My 2001 V6 Coupe Build Thus Far

[Swift]

Bay is painted! Next step is pulling the dash and installing the new column, PCM, harness, cluster, etc. Progress is going at about half the rate that it could due to building my buddy's turbo LS foxbody at the same time, but it's slowly getting there!

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[Eatonualive281]

sick car man! I absolutely love your attention to detail! Tell me everything about your front suspension... Buddy club?

 

[arayray]

Awesome job man, can wait to see it done!

 

[Zemedici]

coming along nicely swift! Can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[Swift]

sick car man! I absolutely love your attention to detail! Tell me everything about your front suspension... Buddy club?

Thanks dude! The front coilovers are BC's. The type BR's. They're actually fantastic in terms of improving handling, and they ride decent. No complaints here.

 

[Swift]

Got past a major milestone today. Pulled the dash and replaced the PCM, harness, booster, column, gauge cluster and pedal assembly with donor parts from the GT.

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Went to go connect the pushrod for the hydraboost... NOPE! slightly different pedal design for the V6. Pushrod comes through the firewall in a higher position with the GT's. Thankfully my buddy has a 2v shell in his yard and I was able to go nab the pedal assembly from his.

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Got everything buttoned back up a few minutes ago. Now on to the motor!

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[Swift]

Been relatively busy with work recently so haven't had a ton of time to devote to the car. Got a Pilot/TOB installed, a front/rear main seal, and an oil pan gasket also, and went ahead and mated the engine back up to the trans.

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Then began tackling the harness. Went ahead and unwrapped the whole thing and will be doing something a little out of the ordinary with it. If it works the way I hope it will it should be super clean. Will update you guys on that again once the harness is modified and re-wrapped.

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My SLP catback also came in. Have mixed feelings about it. The resonators and tips are gorgeous, but the tubing and hangers are awful. The welds on the hangers are atrocious and completely cold. Hangers are also crooked and seem to be mild steel. Oh well, I got a black friday deal on it, we'll have to work with what we got, and it'll end up being polished anyway.

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[Steve1578]

Just read through this whole thing start to finish, and now I'm sad that I reached the end. Excellent work man, thats a beautiful mustang.


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[KyleSVT]

keep up the good work brother! Those SLP tips look so nice. Thanks for hanging out on the live stream the other day btw!

 

[Bouttime09]

I have a frpp mid pipe and MagnaFlow cat back, still went with SLP tips. They're definitely the best looking.

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[Swift]

Just read through this whole thing start to finish, and now I'm sad that I reached the end. Excellent work man, thats a beautiful mustang.


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Thanks man! Every day is a learning experience and I wouldn't trade all of the skills and knowledge I've gained for the whole world.

keep up the good work brother! Those SLP tips look so nice. Thanks for hanging out on the live stream the other day btw!

Thanks dude! The tips are most of the reason I bought the catback lol. They're the best looking ones money can buy IMHO. And yeah that was really neat man, I hope I catch another one of your streams, it was good getting to chat with you!

I have a frpp mid pipe and MagnaFlow cat back, still went with SLP tips. They're definitely the best looking.

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Like I said, best in the business!

 

[Swift]

So the harness is done, and installed. The majority of the engine harness now runs underneath the intake manifold in the valley. The injector and COP wires have been extended and now come through holes in each side of the manifold to reach the plug ins. The only real wires that are visible are the ones that run to the COP's, because the clocking of those connectors cannot be modified, the wires have no choice but to come out, make a U turn, then plug in. The injectors however have been clocked 180 degrees, giving the wires a shorter run to the connector, and a cleaner look

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Harness cut, extended, and ready for wrap. For the wrap I used a dry vinyl cling tape, very similar to OE material, with a few adhesive tape wraps on the ends to keep them from unraveling. The harness has a total of 4 wraps of "sticky" tape, the rest is the dry cling vinyl.

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As parts of the harness run through the valley, I knew heat would be an issue. The wire I used to extend the harness is 200C rated, and to further protect the OE wiring, I gave the parts in the valley a wrap of foil before being covered up with the vinyl.

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All wrapped up!

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Finished harness mocked up on the engine. I have a few things left to clean up and paint (as evidence by the alternator and IAC), but this is how the harness will look on the finished engine. Came out pretty slick!

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Engine bay is getting less and less spacious by the day!

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She just wants to go her beautiful, smooth, white home!

 

[AustinSN]

That looks so nice.

Nice work man.

 

[laextreme5]

In case anyone didint know. This is Corey.





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[Swift]

I hate my friends lol.

 

[sonicdan]

I may have missed it, but what midpipe do you plan on running with the SLP catback? is it LM1 or LM2?

I just bolted the LM1 catback up to my mac prochamber=sex. Absolutely love the growl and bark. In cabin is impressively quiet, with little to no drone.

 

[Swift]

I may have missed it, but what midpipe do you plan on running with the SLP catback? is it LM1 or LM2?

I just bolted the LM1 catback up to my mac prochamber=sex. Absolutely love the growl and bark. In cabin is impressively quiet, with little to no drone.

I have a factory catted H pipe right now. Would like to go longtubes and O/R prochamber in the near future, if a turbo hotside doesn't manifest itself before those plans.

 

[Swift]

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[Swift]

Today's mini project. Refurbished the front control arms and are now ready to go back on the car. Pressed in new Moog ball joints, wire wheeled and painted, and installed new Energy sway bar links.

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[AustinSN]

It's so clean.