Just giving a quick update on what i thought was cool.
Took it out tonight and did the first 0-60 run i've done in many months, had the usual wheelspin problems of course and i stupidly forgot to raise the shift point
anyway I managed a new best of 6.94 seconds on the gtech, a time i KNOW i can improve upon with some tweaking here and there.
I've managed to find a source for a larger crank pulley - 8.4" ( http://www.sporttruckdirect.com/ASP_Pulleys.html ) i'll get my hands on one of those soon enough and look into welding it on to the backplate of a stock taurus crank pulley. Rough estimates on the approximate degree of belt wrap (about 210*) and the difference in diameters of the 2 crank pulleys show that it will take less than 1 extra inch of belt to make up the difference (arc length formula). Plug in that crank size and a regular 10% OD (2.85") sc pulley into the boost forumla and it should be good for 13-14 PSI ..... AND.... belt slip should be a thing of the past, since i'm running 11PSI now with a teeeny little 2.5" pulley.
In other words, big plans as usual
Whats going on with your projects? Dont be shy, come out of the woodwork
edit : also FINALLY took care of that random PCM freaking out problem, I take it the computer doesnt like the tps signal shorted back and forth between ground and vcc
- note to self, keep all wires FAR from rear exhaust manifold 
Took it out tonight and did the first 0-60 run i've done in many months, had the usual wheelspin problems of course and i stupidly forgot to raise the shift point
I've managed to find a source for a larger crank pulley - 8.4" ( http://www.sporttruckdirect.com/ASP_Pulleys.html ) i'll get my hands on one of those soon enough and look into welding it on to the backplate of a stock taurus crank pulley. Rough estimates on the approximate degree of belt wrap (about 210*) and the difference in diameters of the 2 crank pulleys show that it will take less than 1 extra inch of belt to make up the difference (arc length formula). Plug in that crank size and a regular 10% OD (2.85") sc pulley into the boost forumla and it should be good for 13-14 PSI ..... AND.... belt slip should be a thing of the past, since i'm running 11PSI now with a teeeny little 2.5" pulley.
In other words, big plans as usual
Whats going on with your projects? Dont be shy, come out of the woodwork
edit : also FINALLY took care of that random PCM freaking out problem, I take it the computer doesnt like the tps signal shorted back and forth between ground and vcc
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