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  1. Mangonesailor

    Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

    My hood and roof are REALLY starting to show their age after this past winter. It was like the clear coat suddenly started failing. It's a long ways down the list though
  2. Mangonesailor

    Vortec Big block performance upgrades.

    Quick correction on this: A ZZ502 cam will NOT directly swap in. Our heads do not have enough clearance for the rockers to depress the valves without hitting the valve stem boss. HP tuners will tune a black box 98+, and will tune a 0411 swap
  3. Mangonesailor

    Vortec Big block performance upgrades.

    Yeah, those look like Chinese copies. When you swap the injectors, you don't need a tune, but they may flow a little different. Your STFT's and LTFT's will vary a smidge but it'll be something the ECU can compensate for on its own. Find some real OEM Ford injectors or some from a wrecking yard...
  4. Mangonesailor

    The Official Vortec 454 Info thread

    Each port doesn't need it's own o-ring. You could mold an o-ring of out of silicone if you wanted that would be just like the gasket made for the plenum. Two acrylic plates (so you can see voids) with the pattern milled out put together, pour it, vacuum chamber it, then separate them. People...
  5. Mangonesailor

    Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

    Because it doesn't ride like a brick in a roller skate, IMO
  6. Mangonesailor

    How to: disable auto AC with defog

    That's the jumper for the recirculation door AND the trace you have to cut
  7. Mangonesailor

    How to: disable auto AC with defog

    Bump, just to make sure the picture is findable:
  8. Mangonesailor

    My K1500 DD Tow Pig

    My the first set of powerstops I put on (Sep 19) only stunk when I initially bedded them in. They lasted only 15kmi with no towing. With my second set (Jul 22) stink every once in a while with heavy braking.
  9. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Is the new owner a member here? I'm sure most of us are like kids and want know the end of the story!
  10. Mangonesailor

    BNielsen's 2000 Chevy K3500

    My Ace here is about half that size. Used to only be ace and a general store back in the 90s and early 2000s. There was a farm that sold fertilizer and weed too that's still around (but the grass seed is full of weeds now, no thanks) Then Lowe's showed up not far down the way.
  11. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Software versions of a previously used pc do not restrict you from using a PC with an older version to download, or upload. The interface and what you are allowed to see/do with the ECU may change with the software version, but they cannot hard-code the ECU differently besides tune-locking via...
  12. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Behold: I receive a tune I cannot open as it's too new. Open VM with newer software, open file. I receive a file from a newer version with a table I want. Open in appropriate VM, copy table into Excel. Export file to main machine, copy-paste to older version. What situation were you imagining...
  13. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    It's not, but why should I do it if everything's fine? I've had stability issues writing after software updates. I keep the installation package for every version but unfortunately was taken by surprise when my firmware got upgraded also for my interface module. At least those with newer...
  14. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Unfortunately I can't read it. I'm too far behind on software updates to open it. Honestly after all of the EPA charges against that one diesel tuning company they may be locking things down with what you can/can't do with tuning software soon.
  15. Mangonesailor

    Riggs - My 2000 Chevy 3500 4x4 CCLB work truck and family play machine

    PS, did you try out my transmission shift points?
  16. Mangonesailor

    Riggs - My 2000 Chevy 3500 4x4 CCLB work truck and family play machine

    I can just feel the difference. I have some things on Amazon picked out, some switching solid state relays and what-not to give me an indicator. But usually I just watch to see if my trans downshifts or upshifts when I press the button and then I know
  17. Mangonesailor

    Riggs - My 2000 Chevy 3500 4x4 CCLB work truck and family play machine

    I got mine from a newer full size, and to use it you'll need to file another flat where it attaches. Astro is much easier, you won't need to file anything. I will suggest a little blue loctite on the mounting screw when you put it in though, like how the old one will come out.
  18. Mangonesailor

    Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

    I knocked over my old tensioner assembly box yesterday I meant to buy a new bearing for about a year ago. I'm just now working on dynamat in my car, and that stuff has been sitting in the garage for 3mo just waiting on me.
  19. Mangonesailor

    Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

    And if they don't spend that budget then the next year's budget is what was spent previously. "Management" has lost it's meaning in the past decade.
  20. Mangonesailor

    Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

    Well, if the city has their own dot/Street maintenance crew then it's out of the NCdot hands (IE, they'll tell you to screw off). Doesn't hurt to send a message to them: https://www.ncdot.gov/contact/Pages/form.aspx?UnitName=pothole&sourceUrl=/contact/
  21. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Well, it's basically a glass pack, and glasspacks are, well, glasspacks. Flow enough exploding air through them at the right size and it sounds great. Flow it quickly and without a bunch of turbulence (headers, no cats) and it sounds even better. A 80 series or super 40 also sounds good with a...
  22. Mangonesailor

    Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

    If you're outside city limits NCDOT has a pothole reporting form online you fill out and they'll fill it in a few days. I've done tons of them around my area.
  23. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Measured today. 3" from headers until after mufflers, then 2.5" to the back with 4" tips. It's fine.
  24. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    Then I must be remembering wrong. I'll need to measure because I'm very certain I did not make it overly massive and just for the sound.
  25. Mangonesailor

    My 454 Rebuild

    One would need to turn off the CEL for any errors the rear O2s would produce, and then you can just remove them without making them trip. I can send you a screenshot via PM in a bit. My pipes are 3" from the headers to the H-pipe and mufflers, then necked down to 2.75 due to back pressure...

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