2018 New motor recommendations

[thatJeepguy]

thanks for the videos, great points re: the hose splits. Although I can’t understand going that far into a motor and not replacing the oil pump. These are very similar to coyote 5.0 oil pumps. Same wear patterns, same weaknesses. I will take photos of coyote and ecoboost oil pumps to show this visually

edit: if you know the guy at fordtechmakuloco - send him my gen2.5 valvetrain list. it looks like he is still using gen2 tensioner and plastic chain guides. also not changing oil pump, harmonic balancer or lifters/rollers

So much for that 6K job lol.

 

[SterlingE55]

Guess I'm next on the list. Almost to 130k miles. Just had cam phasers done as well. We did find that I had a hole worn in on the J pipe of my FMIC. I never noticed the boost drop but I don't typically drive her that hard anymore. The GT3 gets that out of me. My only theory is the brace in the frame cut bumper that wore through it was providing enough seal for me to still see decent boost on my ngauge. My theory is she was a ticking time bomb and once it got back to full power the something in the rotating assembly gave way. I'll know when I pull the pan. As most of you are I'm pretty mod deep in this truck and absolutely love it.

 

[sobiloff]

Dang, sorry to hear it!

 

[full-race geoff]

We did find that I had a hole worn in on the J pipe of my FMIC. I never noticed the boost drop … As most of you are I'm pretty mod deep in this truck and absolutely love it.

what brand intercooler and j pipe are you using? Interested to see a photo if you have available.

 

[SterlingE55]

what brand intercooler and j pipe are you using? Interested to see a photo if you have available.

SVC. I ran yours early on but swapped when I did the KHC frame cut bumper as it gave a bit more room (and I had someone wanting my full race) but I think over the years it settled. I had already relieved the brace in the bumper some but now it should be a problem going forward.

 

[SterlingE55]

SVC. I ran yours early on but swapped when I did the KHC frame cut bumper as it gave a bit more room (and I had someone wanting my full race) but I think over the years it settled. I had already relieved the brace in the bumper some but now it should be a problem going forward.

*shouldn't

 

[SterlingE55]

It wasn’t sitting like this when I pulled the pan this is after I fished as much as I could out of the oil pick up. Truck was tuned, FMIC, DPs for probably 100k miles. Guessing it sucked air one too many times. New engine 3 year/unlimited mile warranty! Yay? lol

 

[Tomkirkland4]

I went with another long block 3.5 from ford with a GT750 kit (larger Garrett turbos, 1050cc injectors, downpipes, etc) Motor installed was about 12.5k and the additional goodies were another $10k. I wish I just sucked it up and went with a 5.0 swap.