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Cool video my friend made of the car!

Thanks for posting this. I think this is fantastic, especially compared to the EVs. For less $$ than a heavyweight Tesla you get a performance luxury sedan with turbos and a manual! That is a killer deal

Jack, thank you for the kind words! Obviously without your and others help and support on this board I wouldn't have come this far with the car. I just checked the photo dates on the earliest pictures I have and it was Aug 2008! I know my asking price is pretty high so there is a good chance I...

All of this brings me to what may be the end of this thread.. :( I am trying to sell my beloved wagon! I have had this car for like 13 or 14 years now, which is a crazy reminder of how time flies. I do love it and will regret selling it but need the space and the funds for other projects at this...

It is frustrating that some photos are red X'ing out.. I can edit and resave which usually does the trick but then they (or different ones) will disappear. Sad! Well, it got derailed just a bit.. there were still a couple pinhole leaks around the sump that we could not find and trying to then...

Wow! Nice wagon! I love the wheels for the stock look, the ultimate sleeper right here (with a little whistle to warn unsuspecting Mustangs :sleep:)

I had the fuel pump hanging out in space at the rear which always bugged me and was potentially dangerous. I made a couple 90* brackets out of heavy gauge sheet metal to tuck it up above the hitch receiver sub frame. It works nicely as it is well protected up there. The idea was to at least hard...

I am getting red X's for some of my images and I have tried to resave some posts with varying success. I am not sure if something was updated on the site that breaks some (but not all?) external image links. So I apologize if something is missing now. Someday I may go back through and attempt to...

I did grab a shot of the custom mounts I welded (horribly) to the control arms. I have 3 holes to try and get the armature lined up properly. I am still wrestling with the sensor layout to get within the correct range of motion. I added in a UMI rear stabilizer bar because the one I got from a...

I got everything tucked away nicely, mounted the relay on the side, etc. When doing initial set up I was getting an error and traced it back to the right rear sub-harness in the system. Kinda cool you can use the tools in the menu to pretty easily find this stuff, but I had to ask Air Lift tech...

I cut up some packing foam blocks and hot glued to the bottom in different heights to get the board to sit relatively level, then sized up deck screws (lol) to attach with washers from the bottom through the existing holes. I was also trying to keep it somewhat clean underneath whereas before it...

To mount the rear height sensors we had to remove the rear exhaust pipes. Even with those out of the way it was a real b---- to get at the frame to drill pilot holes. I ended up having to move them and remount multiple times. Super fun! I did order a couple plates that Bag Riders carries to help...

From the previous work, my dad had fabricated a cool little breakout box to house the switches and 2 analog gauges for the old air system. We had tack welded that to the lower seat pan and it looked pretty trick and moved with the seat, too. But we had to remove it which involved grinding the...

Hey 64nailhead, I will for sure look in to turning off the learning once I get more miles on it. Thanks for the heads up! For the non-engine wiring I really wanted to re-do some of the fuse block, relays, and ground wires. We got some nice components online and went to work! On the air system...

Fast forwarding a bit... and we have contact! After much deliberation we decided sadly that the only place the computer will fit with the various garden hose gauge harnesses feeding in is sandwiched between the heater ducts and the dash, where the glove box used to be. In fact it is so tightly...

I had to purchase the intake sensor along with a bung. I have a friend who is a metal fabricator by trade so I took it to the shop where he works in Ballard and had him aluminum weld the bung in place. It took him a few minutes.. and welding aluminum is intense! As mentioned (probably many...

I should clarify that when I said the pedestal mount looks like it belongs there, I meant it fit very well and feels solid. It really looks like hell but it's mounted where it won't be seen.. LOL. Does not look OEM To back up a bit - we had to drop the inner fender to access the firewall. I...

We had to plug two large holes (iirc even a few small ones too) that the dealer cut to run the AC install. This one under the heater box had to be opened up again to run the new harnesses through since we are mounting the ECU inside the cabin. It's not the most elegant method and I did research...

Hey 64nailhead, I am running the stock (2004?) 4L60E with a Holley crossmember. We pulled it due to the 1-2 clutches having burned up. I forget exactly what had caused it, but it may be earlier in the thread. We got some rebuild kit with a few upgraded pieces and did it in the garage. The first...

Thanks Jack and others for the kind words! Here are some more photos of those early thrash days that seem to inevitably stretch into weeks and months. Haha A little hint at what is to come! :) As you can see I attempted to retrofit in to the old computer slot on the passenger kick panel...