Got to drive a 4.9L M5OD Today :)

[TexasNomad]

did you like the torqy six chris?

Torq is gooooooooood

 

[Skandocious]

did you like the torqy six chris?

Lol, I didn't get much a chance to bond with the engine-- I was too busy figuring out the transmission. It was a short drive

 

[TexasNomad]

Lol, I didn't get much a chance to bond with the engine-- I was too busy figuring out the transmission. It was a short drive

Hey Chris what is the Taurus E fan mod you did?
Did you do a write up about that?

 

[Skandocious]

Removed my clutch fan and replaced it with an electric fan from a taurus-- it's a pretty popular mod amongst off-roaders and stang drivers. Picks up a couple horsies and maybe a little bit of gas mileage from eliminating the rotational drag of the mechanical fan.

And no I don't believe I did a write-up for it...

 

[radialarm]

Hey Chris what is the Taurus E fan mod you did?
Did you do a write up about that?

The Taurus fan mod can be found here:http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2003/02/electricfan/
It's a PITA to find the specialized parts. I did a picture and caption thing in my gallery on my e-fan mod. If you want to check it out Mike.

 

[CowboyBilly9Mile]

..... with 2.73 gears. I don't think it could lay rubber if she tried, lol.

Good God, driving around town in second and third.....................and no wonder that it would suck starting from a stop.

 

[Skandocious]

Pretty funny--

So he's never had a tach in the truck until I gave him the one for Christmas... He gets on the freeway after installing it, to see what RPMs he's been running at 65mph all these years. Thought he had been around 2000+ rpm, and finds that he's only pushing 1600

Those 2.73 gears are crazy. He's running 1600 in OD while I'm running about 2000 in OD with my 4.10s + 33s.

 

[TexasNomad]

Pretty funny--

So he's never had a tach in the truck until I gave him the one for Christmas... He gets on the freeway after installing it, to see what RPMs he's been running at 65mph all these years. Thought he had been around 2000+ rpm, and finds that he's only pushing 1600

Those 2.73 gears are crazy. He's running 1600 in OD while I'm running about 2000 in OD with my 4.10s + 33s.

I thought the same thing I thought I was running in the 3k area with no OD and when I put my tach on i'm running under 2,500 doing 70mph 2.70s rule! but man you can kinda forget a good launch time...

 

[1970Custom]

...but I drive one everyday, it ain't no picnic when your stuck in traffic an hour or more and your clutch foot is dying for a break.

I used to until this past weekend.

Driving in Sacramento I learned powershift and pick a gear that I can run with w/o having to clutch/shift...