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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 12:28 AM
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You work fast.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 12:34 AM
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I will get a pic of the engine bay tomorrow. I feel like this swap has taken ages lol...i dont think i am working fast at all. Its only the engine swap so far. I added efans and hydroboost and the secondary fuse box. Thats all as of now.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 12:37 AM
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I need to get on the hydroboost bandwagon. Where did you find parts for this swap?
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 12:38 AM
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The engine and hydroboost were both junkyard finds. Engine was $400 and hydroboost stuff was $120.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by oakley6575
I need to get on the hydroboost bandwagon. Where did you find parts for this swap?
Junkyard. Off any hd truck, and some SUVs. But beware, some of the newer models (like 05 up I believe) have larger master cylinders that won't fit on the older hydro boosters.

Once you do the swap you'll be wondering why not sooner. It's the best bang for the buck performance mod in my opinion. I had right at $149.xx total in the whole thing. Pedal firmness and response is awesome. I hate driving cars with vacuum assist brakes now lol
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 12:53 AM
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Yes, hydroboost will spoil you lol.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 01:04 AM
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It sounds magical! I will have to get on that ASAP

Thanks for letting me badger you with questions
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 10:25 AM
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Sounds like you need a tuner mod
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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Sounds like you need a tuner mod
Lol. I actually just verified, the pinout location for fan signal doesn't match my particular ECM. One of the lines was a class 2 line, so that explains the erratic behavior of my dash. Starts up and runs fine once I cut those lines. I'm not sure where to pull signal from to fire up the fans though...I don't see that signal on the PCM connector pinout.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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like I said...
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