congrats on getting it back on the road :thumbup
The Beater is Back in Action
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Now that I have the new motor installed and runing well I thought I would fix up a couple things. The first is one of the two Taurus fans had the bearings going out and was making a lot of noise. It was the main fan I was using so I decided to drop it and go with one fan. I was going to drain the radiator anyway since it just has water in to now while making sure there was no leaks with the new motor. I pulled the rad and removed one fan then turned the other 90 degrees and made new brackets to fit it to the rad.
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I then rewired it so I could run the fan on high or low and use the adjustable controller or manually turn it on or off. I picked up the controller from Jegs and reused the two relays I allready had installed.
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Since you all like diagrams I made one for you.
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Man this new long block has a lot more power than the old motor and I haven't even put the petal to the floor yet. :thumbup I also replaced the hose that goes from the upper intake to the radiator since the old one leaked a little.
I then rewired it so I could run the fan on high or low and use the adjustable controller or manually turn it on or off. I picked up the controller from Jegs and reused the two relays I allready had installed.
Since you all like diagrams I made one for you.
Man this new long block has a lot more power than the old motor and I haven't even put the petal to the floor yet. :thumbup I also replaced the hose that goes from the upper intake to the radiator since the old one leaked a little.
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85 Amp Cont 165 Amp Max Relaystangmata50l said:
I drove it around 5 miles each day this week after work and 120 today. It's running great. So much more power even though I was trying to keep the speed down until I break it in. I just can't believe that I don't have any exhaust leaks as many times as I've had the exhaust on and off the Bronco.
I had a huge increase in power installing the Bassani y pipe and high flow cat but the new motor has a lot more power than the old one did. Going up hills was always a struggle downshifting and giving a it a lot of gas. Now I have to give it some more but not floor it and it doesn't hardly need to downshift. I thought it was sluggish simply because it's a 3 ton brick.
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