FTN's T4/SXE Build/Conversion Thread
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Culpability increases with reckless promotion.
Someday I may be in a group therapy session and others will say ‘Yes, that FTN also pushed me over the edge!’ I started with gateway mods like zoodad, air filter and muffler delete, then a chip and another chip, then more tunes for that chip. Eventually, I upgraded injectors and turbo...........’
Someday I may be in a group therapy session and others will say ‘Yes, that FTN also pushed me over the edge!’ I started with gateway mods like zoodad, air filter and muffler delete, then a chip and another chip, then more tunes for that chip. Eventually, I upgraded injectors and turbo...........’
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FTN did you ever happen to talk to them about the mechanical version? I'm a cheapass, just wondering if there were any factors that pushed you towards the electronic version besides the exhaust brake. I think I could use an auxiliary adjustable throttle cable like is often used in rock crawlers and trucks with PTOs to have a sort of crude exhaust break.
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FTN did you ever happen to talk to them about the mechanical version? I'm a cheapass, just wondering if there were any factors that pushed you towards the electronic version besides the exhaust brake. I think I could use an auxiliary adjustable throttle cable like is often used in rock crawlers and trucks with PTOs to have a sort of crude exhaust break.
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Culpability increases with reckless promotion.
Someday I may be in a group therapy session and others will say ‘Yes, that FTN also pushed me over the edge!’ I started with gateway mods like zoodad, air filter and muffler delete, then a chip and another chip, then more tunes for that chip. Eventually, I upgraded injectors and turbo...........’
Someday I may be in a group therapy session and others will say ‘Yes, that FTN also pushed me over the edge!’ I started with gateway mods like zoodad, air filter and muffler delete, then a chip and another chip, then more tunes for that chip. Eventually, I upgraded injectors and turbo...........’
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Culpability increases with reckless promotion.
Someday I may be in a group therapy session and others will say ‘Yes, that FTN also pushed me over the edge!’ I started with gateway mods like zoodad, air filter and muffler delete, then a chip and another chip, then more tunes for that chip. Eventually, I upgraded injectors and turbo...........’
Someday I may be in a group therapy session and others will say ‘Yes, that FTN also pushed me over the edge!’ I started with gateway mods like zoodad, air filter and muffler delete, then a chip and another chip, then more tunes for that chip. Eventually, I upgraded injectors and turbo...........’
Gateway mods....
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Never get high on your own supply... I think that would apply to SSJ based on his experience with 7.3L's and sound advice.
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You may have missed a new name I gave him in the turbo thread. Ford_Truck_kNowsstuff
Is it bad we’re having to dip into the second letter for these nicknames now?
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And @BA86f250 , there is only one solution: Compound Turbonators
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