Turbo 5.0L 2000 Ranger

**** you, heater box. Never again.
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Look at all that room. I could put a 6" downpipe in there now.

Looks like I need more engine and more turbo now.
 
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Man, this truck is a roller coaster. I've never had my ass kicked by such mundane things before. I can't count how many times I jumped to conclusions only to find it was some basic ass thing I managed to **** up or overlooked.

Ive changed a LOT of spark plugs and wires, but somehow I keep ****ing it up on this. I assume it's me anyways. The miss appears to have been a plug that the gap was smashed closed on. How tf did I screw that up? Lol, ****!

The valve train noise that made me thing I actually hurt it finally? Looks like it's just a header leak. All the bolts were loose. I'm using remflex gaskets, thought they said no retorque but maybe I was wrong on that (stage 8 locking bolts).

Anyways, ****.

At least that ****ing heater box is gone.

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Haven't don't **** lately, not much beyond starting it and getting to temp a couple times.

I did just buy a JMS fuel pump voltage booster for it, I want to see 20psi of boost on this thing and fuel is what's holding me back :grinpimp:

Got it for $235, hopefully it works, these go for closer to $500.

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The voltage booster works awesome. I can only get to around 17v before something starts sounding really weird, kind of a fluttering noise. I assume the pressure regulator is being overpowered (pump on, engine off). It's a kirban adjustable unit. But so far my fuel pressure curves are spot on, and show no signs of giving up. It would start flat lining at about 12psi of boost and 6k rpm, at 16psi it was falling off a cliff.


I lost some boosties though, not sure where they ran off to. Earlier this year I could nail 18psi at 72% duty on the boost controller. I can't get north of 15.5ish psi now, even with the controller at 100%dc. It just won't do it.
I took everything apart the other night, can't really find anything wrong. The only thought I had was that maybe the 6lb spring in the wastegate relaxed now that it's getting driven more, and it's a cheap china clone. So I threw an additional 6lb spring in with it.

I haven't driven it yet, I'm really hoping to see 20psi out of this thing. I plan on driving to work with it tomorrow, I can usually **** with it pretty good on my way home.
 
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Garbage with the draggy. I haven't went a full 1/4 yet, 100+ on the roads I'm on is beyond sketchy.

And I have no traction still.

I don't have any real experience but I do know 91mph in the 1/8th is moving pretty good, now I need to find traction. Already on 26x10.5 nitto drag radials, 555r2

This is all at ~16 psi
 
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The only thing that I changed was the spring on the gate, but I am able to hit 20psi no problem now.. at least it did it twice on my way in to work for short periods anyways.

I'm also now using closed loop boost control, and it's actually working better than I expected.

I'll do some more "testing" on my way home :grinpimp:
 
Ummduh said:
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Garbage with the draggy. I haven't went a full 1/4 yet, 100+ on the roads I'm on is beyond sketchy.

And I have no traction still.

I don't have any real experience but I do know 91mph in the 1/8th is moving pretty good, now I need to find traction. Already on 26x10.5 nitto drag radials, 555r2

This is all at ~16 psi
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yeah your short times are pretty ****ty

2.27 60 foot is not going to win you any awards
 
CarterKraft said:
yeah your short times are pretty ****ty

2.27 60 foot is not going to win you any awards
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Heh.. yea. Yeah. True that, homie.

Over the winter I'm swapping to a ms3x from the microsquirt, I'll be able to run boost by gear and potentially traction control (at some point).

Right now all I have is boost vs TPS & rpm
 
rattle_snake said:
The Nitto 555RII doesn't hook for **** unless hot from burnout.
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Doesn't appreciate ground temps under 75 much either.

I haven't ****ed around with much of anything yet, more or less surprised it hasnt blown up yet.

I'll try finding a spot to do a good burnout first here soon. Every time I try to do something traffic rolls up, even on the backroadiest of back roads by me.
 
How is this post still on the first page? Too many GM ***s out there i take it?

Anyways, I never get vids cuz I'm always trying to not get caught being stupid, but I'm hitting 20psi on the regular now. Don't know why any part of this is surviving, and I'm actively trying to break it... But due to power, not negligence.

