97 Explorer Engine

LAFENATU · Oct 27, 2009

birel21y said:
FYI- the MAF will not correct for the 24 lb injectors. You will have to run a cobra computer, or get a tune to correct the extra fuel.

wat?

That a used clutch??

CobraClone94 · Oct 27, 2009

LAFENATU said:
birel21y said:

FYI- the MAF will not correct for the 24 lb injectors. You will have to run a cobra computer, or get a tune to correct the extra fuel.

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wat?

Yes he only had it on the car for a month, its in great shape I have it here, LOTS of meat left on it..

Don

That a used clutch??

NXcoupe · Oct 28, 2009

A maf from ProM or from PMAS will correct well enough for the 24 lb injectors, but if you want to go on the cheap and plan on a tune anyway, you can run your stock maf and get the 24lb injector slope in the tune and it will work ok. You will pick up power going to a larger maf over the stocker especially if you are in the upper 200 hp range. The engine sucks in a lot of air.

5.0kid · Oct 28, 2009

sorry to but in, but i was just wondering about this...so i could run the maf that i have right now (set up for 24lb) with 30lb when i get my dyno tune? I have an sct chip that i will be getting a new tune put on after the build is done and i would really like to just keep the 80mm maf i have now...

NXcoupe · Oct 28, 2009

Yes, you can. Tell the tuner to keep the current maf transfer function and then load the value file for the 30 lb injector slope. WARNING! You will probably be at the very top range of your meter's transfer function, so watch closely to make sure the meter doesn't peg in the upper rpm's. I always datalog maf volts when I am tuning an older car that doesn't allow streaming data.

5.0kid · Oct 28, 2009

cool, thanks a lot for the info!

CobraClone94 · Oct 28, 2009

NXcoupe said:
A maf from ProM or from PMAS will correct well enough for the 24 lb injectors, but if you want to go on the cheap and plan on a tune anyway, you can run your stock maf and get the 24lb injector slope in the tune and it will work ok. You will pick up power going to a larger maf over the stocker especially if you are in the upper 200 hp range. The engine sucks in a lot of air.

I think for now, I will run the 19s I have now, when I get a bit of cash saved I have a friend that has a set of 24s with
a matching MAF, I will buy them form him and get it tuned, I planned on a tune either way, I was told with the changes
I am making to the motor, I tune will be a good idea.

don

5.0kid · Oct 28, 2009

yep, tune will definitely be good for you with the aftermarket cam and the 24's. It will idle a little nicer (sometimes aftermarket cams will make your idle jump a little), get more power, and probably better gas milage after the tune! sounds like you have a very good, well thought out plan for a fun car.

CobraClone94 · Oct 28, 2009

5.0kid said:
yep, tune will definitely be good for you with the aftermarket cam and the 24's. It will idle a little nicer (sometimes aftermarket cams will make your idle jump a little), get more power, and probably better gas milage after the tune! sounds like you have a very good, well thought out plan for a fun car.

Thanks

She is gonna be fun to drive, having the extra HP will be nice, and the GT40 heads are gonna make her sound nice and LOWWWW

LOL! I will post some pics when I start the work.

We got the place we were appling for, we move in dec 1

so I can start work in a month or so

Don

DFG_magic · Oct 28, 2009

Congrats on the place and the build!

CobraClone94 · Oct 28, 2009

96s281_081 said:
Congrats on the place and the build!

Thanks

We are moving into the new place dec 1, Can't wait to start my build, gonna be awsome

Don

LAFENATU · Oct 28, 2009

Have fun..

NXcoupe · Oct 29, 2009

Sounds great man, having a garage is the shiznet. I know I miss mine already, but I have my shop to work in, but having your place to work at the house is just priceless man.

CobraClone94 · Oct 30, 2009

Hey Guys,

Well I got the motor home

She looks really good, they power washed it, for having 89K its in great shape, I am gonna start prepping it in the next few days, and hopefully get the motor out of my stang soon.

I'll post pics as I tear into it

Don

5.0kid · Oct 30, 2009

cool, good luck!

CobraClone94 · Feb 19, 2010

Hey All,

Sorry I have been offline for a bit, I have been working on my car, and some family stuff came up, this build has poven to be a bigger money/time pit then I anticipated, but anyways, the motor is in the car, and running, I got the exhaust fixed today, the issue I am having now is the timing, and the EGR pipe, I have tried a few diff types of hosing to extended it, I even bought some high temp 3 ply silicon hosing, that was fine till the exhaust got snugged up, then it blew apart with the back pressure

So my last chance is to get a pipe welded I have a buddy that is doing it this week for me.

I had an adapter plate made for my explorer Intake, so we could use a modular TB, cause then I could get away with using my current Cable works great. anyways, she's still not perfect, But I have been able to drive it a bit, Lots of power now. only thing I upgraded was the cam I installed a ecam spec'd bump stick.

here's a few pics and a vid of us trying to set the timing.

Enjoy

Don
This is the crap that we took out.

And here's a vid.
Second Fire