Raptor/Falcon wagon crossbreed...

[Luva65wagon]

Turbo,

Not a lot of purists here... and those that built one 'that way' still like what others do. This (thankfully) isn't like Facebook. You'll get a lot of lookers and fewer posters, but what you're doing is pretty awesome and I'm sure everyone appreciates your progress updates.

[Turbocluck]

Turbo,

Not a lot of purists here... and those that built one 'that way' still like what others do. This (thankfully) isn't like Facebook. You'll get a lot of lookers and fewer posters, but what you're doing is pretty awesome and I'm sure everyone appreciates your progress updates.

Yeah, I get it, I'm just sick of the tribal BS... Everything nowadays has got to be so black and white. I'm a "shades of grey" kinda guy. I don't have an issue with purists, but man do they like to "share" their opinion of my mods...colorfully, with great dedication and gusto, now-a-days. Facebook, hands down is the worst and brings out the worst in folks in my honest opinion. I know some of these FB folks / co-workers personally, and some of the vitriol spewed at others on FB has caused me to lose several "friends" lately. I'm gun shy, for lack of a better term.

So yes, we have finished the 2.3 Ecoboost swap in Coop and pulled it back out for final tweaking etc. While I had an empty (gutted) engine bay that needs desperate attention and rust repair, I'd go ahead and mock up Sally's 3.5 Raptor motor and 10R so when we get to her, there won't be as many surprises and I'll know what all needs to be moved around or modified. Sally's engine bay sheetmetal is in very good shape except the battery tray area which will be removed and a new flat skirt will be installed to match the driver side. This is also where the twin intercoolers are mounted in order to maintain a "stock-ish" appearance up front. I also am planning this with Sally's patina in mind. NO exterior panels will be cut or modified other than a good cleaning with CLR and some patina preserver in satin.

So back to Coop... I was able to fit the engine in the bay without cutting the towers. The trick was to move the turbos outside the box and mount them between the aprons and the fenders after rotating the cartridges 90 degrees. There is alot of un-used real-estate when you look around. To keep the ICs happy I installed 2 12" Hayden fans on them to mimic the Raptor's PCM controlled Charge Air Cooler fans.

Now, most of you won't be running the massive wheel tire combo I am. If this is something you decide to try, you'll be happy to know that my 18s clear the turbo and all the plumbing easily when articulated and moved lock to lock. If my front tires will clear, yours should. We are also running inner fender skirts from a later model Ford Focus to keep the road spray down.

Plumbing the divorced turbos is pretty straight forward and we have managed to keep all bends to a minimum with the sharpest being a 90. 3 silicon couplers on each side and the remainder is all TIGged aluminum. The "radiator hoses" are simple stainless bits with silicone couplers on the ends. All heater hoses will also be silicone.

With some minor mods to the oilpan we were able to sink this tall girl down into the Falcon's narrow rails and get the crank centerline down to the same height as the 289 in comparison to the rails and floors. This should allow us to install the huge 10R80 10 speed auto without any massive mods to the floor pans. Coop will be getting 67-68 Mustang pans as hers are iron lace.

Anyways, just one old man's tinkering... if you like what I'm doing, feel free to let me know. If yer here just to bash and complain feel free to move along... Nothin' to see here folks.