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you took the words right from my keyboard...was wondering the same thing..
Prerunner / Chase Expedition in the making
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SourMashII
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Was impessed enough I made it my wallpaper..
Wife (her expedition) gave it a "WTF is that?" comment..
Gurlzzz....
Sweet. Sweet Sweet.
It just needs a ZF now.. ROFL.
Wife (her expedition) gave it a "WTF is that?" comment..
Gurlzzz....
Sweet. Sweet Sweet.
It just needs a ZF now.. ROFL.
panda24619
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you by any chance just have your expo down at mcneils recently?? cause my buddy just dropped off his f1 down there to get a prototype front clip installed and he was saying how he saw a white expedition with 04 f150 lights on it and a raptor looking grill. said it looked really big. haha i want a one piece and those rear panels eventually. and for your front end. what sort of $$ do you have. if $$ isnt an issue go with h&m. if its a little tight go with the DBR kit. im going to go with the DBR kit since it includes everything, but you use stock spindles... weird i know. as for rear we can talk later.
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Yeah, it was just there. I picked it up last Saturday in Chula Vista. They put the Raptor front end on but it was just too big. They sent me a couple of pics and we agreed to take it off and go with the original plan. They did however put the newer grill on.
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he hunter mt buddy and i where talking and we decided that if i do the front clip we will add a couple layers of fiberglass to the backside to make it a little thicker and if you want to blend in the back in like we talked about i have another friend that owns a body shop and he does really good fiberglass work. he can easily fix the little accidents the grille has haha but no i really love that front clip just undecided on the back for my truck
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o and for anyone who wants to know yes it would be fairly easy to fabricate front bumper mounts so you can put a newer front bumper on it also. it looks fairly easy. you really have me wanting that 4in lift also those tires look perfect under her. plus it looked like a soft ride pullin into the driveway
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haha thats funny. i want that clip. as for the rear i bet they can do something to make it more "raptorish". looks good either way. it only looks way too big cause you dont have an LT kit on it. i bet if you had the h&m or DBR kit it would look wayyy better! either way nice looking expo. and yes my buddy did see yours down there. i just asked him. haha
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Sweet Expy
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that is just all kinds of cool....what are you doing to the interior? Is it getting the full offroad decontented look? Pics?
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Yeah, I think adding more fiberglass to the hood is a good idea. Like I said they were meant to be torn off in the desert. The life span of fiberglass on a desert truck is very short. I might want the grill beefed up with some added glass applied to the backside. I'll keep you posted.
I would like to put the H&M kit on. But the DBR is nice as well. Hopefully I have a good next couple of months and the $ comes in so it can be done soon. I might have the front bumper built this weekend. Depends on the fabricator. He's calling me tonight to let me know if he's available. I'm either going to leave it "raw" or powdercoat it grey.
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hunter if your fabricator falls through let me know my friend that was with me grew up welding and can do some amazing stuff. we are just short a tubing bender right now thats why my brush guard and roof rack are not made yet
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200eb - You mentioned that they only made shorty headers for the Expy. I found these on Summit Racing. They look like long tube but the item discription says shorty but the image looks like long tube. Here is the link: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-89496/?rtype=10
Also, what do you guys think of the yellow Accel coils? I'll be using the Motorcraft sparkplugs. I'm looking for effeciency and MPG increase.
I am going to get the Edge CTS gauge when funds are available. I want to milk this MPG for all it's worth.
Also, what do you guys think of the yellow Accel coils? I'll be using the Motorcraft sparkplugs. I'm looking for effeciency and MPG increase.
I am going to get the Edge CTS gauge when funds are available. I want to milk this MPG for all it's worth.
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I think it's a 330. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm trying to find some headers for the truck. What exactly does "shorty" mean. I thought it was a compact header system. But some of the headers I'm seeing on Summit look like long tube but they still say "shorty". What constitutes Long Tube Headers?
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panda24619
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5.4=330. shortys are the only ones that will fit. but... you can fit some custom made long tubes, if you can find a company make them.
shortys are the first ones. they arent worth the effort to put in though. your better off sticking with the stock manifolds. but... if they are cracked then i would put these in. long tubes are the 2nd ones. they are the ones you want. they up the hp and trq.
(these are pics off google so i dont even know what they are for)
shortys are the first ones. they arent worth the effort to put in though. your better off sticking with the stock manifolds. but... if they are cracked then i would put these in. long tubes are the 2nd ones. they are the ones you want. they up the hp and trq.
(these are pics off google so i dont even know what they are for)
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That's what I thought regarding the look of the shorty vs. the long tube header. But look at what I found on Summit Racing. These look like long tube headers. And the application says 5.4L 330 4WD. Here's the link: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-89606/Application/?query=Year%7c1999%7cMake%7cFORD%7cModel%7cEXPEDITION%7cSubmodel%7cXLT
That's what I thought regarding the look of the shorty vs. the long tube header. But look at what I found on Summit Racing. These look like long tube headers. And the application says 5.4L 330 4WD. Here's the link: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HED-89606/Application/?query=Year%7c1999%7cMake%7cFORD%7cModel%7cEXPEDITION%7cSubmodel%7cXLT
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I looked them up at hedman and there a shorty
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I'm a little confused. I understand the visual difference between a shorty and a long tube header. The shorty is more compact but the long tube has the name for obvious reasons. Does the Summit racing website have the wrong picture for the headers they are selling? Because they look like long tube to me. Also, others are claiming that the shorty's have little performance gains. How can the manufacturers claim HP gains and performance if there aren't any?
Last thing, the "throtle body spacer" seems like a gimmick. I can't understand how a 3/4" spacer could possibly increase HP and performance. It seems odd.
Hunter
Last thing, the "throtle body spacer" seems like a gimmick. I can't understand how a 3/4" spacer could possibly increase HP and performance. It seems odd.
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The pic is wrong ,you can see the pic on Hedman site. I have shorty gibson headers on mine, they seem to make alittle difference. They're just a PIA to put on plus the $$ for them it doesn't make for the best investment. The spacer is a waste of money most people say.
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That all seems to make sense to me. However, I am going to indulge myself and waste money on the Edge CTS with the back-up camera. Waste of money = YES but I do like the fact that it can read codes, the back-up camera seems like a nice feature plus I intend to put it on economy setting to try to squeeze a Mile Per Gallon out of it. I just have to drive it about 600 miles to pay for itself. I can do that in a few weeks. Then I have a 1 MPG increase for the life of my truck plus ODB codes, Back-up camera, and at times some power increases if I need it. However I will never need the power increase because I'm a slow driver and don't tow anything.
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