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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    So I’m a President’s Day weekend away from having this job done. My only real problem is the coolant line slip fitting in the picture above (the one on the back of the block on the passenger side). I can see in a mirror that the gasket in the slip fitting is all distorted, it doesn’t look like...
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    Gen 2 fuel injector install

    I did mine this weekend, and it really wasn’t bad at all. It was just like in that video except I had to cut the tape where the pigtail had been taped to the side of the the injector plugs on the drivers side. The ID1050s are indexed at a different angle than the stock injectors on the drivers...
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    Gen 2 fuel injector install

    Port Injector Swap This is the best DIY video I’ve found on the topic. I’m about to attempt it. I’ll tell you how it goes.
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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    Picture of the passenger side turbo below. You can somewhat see how the rear coolant line, while together, isn’t perfectly straight. This was after a lot of struggling but making sure that the gasket in the slip fitting was where it should be. I assume this is normal?
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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    Made good progress this weekend and got the passenger side turbo in. The coolant line in the back is definitely tricky. There is more stress on the slip fitting than I would like. Only time will tell if it will hold. Hope to get the drivers side buttoned up next weekend. More pictures coming.
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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    Installing the passenger side manifold now. Passenger side turbo going in tonight.
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    Hot and Cold pipes worth installing

    The design of the stock hot-side pipes looks pretty good to me. I thought about changing mine out for the CFV ones, but I did not since the CVF pipes appear to be no larger, are metal so they might get hot and melt something, and they don’t have the tabs to hold them in place like the stock ones do.
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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    Passenger side is now disassembled. Please find a few tips below that build on the very thorough write-up of @Graybeard, which I found very helpful: - You will have to take the AC compressor and the starter loose. There is no way that I could have completed disassembly without doing that. I’m...
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    GEN 2 Inquiry about Sound Difference with Borla Tailpipes on Second-Gen Ford Raptor

    There are no resonators in the stock Gen 2 tailpipes. That is a Raptor R thing. That said, I’ve always liked the concept of resonators in the tail pipes and have hoped someone would make after-market tailpipes with resonators. Maybe SPD will complete their exhaust system that way…
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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    New inconal manifold studs are now installed on the driver’s side. Driver’s side manifold and turbo are almost ready to go in. I can’t seem to get the return oil filter out on the driver’s side. I’m kind of inclined to just leave it. Passenger side disassembly is a pain. I’m going to have to...
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    Preparing for Major Surgery

    I’m installing the PowerMax turbos and Full Race manifolds myself, and I finally started turning wrenches today. I got the driver’s side down to the head (manifold and turbo off). That probably took me 6 hours. The messiest part of the job is draining coolant. I got a fair amount out of the...
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    Driving under almost constant Boost (towing) hard on the engine?

    Where are you in Europe? I saw a number of Raptors around Como last Spring.
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    Driving under almost constant Boost (towing) hard on the engine?

    I would be way more focused on fluid temps. As long as the engine and transmission aren’t hot, it is probably fine…
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