i like trying new things, and learning too ... i was just outside for the last few hours working my dash shroad. I am fixing wadespencers (over on neco) fiberglassed 7" eclipse screen. I bought it from him earlier this week, and received it yesterday. The fiberglass WAS pulling from the plastic shroad. Point being, i've known i wanted a screen for months. It was my plan. The time came, I had the cash, I've used many other people stepping stones to know what I had to do ... so i did it. In a few days i'll have what i have planned to have for months. I did it myself, i learned to fiberglass, and i'm planning on it to have mistakes, to learn some more.
As stated earlier, I don't know if I will be fully going through with the project of the 3L. This all depends on how fast i can get the parts, if I get everything and get everything together ok, and aslong as I feel I can without a doubt get the thing running. I am not looking to be the fastest car out there, nor the fastest atx/mtx ford contour/cougar platform. Thomas Knight supercharger seems cool, except i don't know if it is worth it. Many of you guys had mixed reviews on it, and I havn't seen any feedback from people who have installed them (are they even shipped out yet?). The Long Island chapter of NECO has 2-3 other members besides myself looking to put in 3L engines. The other two members are also ATX's, but are looking to go all out ... more or less. I know one is def. going with a 3L hybrid, and looking into the TK superchager. He's going to spend twice or three times as much as I am, and not learn a damn thing. He's having a local shop put it in for him, at $500-$800. Me? I've done months of research, and am not looking to go any crazy length. If i blow the ATX, I'm sure i could find another one ... considering the ATX in the contour/cougar is the same, and i believe it might also be the same on the escape/taurus (different mounts or something though, i forgot). I'm sure I could find another one for cheap for the time being, while I could have the one i blew examined to find out why.
Points being, I have no problem spending a little money to learn. Second, i've cut enough corners by doing a full 01 taurus, instead of the hybrid, to be able to spend a few hundred dollards or another $1000 to replace my ATX with another or an MTX, while finding out what happened to the original. I am going to purchase a tranny cooler and if i can find any other good precautions i will.
