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Looks good!
I need a turbo like I need a hole in my head but you are giving me hope. My 4.7 isn't exactly a beast with 35s on it's feet. Keep us posted.So, I got a manual shifter from RADesigns and am planning to hook it up. That should solve my problem with dynoing an automatic and it upshifting. The problem I have now is where is the world is the transmission control box. Is it integrated into the ecu? This weekend I’m installing the transgo shift kit. I decided to just go for the hot rod shift cause you only live once lol. Will post some updates when I get that done. So far the kit is great. Just have to fix my two header leaks then I can get it back on the dyno.
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Update: so I was using the Unichip to tune my engine but it has serious drawbacks that I didn’t consider. For instance: when I reset the battery to clear the check engine light so I can have traction control the stock computer goes haywire and goes super lean then flips the other way and goes super rich. Eventually it “learns” to go back the way it was but it is super inconvenient. Also I’m not able to take full control of the injectors that I have. One day it will be just fine running 11.5:1 then another day it might be 12.5:1 then it might just flood out the engine. The tuning is really at the control of the stock computer when you’re trying to run the Unichip in this configuration. Now I do think that if you just had simple maps for normal mods then this would be a totally viable option and I get why someone would want this. What I plan on doing from here is getting a MegaSquirt 3 and wiring it in parallel with the stock computer. This will give me all the benefits of a stand alone with the stock computer still able to control things like evap and the drive by wire system and other things that would be difficult if not impossible to do on the MegaSquirt. I have already finished mapping the pins for the injectors and coils to the MegaSquirt along with all of the necessary sensors. I have opted to go get a ford intake air temperature sensor because the stock one is found in the MAF sensor and doesn’t look easy to tap on to. I will update you all again when I buy the MegaSquirt and get it running.
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Sooooooo, was it worth it?
Yesssss. Even with the bad tune it still is so much fun to rip. Honestly the only thing that has gone wrong so far has been the tune and keeping exhaust gaskets in this thing because they always want to rattle the nuts loose causing the gasket to blow out.
You going to throw it on a dyno?
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Ah! Interested to know the power gain?It’s already been on the dyno twice but the Unichip would not let me get a clean run without throwing the computer into limp mode or running super lean. I will go back on the dyno when I get the MegaSquirt wired up.
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Ah! Interested to know the power gain?
What was stock vs. now?
Are you looking at 70+ HP?