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Another one is alive #777486 10/21/03 09:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 117 9 99fordsvt OP CEG\'er
OP 99fordsvt CEG\'er 9 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 117	Fired it up late last night and drove it to work today!! 2002 Sable sourced 3L with 17K mile block (49.0 cc stock) 2.5L heads, ported and polished, with 3L valves (47.1 cc) MSDS headers and modified Y-pipe (per earlier thread) SVT stock Cat back Coated intake, port matched Fidenza aluminum flywheel/ new stock SVT clutch DMD Energy Suspension mount insert Eibach's BAT struts Quaife New shift Forks, MTL redline fluid Everything all at once. 3 months with a bunch of diapers slowing me down. Runs strong, no CEL's, perfect idle, I'm ecstatic. Actually it doesn't rip pavement like I'd hoped (too much is never enough), but it is smooth and fast. Grab a few gears, look down and see 70 mph when you expect 50 mph. Rev wise, it just pulls and pulls up to 7K so far. With the 17K mile block, not much break-in to do. The usual 2.5L torque spike around 3700 RPM, is unnoticeable, just good big torque all the way up. I was a bit worried about off the line launch in traffic with the possibly too light Fidenza, but it is just fine. Quaife nice and quiet, and even torque steer not too bad at all. Shift feel with Redline and new forks is WAY better.

Re: Another one is alive #777487 10/21/03 09:43 PM
Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 2,454 Des Moines, IA USA B Buckshot77_dup1 Learned patience the hard way
Buckshot77_dup1 Learned patience the hard way B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 2,454 Des Moines, IA USA	Congrats. However, you should go a little easy on the clutch until it and the flywheel mate up to each other. Most aftermarket clutches recommend 300-500 miles of stop and go traffic before any serious thrashing commences. Rick Owner of 00 #1611 Silver (Totalled) 98.5 T-Red SVT #6180 Buckshot77@msn.com Misc 3L parts for sale

Re: Another one is alive #777488 10/22/03 01:18 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,810 Ozark, AL W warmonger_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
warmonger_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,810 Ozark, AL	Yeah, but its a new SVT clutch so those are designed to seat quickly and not require long break-ins so nice customers don't ruin them on the first test drive. Nice job by the way. You need to change your exhaust, I noticed a huge improvement up top by going to 2.5" exhaust. The stock one is really restrictive for a high reving breathing 3.0. Everything else you did seems just perfect. Former owner of '99 CSVT - Silver #222/2760 356/334 wHP/TQ at 10psi on pump gas! See My Mods '05 Volvo S40 Turbo 5 AWD with 6spd, Passion Red '06 Mazda5 Touring, 5spd,MTX, Black

Re: Another one is alive #777489 10/22/03 04:02 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,602 KC, MO D DemonSVT_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
DemonSVT_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er D Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,602 KC, MO	Congrats. Sounds like everything is running great. Put some miles on it to break it in and then let us know how it dynos. 2000 SVT #674 13.47 @ 102 - All Motor! It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.

Re: Another one is alive #777490 10/22/03 04:34 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 713 concord c.a. L lowbudgetracing Veteran CEG\'er
lowbudgetracing Veteran CEG\'er L Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 713 concord c.a.	Originally posted by 99fordsvt: Fired it up late last night and drove it to work today!! 2002 Sable sourced 3L with 17K mile block (49.0 cc stock) 2.5L heads, ported and polished, with 3L valves (47.1 cc) MSDS headers and modified Y-pipe (per earlier thread) SVT stock Cat back Coated intake, port matched Fidenza aluminum flywheel/ new stock SVT clutch DMD Energy Suspension mount insert Eibach's BAT struts Quaife New shift Forks, MTL redline fluid Everything all at once. 3 months with a bunch of diapers slowing me down. Runs strong, no CEL's, perfect idle, I'm ecstatic. Actually it doesn't rip pavement like I'd hoped (too much is never enough), but it is smooth and fast. Grab a few gears, look down and see 70 mph when you expect 50 mph. Rev wise, it just pulls and pulls up to 7K so far. With the 17K mile block, not much break-in to do. The usual 2.5L torque spike around 3700 RPM, is unnoticeable, just good big torque all the way up. I was a bit worried about off the line launch in traffic with the possibly too light Fidenza, but it is just fine. Quaife nice and quiet, and even torque steer not too bad at all. Shift feel with Redline and new forks is WAY better. bring it to sears point tomarow and see what it will do 98 svt sil/blu 3.0 oval heads full P&P, msds headers,bat kit,2,1/2exhaust 30 inch glasspack and 2 spintech mufflers 14.78@94mph with my mechanical arm i can shift gears in less then a twentieth of a second for sale $7000

Re: Another one is alive #777491 10/22/03 05:16 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,089 land of the heat!!~both the te... S svttour_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
svttour_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,089 land of the heat!!~both the te...	dont bash me but how do you correctly break in the car just change gears at 3.5k? and drive it like a grandmother? im getting ready to start my car this weekend and i want to drive it right for a little block only has 1500 miles.. 99 T-RED 3L SVT Apillar Guages How-To 3L 98 CSVT SF/MB 4 SALE 7500 obo pm me

Re: Another one is alive #777492 10/22/03 11:42 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,732 Pittsburgh, PA R Russell-3L Hard-core CEG'er
Russell-3L Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,732 Pittsburgh, PA	this is how i plan on breaking mine in (feel free to comment): put in dino oil, drive 500 miles under 3K, city driving that is. change oil, dino oil again. for the next 500 miles gradually increase max rpms. once this 500 is done, change with mobil 1 and have some fun btw i have brand new +1mm pistons to break in Russell Oval Port 3L Nearly Done MTX75 w/ Homebrew Zetec FD and Torsen Complete

Re: Another one is alive #777493 10/22/03 12:51 PM
Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 2,454 Des Moines, IA USA B Buckshot77_dup1 Learned patience the hard way
Buckshot77_dup1 Learned patience the hard way B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 2,454 Des Moines, IA USA	The break-in process differs. If you've done a rebuild on the engine, such as Russell, you need to start the car, bring it to operating temp, shut it off and change the oil oil to get rid of all the assembly lube. Run it 500 or so miles and do an oil change again. Stop and go driving with a mix of highway is good break in. Don't keep the revs at one level for more than 15-20 minutes until you've got over 500 miles on it. Other than that, the break in I was suggesting is more for the clutch than the engine. People have two different schools of thought on the engines. Run em hard and they always run hard, or break em in easy. Either way, it's good insurance to change the oil out several times during the break in to get rid of all the extra junk in the engine from a rebuild. Rick Owner of 00 #1611 Silver (Totalled) 98.5 T-Red SVT #6180 Buckshot77@msn.com Misc 3L parts for sale

Re: Another one is alive #777494 10/22/03 01:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,732 Pittsburgh, PA R Russell-3L Hard-core CEG'er
Russell-3L Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,732 Pittsburgh, PA	so a total of 3 oil changed? ok ill do that. and i did cover everything in assembly lube Russell Oval Port 3L Nearly Done MTX75 w/ Homebrew Zetec FD and Torsen Complete

Re: Another one is alive #777495 10/22/03 01:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 117 9 99fordsvt OP CEG\'er
OP 99fordsvt CEG\'er 9 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 117	I put in Mobil 1, warmed it up, and took it easy for about 10 miles. Then nailed it hard. That's a good part of the used low mile 3.0L block option. Yes - valves and seats are new, but they don't breakin in the same manner as rings and bores. Cams from original SVT engine, plus rollers also reduce break in need for that.

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