cas sensor hooked up. im still trying to sort out where i want my a/c receiver dryer mounted so i can wire up the a/c control.

92CXyD · « **Reply #189 on:** April 24, 2020, 10:57:48 AM »

The only thing I hate, and I mean really hate about this thread/build, is how lazy this makes me look and feel.

Damn I got to get fab game up.

Love all the picts and work you put into this build.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #190 on:** April 24, 2020, 04:42:03 PM »

Digging it. Fapworthy.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #191 on:** April 25, 2020, 02:00:14 AM »

my goal was to drive it on my birthday(may 30th) kinda felt impossible when i fucked up my knee and spent 5 months on crutches(november through march). i still cant kneel down on my right knee but i can make do on a little step stool. i kinda luck out being the manager of the shop cause i can stay as late as i want and with this covid shit we've been hella slow lately so im able to mess with it when there is nothing to do. me and the owner of the shop are seeing whose shit box starts first. his 2005 sprinter with an ML55 AMG drive train or my courier

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #192 on:** April 26, 2020, 11:52:10 PM »

more progress toady(and yesterday) filler neck fabrication is complete. i ordered all hoses to connect everything. finding E85 compatible filler neck stuff is a pain, i needed 6 inches of 1", 4 inches of 2" and 6 feet of 5/8" so it will get here when it gets here. All the engine wiring is done except the wideband innovate LC-1. I ran the ABS sensor wires into the cab but not sure how to use the ford 8.8 abs sensor signal to make a PPM signal for the ms3pro yet.

92CXyD · « **Reply #193 on:** April 27, 2020, 10:48:05 PM »

Quote from: fastivab6tg25mr on April 25, 2020, 02:00:14 AM

his 2005 sprinter with an ML55 AMG drive train or my courier

I love to see the courier finish 1st, but any build info on that sprinter?

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #194 on:** April 28, 2020, 12:40:21 AM »

my boss picked it up from a customer that blew the engine and didnt want to fix it. He owns the Mercedes sop i work at. its a 2005 sprinter, those diesels are not very reliable and are very expensive so after talking about different swaps we came to this one. the transmission is a type6 verient (same as ml55) with california smog laws same year and newer engines can be swapped and smog able. swapped internals of the ml55 trans into the sprinter case using the ml55 bell housing to keep the sprinter driveshaft and mounts. stuck a short block on the trans with a oil pan and started cutting until we had enough room for engine mounts. we used s600 mounts cause they are flat on top and bottom. after mounts were made we started hacking up the firewall until the heads and valve covers fit. My boss has been splicing the two harness together. we are using the engine computer, trans computer, key, and drive authorization control unit from the same ml55 so it will operate as a ML55 if we can get the abs to communicate wheel speed over CAN bus. if not we will probably swap that too.

92CXyD · « **Reply #195 on:** April 28, 2020, 12:22:52 PM »

fits like a glove

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #196 on:** April 28, 2020, 02:01:06 PM »

Like OJs glove in court maybe lol

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #197 on:** May 01, 2020, 12:20:27 AM »

fuel tank filler done, dw400 pump installed, it dwarfs the dw200 out of my e85 1988 mazda 323. got the fuel level sender wired to ms3x. i also started mocking up my throttle cable but feel retarded cause i cant make it work like i wanted so i wont post pics till im done.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #198 on:** May 02, 2020, 01:30:46 AM »

im not a fan of the looks but it will function properly. fuel pressure regulator is installed on the frame rail. flex fuel sensor is relocated and rewired. nylon vacuum line will be in on monday to connect the fuel pressure regulator to the intake manifold. smoked checked the completed fuel system and there are zero leaks!

parts that should be here in a week or so:
JBPerf VR Conditioner circuit to convert abs signal on rear axle to a usable speed signal
-6AN fuel lines to connect chassis to fuel rail
-4AN oil feed to turbo with fittings
-10AN turbo drain line with fittings
1/2 NPT tap and drill bit to punch a hole in my block for turbo drain

things left to do:
make an accelerator pedal that works
fit a/c receiver dryer
wire a/c cycling switch on receiver dryer
make a/c lines
attach ebrake cables to hand brake lever
build shift lever
turbo oil feed
drill hole in side of block and tap with 1/2NPT for turbo drain
turbo oil drain
exhaust and muffler
pressure/coolant lines to wastegate
after running/driving at full weight: get it on corner scales to order springs(currently on spacer sleeves)
im sure thers more...

