White's '95 GT "Unicorn"

[white95]

Pulled the seats out to remove and pressure wash the carpet. Good ol @ElrodKTPQ_89 inspired me.





Probably take a few days for it to drip dry. While that’s happening, I’m going to clean out as much of the residual dirt and grime as possible.





Just waiting for brake parts to deliver so I can take the next steps on my to-do list. First up will be refreshing the rear brakes.

 

[white95]

While working on my S197, I ran part errands in the SN95. Cool right? No. The lingering issue with the Holley kept occurring randomly, car ran like hammered dog shit and I may have overreacted a bit. I've ordered a Ford control pack, new engine harness from Ford, a MAF flange, pedal bracket...

LMFAO

bitch gonna learn now..

 

[ttocs]

what lingering issue?

 

[96blak54]

How well did the carpet clean up?

 

[white95]

what lingering issue?

Randomly runs rich. Lean. Rich. Lean. Tried several new o2s, found/fixed bad spots in wiring.. Holley blames the age of the ecu and it seems, to the electrician in me, that a soldered point on the motherboard is failing and making intermittent contact.

So. Time for a change.

 

[ttocs]

well shit that sucks. Any chance there is an air leak in the exhaust that is letting air in when it gets hot?

 

[white95]

well shit that sucks. Any chance there is an air leak in the exhaust that is letting air in when it gets hot?

I can’t accurately answer this because I don’t know. Never had issue with exhaust leaks and no visual evidence of it blowing out randomly.

 

[weendoggy]

Randomly runs rich. Lean. Rich. Lean. Tried several new o2s, found/fixed bad spots in wiring.. Holley blames the age of the ecu and it seems, to the electrician in me, that a soldered point on the motherboard is failing and making intermittent contact.

So. Time for a change.

Wow, outside of my issues with the POS distributor of theirs, my HP has been strong for over 12yrs. I think I've replaced my O2 twice during that time, one TPS (just because) and that's about it.

My Coyote on the other hand is giving me a "chase down" issue. Seems when cornering hard and letting the car slide, it decides to go into a "limp mode" where it feels like half power until it clears up. Not sure if it's the ECU or just being tied into the SN95 ECU speed sensor. I'll be looking into that along with getting more HP from it this winter.

 

[white95]

Wow, outside of my issues with the POS distributor of theirs, my HP has been strong for over 12yrs. I think I've replaced my O2 twice during that time, one TPS (just because) and that's about it.

My Coyote on the other hand is giving me a "chase down" issue. Seems when cornering hard and letting the car slide, it decides to go into a "limp mode" where it feels like half power until it clears up. Not sure if it's the ECU or just being tied into the SN95 ECU speed sensor. I'll be looking into that along with getting more HP from it this winter.

That is an interesting dilemma and I am curious to see what you discover.

 

[weendoggy]

That is an interesting dilemma and I am curious to see what you discover.

Me too!

 

[white95]

How well did the carpet clean up?

Idk

Haven’t circled back to that yet. I’ll look at it this evening. It did seem like a few spots were stubborn and will need some carpet cleaner and a brush.

 

[white95]

With the exception a pedal mount, DBW TB and sorting the ECU mount, I have everything else on hand to start installing the control pack.

 

[white95]

Round 1:

Removing the Holley stuff

This proved to be tedious and took most of the day.

 

[white95]

Round 1:

Swapping connector of crank sensor extension harness. This was a pain in the ass but task completed.

 

[white95]

Day 2:

Swapping early coil pack harness connectors to match late coil packs. Also, swapped the GT manifold out for a GT350.







Oh and after some cussing, texted @lwarrior1016 and he reminded me to check for the gasket from the old connector.

 

[ttocs]

what ecu are you going with?

 

[white95]

what ecu are you going with?

Ford control pack

 

[95opal]

Round 1:

Removing the Holley stuff

This proved to be tedious and took most of the day.

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uggg playing with spaghetti while lying on your back is possibly one of the most agravating things you can do. God bless ya

 

[white95]

Round 2:

Fuse box, ecu harness and pedal



After a few rounds of trial and error, I settled on this location for the fuse box.



Found this pic in a video and it was my inspiration.



This worked out because the harness naturally fell into place and appears it will work well.

 

[white95]

Round 2: