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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 08:20 PM
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Been a while since ive posted here but thought id share what i have been up to. bought my truck new towards the end of 2015. its a f150 xlt with the 3.5L ecoboost motor. I dont have any picture stock, but we all know what that looks like so just use your imagination.

Started off with an X4 and custom tunes from SSI when the truck only had 900 miles on it....no pics of that

bought a set of VAS traction bars next. very happy with them

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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 08:23 PM
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decided to see what the truck could do and called up my buddy with a twin turbo v6 2014 camaro. before anyone asks, how do i know its twin turbo, because i personally installed his twin turbo kit. thats his ricer exhaust you hear in the video


oh ya, video was filmed in mexico, closed road, etc etc
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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 08:24 PM
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camper shell came next, helps with the sleeper look for sure

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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 08:26 PM
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the other benefit of the camper shell is it does a great job of hiding my meth kit

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currently spraying a single 625ml nozzle on a progressive controller. starts spraying 10% nozzle capacity at 5psi of boost and is spraying 100% by 14psi of boost
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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 08:32 PM
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next to go on was SPD turbo adapters. After a tune, these adapters are the best bang for the buck mod you can do for the 3.5l motor. And their customer service is second to none. http://www.spdperformance.com/index....0d4cavdep4sus6

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after the install of the meth kit and adapters i needed another race to see where im at so i lined up the truck next to a buddy's 383 LT1 camaro. motor has 10.25CR and a nitrous cam (he was not spraying for this race)


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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 08:44 PM
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i didnt like how the rear end sat so high up so i did a 2" drop shackle in the rear so the truck would sit level

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Old Apr 25, 2017 | 09:04 PM
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needless to say i am not happy about losing to the camaro so i decided to correct a couple issues.

1st issue, i have an open diff. why the hell ford would build a truck with an open diff is beyond me. nothing a detroit locker cant fix

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2nd issue, lack of hp. luckily more hp is easily achieved

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at this point in time the locker and nitrous are just taking up space in the garage but hopefully soon they will get installed
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Old Apr 26, 2017 | 09:57 AM
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Wow! Now this is cool stuff! Looking forward to hearing your input on the power improvements.
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Old Apr 26, 2017 | 10:14 AM
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I have not heard about those turbo adapters before, their HP claims seem impressive for simple bolt on parts.

How difficult was the install?
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Old Apr 26, 2017 | 10:17 AM
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pretty cool. now how is that thing not gonna explode lol
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