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #199 on:** May 06, 2020, 10:27:42 AM »

after some dicking around tunerstudio i realized the blazer fuel sender is shit. its too low of resolution, 35-90ohms, i was gonna go with a checy one but they are 40-250ohms, then i found for whatever reason dodge is 50-1000ohms. i picked up a sender from a 2012 flexfuel 3.6 charger. super smooth fuel level readings that dont jump all over when running the level sensor stop to stop. install was pretty straight forward, cut and bent the stock level sensor mount and used stainless saftey wire to hold it in place. i did need to bend and reverse the elbow on the float wire to fit it in the tank cause i mounted it upside down(not pictured)

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #200 on:** May 20, 2020, 11:20:51 AM »

I was finally convinced to buy real suspension for the #superterd. Some QA1 DD402s ill be reworking the mounts and get them installed this weekend. i did finally finish the gas pedal and started shaving off every other tooth on my 108 tooth abs ring to get the pulses per mile low enough for the MS3X to read my speed accurately. My VR conditioner also showed up so ill be wiring that in too.

very low tech cable retainer, cable end is held stationary and the housing is pulled because the cable needs to come out of the firewall on the passenger side.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #201 on:** May 20, 2020, 01:39:07 PM »

forgot some pics: radiator lower support is finished and my VR conditioner board

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #202 on:** May 20, 2020, 04:34:46 PM »

Digging this.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #203 on:** May 21, 2020, 11:40:44 AM »

painted the engine bay for a little rust protection. im trying to get one small thing done after work everyday and save the big stuff for the weekends so i dont burn myself out when im so close to driving it

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #204 on:** May 21, 2020, 07:37:23 PM »

Quote from: fastivab6tg25mr on May 21, 2020, 11:40:44 AM

painted the engine bay for a little rust protection. im trying to get one small thing done after work everyday and save the big stuff for the weekends so i dont burn myself out when im so close to driving it

Solid plan

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #205 on:** May 26, 2020, 12:10:06 PM »

The Truck is finally sitting on its own springs under its own weight. The front mounts need to be gusseted in still. The block is drilled and tapped for my -10 AN turbo drain, all 54 extra teeth have been cut off of the ABS sensor wheel to bring the pulses per mile into the usable range, JBPerf VR conditioner circuit is wired in and installed in an old wall charger as a protective case. Started working on my dashboard lay out.

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #206 on:** May 28, 2020, 12:40:08 PM »

fancy waste gate lines

ratcityrex · « **Reply #207 on:** June 02, 2020, 11:02:58 PM »

Damn, looks sweet!

fastivab6tg25mr · « **Reply #208 on:** July 27, 2020, 12:01:51 AM »

more progress!!!!!

finished all the hose routing under the intake manifold, all wastegate boost/coolant lines are in their proper place, thermostat is installed, heater hose to the heater core is installed, the other one is in the process of being completed. the ront coil over mounts have been reinforced with more 1/4" plate. i pulled the hot side off of the turbo and sealed up the internal gate holes. A 1/2 NPT tap is just about perfect for the factory hole(i still drilled it out before tapping). this was the 3rd time that tap was used and it was still a huge pain in the ass. anything smaller than that 1/2" breaker bar wouldnt move it. Im still waiting on some hose fittings so i can run the oil pressure and drain lines to the turbo.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #209 on:** July 29, 2020, 06:27:47 AM »

Getting closer

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