I'm taking the boost as 20psi at this point. There's a 20.1 point in the log. So I'm taking it. Closed loop boost is keeping is consistently high 19'w psi.

It's a beast.

It's pushing enough fuel for 650+ easily. A 340lph maxed out and now pushed to 17V to try and keep up. Out of injector again and everything else. It's probably dumb to keep pushing the stock rails beyond this. Hell, it's stupid now. The -6 fuel hose probably is at the end of its usefulness too.

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SLOWPOKE693 said:
Don't quote me on this but I believe he was running E85 in that car. It was in a recent video, might be this one.....

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I'll check it out. Doesn't actually help all that much though, I need to go a fuel cell at this point, which makes the hoses kinda irrelevant; gotta redo them anyways

I can only get on it with more than a half tank otherwise the pump gets uncovered... Bad stuff.
 
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Thought about using a Holley hydramat ?
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I have. I couldn't figure out how to make it work for me. Ultimately I need to go to a fuel cell regardless, so it'd just be wasting money on a stop-gap.
I want to 4 link it, the stock tank is completely in the way.

My other option as a stop gap would be a drop in fuel module, but on the back of the current tank, the factory module is way in the front of the tank. Again, just throwing money away though.

Also, a surge tank would be an option.. still just spending extra money on doing it wrong first though
 
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I have this Aeromotive set up for my 2JZ International, can be had with single 340, dual 340s, or 450 pump

Easy setup in a basic fuel cell, as it is it's own sump.

Bit spendy though.

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Gots_a_sol said:
I have this Aeromotive set up for my 2JZ International, can be had with single 340, dual 340s, or 450 pump

Easy setup in a basic fuel cell, as it is it's own sump.

Bit spendy though.

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That's my most likely course of action. I know some fuel cells use that same module (I THINK it's the same module but without the inside puck), so my best plan so far is to figure out the future fuel cell situation, and then find the phantom module that I can use on both. Probably go with a triple pump module right off the bat.

I've also heard that foam doesn't like e85 too, but there's not actually a lot of info on it that I've found besides a few comments here and there.

My dream idea is a custom cell that fits in the rear in place of the spare tire holder, but I'll probably end up going generic in the bed. I'm not close enough to start figuring that stuff out yet.

I just haven't got past the main idea yet, **** gets expensive quick like.

But then at the same why bother with getting that into the stock tank, that tank isn't doing anything for me. May as well just dump it now. Decisions, decisions.
 
Bronco2 tank, while not as sexy as a fuel cell, fits in where the spare tire would be.
 
Thatg9659 said:
Bronco2 tank, while not as sexy as a fuel cell, fits in where the spare tire would be.
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Still would have the same problem with uncovering the pump unless it is baffled, which I doubt.

I'm still gunna see how it measures up though. Could probably stab one of those cut in modules into it. Or sump it, don't really want to listen to an external pump though.

I think it's too tall though, I'm sitting a tad low.
 
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Bronco2 tank, while not as sexy as a fuel cell, fits in where the spare tire would be.
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Man I just measured it up, the b2 tank would have 4" of ground clearance :laughing:

So I have to go cell. Kicking my ass though.

I really need ~8" (preferably less) deep if I want to put it under the bed in the spare tire area.

I really wanted to go with a internal pump module style cell but there's no real way to make that happen.

So it will probably have to go in the bed instead. Or I have to cut out the back of the bed and mount something floating in the middle, which I may as well just put it in the bed.

Or **** it and just do the standard sumped universal cell with an external pump. Or would be easier to grow with for sure.
 
Ummduh said:
Man I just measured it up, the b2 tank would have 4" of ground clearance :laughing:

So I have to go cell. Kicking my ass though.

I really need ~8" (preferably less) deep if I want to put it under the bed in the spare tire area.

I really wanted to go with a internal pump module style cell but there's no real way to make that happen.

So it will probably have to go in the bed instead. Or I have to cut out the back of the bed and mount something floating in the middle, which I may as well just put it in the bed.

Or **** it and just do the standard sumped universal cell with an external pump. Or would be easier to grow with for sure.
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I'd just throw a cell in the bed.
External pump is not the best for long duration but are you really driving this thing that long?
 
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