[stupica1]

Oh no what have I done!!! haha LOTS has happened since my last post. so...lets begin.

ROLL CAGE! I absolutely love this thing. fills in the rear nice without too much clutter and lets face it...its pretty bad ass haha



Next we have the great tear down...I seem to be getting good at this stage haha out with the auto transmission!



out comes the old LAME auto shifter and in goes some nice shiney new 5 speed linkage and shifter housing!




I really do need a short shifter now though, feels like im going to punch my radio bezel with it that high up.

Since the pedals had to be swapped...what other choice would I have BUT to put in a set of SVT pedals. done and done!



Next up is the perdy exedy stage 3 clutch and lightweight flywheel installed and ready to go

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now for those who are wondering about the axles for the swap...driveaxle (driver side) works. good for pretty much all years and models...passenger side (the long extended axle)... not so much.

So turns out the transmission is an 07 which turns out to have different axles...so after going all over then finally ending at ford, turns out...I gotta replace it. Here's what an 05 auto axle looks like though for comparison...



***thought i had more images on photobucket...please wait while i upload more***

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continueing forward, here's the auto and manual (for 2007, not sure if this applies to every year...I am under the impression 99-05 is the same auto can be swapped with manual but 06 and newer cannot!...dont hold me to that though, i've talked to too many people to even care anymore haha)



and axle with different carrier bearing bracket installed


random shot of center consol put back into place


and then all of a sudden TURBO!

nice front mount


routing of the lines for turbo, just an FYI...there is NO directions on how to properly installed the coolant lines for the turbo, it literally just says, do what seem legit. haha so I tapped into the top part of the heater core, cut it short and ran it that way. Seemed to would out really nice.


this is how i start my car...pssh pushing a clutch pedal in to start your car is sooo last year, paperclip to jump the neutral safety switch is the new cool thing...ahaha


(for those who think thats a bad idea...yes it is. i did make it right, that was for testing purposes only. Again, I will give a better write up explaining the auto to manual wiring on the duratec later on once john and I are sure there are no major glitches)

so lastly as of last night I got the car all put together minus the front bumper



Still lots to do! no question about it. tuning will be entertaining, again another path johnny and I get to travel together haha.

I would love to get the bay shaved down more and cleaned up a lot! but I really wanted to worry about actual function before anything else this time round. The car does in fact run. and not too bad either for just a quick made up base tune. couldnt be happier with how everything turned out...minus not having any gears for the time being...to be determined what that issue is (looking like bad linkage adjustment!)