wa newbie here

[turbo cat]

so how many western wa people are here?

 

[dogboy]

There are quite a few people on here from western Washington. and always good to have another.


Are you by any chance from Auburn, or right around there?

My friend was telling me a while ago about a guy he saw/ talked to that had a turbocharged Explorer and was working on a turbo charged Cougar.

Are you the same guy?

 

[KELLY88]

so how many western wa people are here?

I'm kind of close (sarcasm). Central Florida. Guess it's close in astronomical terms.

 

[turbo cat]

haha yep thats me

 

[dogboy]

That's awsome. Small world I guess.


Yeah, he was sayin that he saw the explorer and noticed something behind the grill, and it took him a while to realize what it was. (It was intercooler or soemthing I would assume).

He made it sound like he saw you at Budget Truck Wrecking, where he works.

 

[turbo cat]

yeah i was there a few months ago dropping off some misalaneous scrap metal. One of the guys saw it and i poped the hood for a few of them

 

[dogboy]

That is awsome.

I always thought nobody turbo'd 4.0L's becuase they have weak/thin cylinder heads, and that extra power/ pressure will cause them to crack?


Just curius, how much did it cost ya (rough guess)?
The 4.0L is already a fun engine, and a turbo 4.0L would be really fun!!

 

[turbo cat]

i bougth the truck with a blown headgasket and after going up a long hill it overheated and caused the "death rattle". I pulled the heads and the bottom end was perfetly intact while the heads and valves were cracked and the hg was blkown out everywhere. After replacing it with a junkyard motor for 300$I built the turbo kit for it. So far its doing ok but it is showing signs of the hg starting to go or cracked heads again. Howeveri do have the funds aside for hgs and remanufactured heads to prevent the cracking problem. I have beat on the truck and pushed the 4.0 to 15psi untuned so far. i just threw what i had lying around together which totalled under 150$ the only fuel system mod is 303injectors

now im redoing the hotside for my cougar the twins i had on the car were too big and they spooled super late. i just dumped in a 01 Pi motor out of a mustang GT into the cougar

 

[Dusty_Ranger]

im in bc 15 mins from the US border

 

[turbo cat]

can't even get into Canada w/o passport now, sucks

 

[Dusty_Ranger]

ya i know wut u mean

 

[mkpecor]

im live in maplevalley/ blackdiamond. nice to have another northwest member on here.

 

[turbo cat]

cool to know man im not too far away from all of you

 

[gotmudd]

i'm over on the peninsula, in port angeles

 

[turbo cat]

your prostetic phalus bwahahahahahaha luv the signature man