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My vote is to drill and tap the M8x1.25 knock sensor hole used on 2001 and up 2.5/3.0L engines to the M12x1.5 used on earlier models like your's. I would recommend against splicing the sensors. The calibration in the ECU to detect knock is specific to the sensor. By splicing in a different sensor you might possibly confuse the ECU. It could either not detect knock or detect knock where there is none.
Keep up the good work but please stuff some rags in those intake and exhaust ports before a screw falls in and puts a hole in your piston.
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Originally posted by procyon:
My vote is to drill and tap the M8x1.25 knock sensor hole used on 2001 and up 2.5/3.0L engines to the M12x1.5 used on earlier models like your's. I would recommend against splicing the sensors. The calibration in the ECU to detect knock is specific to the sensor. By splicing in a different sensor you might possibly confuse the ECU. It could either not detect knock or detect knock where there is none.
Keep up the good work but please stuff some rags in those intake and exhaust ports before a screw falls in and puts a hole in your piston.
Thanks for the advice. There is cardboard on top of it, Didn�t want to take a picture with a piece of cardboard in it  .
Now I will go read how to tap.
What I found:
Thread size - 12mm x 1.75
Use 11/32 drill bit for tapping
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Update: I had some time this weekend to play around with the tranny. The transmission was not as complicated as I would of expected. I swaped the shift forks out with the updated ones in minutes and the LSD in the car was easy to get the gear off. I wish I could have shimmed the transmission myself; it would have saved me a lot of time and money. It�s going to a shop tomorrow to get done. Hopefully I will get the transmission back soon. I am waiting on two parts from Ford that I ordered from Bill that should arrive tomorrow so I can get everything ready to drop back in. Looking forward to finishing this process.   
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Originally posted by bradSVT:
Update: I had some time this weekend to play around with the tranny. The transmission was not as complicated as I would of expected. I swaped the shift forks out with the updated ones in minutes and the LSD in the car was easy to get the gear off. I wish I could have shimmed the transmission myself; it would have saved me a lot of time and money. It�s going to a shop tomorrow to get done. Hopefully I will get the transmission back soon.
I am waiting on two parts from Ford that I ordered from Bill that should arrive tomorrow so I can get everything ready to drop back in.
Looking forward to finishing this process.
I Love seeing people get into their cars, save some money, and learn a bunch. I like it when people get so smart that they end up knowing more than the mechanics who work at the dealers.  Especially when I have a hand in it. lol
Keep up the good work!
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Originally posted by warmonger:
Originally posted by bradSVT:
Update: I had some time this weekend to play around with the tranny. The transmission was not as complicated as I would of expected. I swaped the shift forks out with the updated ones in minutes and the LSD in the car was easy to get the gear off. I wish I could have shimmed the transmission myself; it would have saved me a lot of time and money. It�s going to a shop tomorrow to get done. Hopefully I will get the transmission back soon.
I am waiting on two parts from Ford that I ordered from Bill that should arrive tomorrow so I can get everything ready to drop back in.
Looking forward to finishing this process.
I Love seeing people get into their cars, save some money, and learn a bunch. I like it when people get so smart that they end up knowing more than the mechanics who work at the dealers. Especially when I have a hand in it. lol
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, ya I know what you mean when I feel like I know more then these mechanics that are suppose to shim my tranny. I still have not found a place I am confident enough in to get the job done right. Hopefully I will get a call back soon on a place that might be the one.
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Originally posted by bradSVT:
Looking forward to finishing this process.
I know exactly how you feel, except that I am done.
And it feels great. 490 miles till I can have some fun.
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i cant wait to make a 3L feel like he wasted his time although i could be very wrong, and feel like i wasted my time putting a 2.5 back into the car  good luck on the swap!
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Originally posted by TRicker:
i cant wait to make a 3L feel like he wasted his time
LMAO...you just don't get it do you? Mod for moda 3L WILL HAVE more power than a 2.5 anyday. Stock vs. stock they do...and then a full bolt-on 2.5 vs. a full bolt-on 3L. If you take your exact setup that you plan to do with your 2.5 and put it on a 3L guess what...it will have more power. So quit all the "i'm stayin' with the 2.5" bullsh!t and do a 3L! 
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I will have the dyno of my car in a couple of weeks to see what it pulls. Hopefully something good. Maybe that will help him notice the 3L gains?
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