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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:04 PM
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Perhaps he wants the entire harness , pre-made, pre bent. There's only two places I've found NEW vac harnesses, or complete emission harness (I've seen it refereed to that in the past as well "emission" ) - well actually 3 places. - Tasca, Ford Dealer and eBay. With eBay, I think it's Tasca's eBay store....not positive on that one. With Tasca, - always search both website and eBay store for those hard to find. These are very hard to find regardless, - for me anyway. Once in awhile you see them on the web, but you usually have to physically go to dealership and bring your routing info with yuh, since they are not all the same. Hard PVC or a composite is used so certain lines don't suck shut lol. What happens allot, elbows get pushed on these lines too far, restricting or blocking vac or installed without MEK. This chemical is used with elbow instillation. Dip the mini-tube hose ends in commercially available paint thinner containing Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK). This solvent will seal the mini-tube in the vacuum hose. Shake the service joint after assembly to ensure the solvent is dispersed and the vacuum line is not plugged. Btw, vac harness is sold in sections at the dealership. 4WD harness section and engine harness section.
I guess I'm not as creative and want plug and play. I can follow vac diagrams and replace later as I need. It may have to do with how terrible my truck runs right now with the home-botched fixes on the the oem pieces.
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I don't understand, how did you end up with that motor ? You buy, then try to resell without telling anybody lol. How much did you lose ? Dang man, should of let us or me anyway know, - could of got the word out. Hard to sell and engine that looks stuffed in some corner in the garage with NO support what so ever. Buyers can be very picky and won't shell good money out for that kind of neglect. It's crazy. Guess it's worth a try, but honestly, the engine doesn't look like it was tanken care of. If I were to try and re-sell to make some cash. I definitely would of built a support pallet, then spent a couple hours to a day cleaning the engine up in away that it actually looks like a low mile motor. You should of at least got another 1000 out of it. It looks like it was rolled into the garage thru the mud. Just sayin. I understand a quick buck, but... Could of easily asked for help on this one, you needed it lol. Hey this post only stands if you are the jferg..or re-seller lol. I could of swore another seller had this engine a couple weeks ago. Could be wrong.
Don't worry, not mine. It was Cheap as a collection of parts. It's value was the rarity of its components. It's not super desirable being a lower compression 5.4 (8.5) I believe vs our 8.99 NA trucks. Also, it came from a Harley so it has the smaller pulleys from the factory. But for $2000....that is one hell of a drivetrain pkg. I'd spend another $2000. Pistons, rods, stud it, new bearings and re seal the whole and run it to death..well not quite that far but you get what I mean
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
If it were in a 4x4, then yes..drools lol
Either way I'm drooling
Originally Posted by Jackedup00
I want a turbo damn it. My bottom end will handle it,top end wouldn't.
Why wouldn't your top end handle it?
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackedup00
I want a turbo damn it. My bottom end will handle it,top end wouldn't.
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Why wouldn't your top end handle it?
His top end could but it wouldn't flow well enough at all. An efficient turbo system needs smooth, well-engineered routing and low temps. His stock PI heads would need quite a bit of one on one time with a machinist. Or me with a hammer. His choice
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jferg92
His top end could but it wouldn't flow well enough at all. An efficient turbo system needs smooth, well-engineered routing and low temps. His stock PI heads would need quite a bit of one on one time with a machinist. Or me with a hammer. His choice
The guy in the video I posted from 1320video has twisted wedge heads that were ported and polished. So I'm guessing that's what you'd need to go with for it to work well?
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Cmanjr

Either way I'm drooling

Why wouldn't your top end handle it?
Stock heads with aftermarket internals,I'd need better flowing heads
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jferg92
I guess I'm not as creative and want plug and play. I can follow vac diagrams and replace later as I need. It may have to do with how terrible my truck runs right now with the home-botched fixes on the the oem pieces.
Well, it's not about creativity, - not at all. My post revolves around fact and Ford service. Things, facts you might not be aware of. If it's my own doing and I'm changing things up. I'd definitely let you know in the post and further, -post that do at your risk. I'm more about bring fact into the light. Facts that be alluding others. That's the mindset anyway.
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 04:00 PM
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 04:08 PM
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Maybe I should cave, give it up here. Too many get the wrong idea. Trying to help isn't much fun. One would think they might be trying to hard BUT, it really isn't...honest.

Oh well lol.
LOL. Never give up brother. And he's not blown yet. He's just gathering parts he needs to complete the charger. With his lack of knowledge of the vacuum system, especially converting to boost, he feels more comfortable acquiring the factory pre-molded lines. At least, that's my take on his thought process.
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackedup00
Stock heads with aftermarket internals,I'd need better flowing heads
Ahh okay.
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