About to MOD my buddy's 04.....Got any Tips on the Install???

[White98SVT]

My buddy picked up a 2.8 pully from Steeda, belt tensioner, cold air kit, and the Diablo programmer.

Anyone have any tips on this or is the pully and programmer pretty straight forward?

 

[20-COBRA-03]

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[White98SVT]

Also would I be ok with a regular pulley removal tool from Auto Zone or do I need a different one?

 

[9A Pilot]

I will soon become more authoritative on this,but my use of the 'search' on this site has revealed that the preadator has a generic "pully tune" you can download.From what I've determined here,2.8 pullies are a bit much for an otherwise stock car..Or at least one with a stock Heat exchanger.I would not try a pully change with out a dedicated pully tool.RPM outlet sells one,as well as others..I speak from experience on this..We ruined a blower on a 2000 GTP trying to 'make do'..I hung my head in shame at the memory of it...It's a pretty bad feeling letting out all of the 'blower juice' on a 30K car,Because you didn't have the right tools...

 

[CobraBob]

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[redsvtcobra]

You CANNOT use a regular puller and be careful using that canned predator tune with a 2.8

 

[mystic1]

You can not use the a regular pulley tool www.rpmoutlet.com sells them along with www.southfloridapulleyhq.com. I would be careful when useing the predator canned pulley tune, as it may lean the car out to an extreme amount. I would load the pulley tune and richen up the fuel and take some spark out to be on the safe side. I would then make time to get down to the dyno and tune your buddy's car and make sure you have a good air/fuel ratio of about 11.5-12.0 and call it good. Another thing is you might what to look into getting a good set of plugs such as NGK TR6's or Deneso Iridium IT22's.

 

[03yellow]

You need a good tune to work with your predator. The custom tune does not disable some features on your car.

http://www.modularfords.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15035

 

[White98SVT]

Originally posted by redsvtcobra
You CANNOT use a regular puller and be careful using that canned predator tune with a 2.8

So basically we need the pulley tool that costs a few hundred dollars? I was under the impression that I didn't but I would much rather not ruin the blower on that car.

As far as the Diablo programmer....why is it so much different than a regular tune?

 

[White98SVT]

Also what's the difference in these two pulley removal tools?:
http://www.rpmoutlet.com/aspacc.htm#pp
http://www.southfloridapulleyhq.com/SFPH/cobra/ps_pulley_puller.htm

Both seem somewhat similar however one is half the price. Is one better than the other???

 

[MTI LS1]

Like said, richen the tune as much as possible and then get to a dyno and check the air/fuel. You don't want the car to hit full boost and be running crazy lean. Not good.

 

[davidmax]

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