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Austin David

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  1. beautiful. I like the look of the angel wings, classic-style grille, and the road tyres. If it makes you feel any better my new Duratec doesn't love starting below about 40F, either. Yours sure sounds great once running! Hopefully you'll get to break it in once spring hits...
  2. Build update: I mounted the seat heater switches. Final wiring: 12v + ground leads directly from the battery, plus a trigger wire off the fuse panel. The pad leads are very long, ran them under the console all the way back to the seats, then down under the carpet to pop out by the seatbelts. I stuck a terminal block inside my fuse panel cover (RHS footwell, about over a passenger's knee) and wired the 12V + trigger there, and fed off both seats. The excess wire was zip-tied and looped, and the two controllers were bundled in some terrycloth for noise abatement and tucked up there too; plenty of space. The switches are about 12" from the controllers; I drilled out two spots under my fan & windscreen heater buttons. Those two switches connect directly to the controllers. Because I didn't trim the original cabling I have one inline fuse on each side, plus my "main" inline fuse coming off the battery directly. I chose to pull power from the battery because I couldn't decide where to drag an extra 10+A from the fuse panel.
  3. Have you figured this out yet? If no, maybe VHB tape backing the zip ties? If it's before the radiator it should stay cool enough, and the tape may be thick enough to handle that rough surface.
  4. It's better. Hard to describe, but the press never really gets it right. My only mistake was waiting. Congratulations!
  5. Yes, 185 vs 225 is the "staggered" configuration which is mostly standard for the 420/620. I went with 185s all around for longer road trips and to carry a spare. They perform GREAT but the rear arch has a lot of extra space (to accommodate the larger wheels on a staggered setup). The spare hoop itself would have to be updated. It bolts to the chassis, and could probably be made to work, but it wouldn't really make sense to carry a rear-only spare tyre, as the fronts are still the original 13x6 / 185s. At the moment I have the 13x6 spare and I carry a plug kit. If I were to take any long road trips I would probably swap back to the 13x6s in the rear. For around town I could use the spare, but it would put wear on my LSD so I wouldn't want to do it much.
  6. I swapped out my factory 13x6 / 185 wheels & tyres with 13x8 / 225s. The new math said 41417 for PPU, and it seems about right at 70mph. I haven't yet screwed with ride height, but I do think I'll need to bring it down a little after this change. Some quick side-by-side photos: original fitment ^^ a little narrow for the wells, which are designed to hold the 13x8" wheels & 225 tyres New fitment: the 13x8 fill the well a little better, which was my goal. as noted I haven't yet tried to exercise them, I assume I'll need to make adjustments to height all around, and maybe my rear ARB to account for the additional grip. THis time of year with cold tires, it's basically ice-skating either way. for anyone curious, my spare is 13x6 and would be for limited use in emergency, I wouldn't want to run the mixed size with an LSD. For a very long trip I'd probably go back to 13x6 all around.
  7. I see the oil cooler. Did they also lighten the flywheel? My 2.0 Duratec (360 spec, standard intake w/ plenum) definitely has some intake noise when the butterfly is open, but the intake is on my side (LHS) and exhaust on the other.
  8. Was it painted after welding? It might just need to cook off a little
  9. Definitely gotta do a lap around the block, just to be sure
  10. oven cleaner was the magic potion for curing chrome motorcycle exhaust. do these get hot enough for that to work?
  11. For the record it's a $8.49 cap (new) from a 2014 Mustang. I'll know in a month if it helps
  12. An aftermarket cap costs less than $10, I'll try that first. Tha ks everyone for helping confirm that the cap is being weird and I'm probably not just overfilled.
  13. Yup. Almost 6k miles by now, it's great except for the coolant seemingly leaking out around the cap. It does click tight, there's no air in the system, etc. My modine connections were the last to really seal up well, about a year back.
  14. in other similar cars (like a 2015 NC with ~ same motor) the tank stays about half full when cold. I guess I'm asking if it's normal for the tank to be mostly-empty when cold, and those marks on the side are because this is an off-the-shelf part that makes more sense in a Focus or something.
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