13.77 quarter mile on first outting!!

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Hi Doc,

We cut the axle to spring brackets off the axle and the fabricated new axle attaching brackets. Then rotated the diff to align with the driveshaft. It was held in place to the spring with longer u bolts. We set the pinion angle with an inclinometer on the pinion flange and tacked the axle tubes to the brackets. Then pulled the axle out and finished welding the fabed brackets to the axle. I think the aftermarket picked up on this and that there brackets out there to do this without all the fabrication. I used Livernoise Engineering for most of this work as the Experimental Garage was always too booked and they were mostly parts changers anyway.

This became a go program and we were going to retool the intake and throttle body for North-South installation but we had one problem. We had no room to mount an A/C compressor thanks to the huge XR50 Steering Gear that Ranger used at that time. Marketing said no way with no A/C...so the program died, but the vehicle was a blast to drive...

I seem to always get involved with these one off skunkworks projects and it made it so much fun to actually have a company, Ford, that provided the sandbox and the toys and I got to come in every day and play...:)

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That’s fantastic , Thank you for your Valued input.
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How much time do you think would have been added if you were only running a tune with no other mods like exhaust, etc?
 
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How much time do you think would have been added if you were only running a tune with no other mods like exhaust, etc?
Honestly am not sure. I’m sure there’s others that have done that and can chime in....
 


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My God! That's a sweet sleeper...13s in a Truck with 2.3!!! You could practically out run 90% of production cars out there...I'm still running stock on 87 pump and this truck still feels like it could take off faster than most at the light...or at least embarrass those who try as I won't be too far behind:)
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Its 2 separate lights, one shows its off, then another acts as an action indicator it seems. But even with the system full off, once I get the back end out a bit the indicator one starts flashing and it seems like its pulling power. Figured you may have run into it if you were spinning the tires.

Also no donuts?! How else am I supposed to have fun in the snow when it arrives? lol

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Are you holding the button down for 10 seconds? One press turns off traction control. Holding it for 10 seconds disables the whole system.
 

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Are you holding the button down for 10 seconds? One press turns off traction control. Holding it for 10 seconds disables the whole system.
Yes I am, but as soon as you start to get a little sideways you can see the traction control light flash and it tries to reign you in. If I remember correctly from this winter, the only time I seemed to be able to keep it off is to also lock the diff, but then after a certain speed (like 30mph) the diff automatically unlocks.
 

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Yes I am, but as soon as you start to get a little sideways you can see the traction control light flash and it tries to reign you in. If I remember correctly from this winter, the only time I seemed to be able to keep it off is to also lock the diff, but then after a certain speed (like 30mph) the diff automatically unlocks.
Strange... And you're getting the AdvanceTrak Diabled message? I've not had any issue getting it sideways.
 

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Strange... And you're getting the AdvanceTrak Diabled message? I've not had any issue getting it sideways.
Correct. Next time you get a chance and you are having a little fun in the truck let me know if you TC light flashes at you when you have it off and are getting the rear end to step out. To me it still feels like its pulling power/applying brakes.
 

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Correct. Next time you get a chance and you are having a little fun in the truck let me know if you TC light flashes at you when you have it off and are getting the rear end to step out. To me it still feels like its pulling power/applying brakes.
I'll definitely let you know.. Maybe I just haven't been paying attention lol.
 

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Correct. Next time you get a chance and you are having a little fun in the truck let me know if you TC light flashes at you when you have it off and are getting the rear end to step out. To me it still feels like its pulling power/applying brakes.
Mine does the same thing. I tap the button once to disable TC and then hold it down and it says its disabling the advance trac but then when I try and have fun it will flash and cut power like stated. But if I lock the rear diff I can do whatever I want until you hit the 20mph threshold and the rear diff unlocks again. Always has kind of irked me.
 

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Finally got the truck in the lanes. I am very happy with how this truck is performing and street manners feel like stock until you lay into the throttle. This is PalmBeachDyno tunes and mods are cat back muffler shop exhaust, AFE charge pipes, drop in filter, 1 step colder plugs, and a high pressure fuel pump for E85. This was with the heavy wheel/tire combo that doesn’t hook so low rpm launch. We are going back next week with stock weight wheels/tires that will hook!! Shooting to be in the 12’s. SPD performance is working on getting us a down pipe which will absolutely help with that. One huge piece of data we got was that through the traps the highest intake temps were 120 degrees in south Florida humid heat. So no plans for an intercooler as this stock one performs very well.

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Nice!!! got me wanting to do some shit to mine now lol.
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