yanki01

a serious sleeper - love it.

FSF150

In your opinion, could anyone slightly mechanically inclined handle installing these? How much time does it require?

Thanks!

luckythirteen13

the manufacturer's claims were 21rwhp and 17rwtq on a stock motor. another ecoboost owner who is also SSI tuned did a before and after dyno test on the adapters and on his truck they gained 17rwhp and 31rwtq so they definitely help. and when he did the test, his goal was to prove the adapters were junk. he wanted them to fail but he was shocked to find out they work very well. seat of the pants gain is definitely there.

install isnt bad. the only hard part is getting the stock studs out of the back of the turbo. i welded a nut to the end of the stud and they came out with ease. if you cant weld, buy the stud remover and youll be fine. took me about 6 hours but that includes spending over an hour trying to remove the first stud without welding. after we realized welding a nut would be easy, it took 15min to get all 4 out. that 6 hours also included 45min to look for one damn socket. so the job isnt bad at all.

luckythirteen13

she'll hold

others have pushed the stock motor further. i only plan to spray a 60hp shot. eventually ill increase the the nozzle size on the meth kit and spray a little more.

luckythirteen13

FSF150, if you can weld, perfect. if you cant, buy the stud removal tool and you will be fine.


before i put the adapters in i was averaging 21.5mpg of mixed driving. after the adapter install it went up to 22.7mpg

Shaggy1970

You bought the gasket kit too with the spacers?

DavidKR

this is awesome haha.

I want those adapters too, but I no longer have access to a lift so I'm not sure I wanna pull my downpipes off on the ground. sounds like they're well worth the investment anyway.

luckythirteen13

shaggy, yes i did. although technically if you can pull the studs out without damaging them you can reuse the studs. i was worried about damaging the studs so i played it safe. gasket can be reused as well

david, i did my install on my back in my home garage. found it easy to remove the downpipes while on the ground

luckythirteen13

Ive had a catch can on the truck since right after i bought it. didnt want to spend a ton of money so i bought a can for $15 off ebay and put some stain steel kitchen scrubbers inside to act as baffling. then i bought a hose from a v6 mustang off ebay for about $8 so i could use the factory hose ends. i bought some cheap water line from home depot and attached it to the can and too the factory style hose pcv hose ends. this allowed me to keep my stock pcv hose undamaged. i still let ford to my oil changes so i pull the can and put the stock hose back in before i take the truck in. between this can and the meth, intake valves should stay pretty clean



I was over due for a plug change, so decided to switch to NGK plugs and see how that goes. Some of the other trucks tuned by SSI have tested these plugs with good results



got my nitrous nozzle a couple days ago in the mail. today my nitrous jet came. still a long way off from the install but at least im collecting parts. came up with a good way to install the WOT switch but no reason to do that just yet.

luckythirteen13

Minimal progress