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tropictour

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Took the plunge this afternoon. '03 Taurus 3L, 19k miles, not too shabby. It is in good hands, Bugzuki will be doing all prep work and I will be lending him a hand on D-Day. :laugh: I cant wait.
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P.S. Sorry about the cellphone pics.
 
Less cell phone pics and more progress! Get on it - Let me know if you want some things powder coated while they are out of the car..... the time is now.
 
I got mine here in Washington for $450 out the door. Im just greatful for having an experienced swapper in Bugzuki nearby. :eek: I will update pics as it progresses.
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Well here is the progress so far. Bugzuki will be out of town for a while, so that will give me time to collect parts. So hopefully we can get this project rolling when he returns. Looking foward to it.

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Ported 3L(splitport manifolds) Gathering all the parts now and a few additions that hopefully improve the power. Also going to invest in an Xcal 3.
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tropictour said:
Ported 3L(splitport manifolds) Gathering all the parts now and a few additions that hopefully improve the power. Also going to invest in an Xcal 3.
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I was just curious since you had the heads off of it. you using svt cams or 3l cams?
 
icysvt said:
I was just curious since you had the heads off of it. you using svt cams or 3l cams?
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Yeah we did take the heads off because we do plan to do porting to the intake side and exhaust side. And I wanted to install new head gaskets just for assurance. Im pumped up to get it dropped in though.
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icysvt said:
I was just curious since you had the heads off of it. you using svt cams or 3l cams?
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We are planning to use the SVT Cams.

Korfu said:
is that a corgi? I want a corgi :(
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Yep, sure is.

SLEEPERTOUR said:
Nice looking car, good luck on your 3l built. I did three 3l swap in less than two months and i'm exhausted already.
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The last one I did only took a couple weeks in the spare time. There were a couple issues that needed to be straightened out afterwards; like a bad roll resistor and then his IMRC stopped working properly, so I think he ziptied the Secondaries open. But yea, it is some work. Automotive hoist helps a lot.

I think Tropic is working on getting everything together ahead of time, so then when we do the install everything is ready. No suprises.
 
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Got the bottle painted. :laugh: Yeah I'm getting all the parts together now so that it will be a smooth transition as in just a couple days.
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