Turbocharged Coyote/6R80 Swap, Build/Discussion Thread, Pics, info inside!

Turbov6Bryan said:
How does he start his Vic?

Come to KC sometime n hang out!
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His is a Manual trans with the Ford Racing Control Pack. If Ford, had made that setup to support an Automatic, it would be a much easier solution! At this time, the only way to use an Auto is have Lund Racing, SCT or do the workaround I did to get the 6R80 Automatic.

Looks like a Marauder party up there! That's cool!
 
96gt4.6 said:
haha, awesome!

One of my friends found this on Craigslist:

http://topeka.craigslist.org/cto/5192312446.html

I believe he ran the car recently, at our altitude it ran mid/high 13's @ 105.

Interesting!
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thar car looks like the one posted on Youtube in this thread:
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=98520

I had hopes he would finish the details, but it still looks like a hot mess under the hood :shake:

thankfully, your swap shows it CAN be done, with a professional quality outcome...
 
That is the same car.

I agree, it would be cool to see the project to completion, but sometimes the cards don't fall that way, I myself am guilty on a few projects.

I consider him a trailblazer on the subject, and with that comes unforseen expense and obstacles. He would have probably started on the project months before I ever began on mine by the looks of it.

I'm sure if given time, he'll get her all tidied up :). I commend him for his boldness into doing what nobody else had at the time :).

I believe the car ran mid/high 13's by his comments on my YouTube video's. I'm hoping for the same, that would be great all motor, all stock!
 
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96gt4.6 said:
That is the same car.

I agree, it would be cool to see the project to completion, but sometimes the cards don't fall that way, I myself am guilty on a few projects.

I consider him a trailblazer on the subject, and with that comes unforseen expense and obstacles. He would have probably stared on the project months before I ever began on mine by the looks of it.

I'm sure if given time, he'll get her all tidied up :). I commend him for his boldness into doing what nobody else had at the time :).

I believe the car ran mid/high 13's by his comments on my YouTube video's. I'm hoping for the same, that would be great all motor, all stock!
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I commended his forward thinking and achievement as well in that thread.
chosing to sell before detailed - bet he has a new project in mind!
13's = yup, then boostability and a great auto trans. Can't wait to see yours progress.
 
Success! Many more videos to come. Stock F150 tune and she's a beast!

Here was the car, bone stock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLz5MLyOugs

Annnnd just now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NUBDek9hM

Starting on the tuning now. The stock F150 tune is setup for the low end/mid range of the stock cams, with shift points at 5800...lol. Stock Mustang shift points are 6800, you can just feel it coming into the power, then it's gear change time!

It's about to get REAL fun up in here!
 
Still making progress.....but the tuning is a learning curve for me. Spent a bit of today calibrating the speedometer and starting on the trans shift tuning. I haven't got a real good GoPro video/ect yet, as I've just been too busy working on tuning. Once I get a moment to slow down and get at it, i'll stick the camera on the car and get some good videos.

So far, there seems to be a lot of potential. You can see in this video the stock shift point is very low at around 5800, and all the power is removed during the shift. You can barely feel it!

Here's a bone stock F150 tune video I did briefly while I was proving out the build (slang for beating it like it owed me money), to see if I had any leaks/weaknesses that would present them self in the short term. So far, almost 100 miles and no real issues to report.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6qIkEnyuO0
 
Another video to help demonstrate some of the questions I have been asked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94VBfwjM8I

A little road tuning in the middle of the Kansas corn fields:

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One thing nice about this country, lots of open flat ground to do tune work. Wasn't being irresponsible either....this was simply part throttle and some light WOT hits while keeping it under the speed limit:

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So, i'm kinda self-conscious about my PATS workaround and how it looks.....but i'll be honest, there is no easy way to get around it and keep it clean. I mounted my F150 BCM in the trunk, and am making a cover for the BCM as well. I'm still contemplating posting a picture of it, idk, I guess if it looks stupid and works, it isn't stupid, right??

Be kind.....here's the 'money shot' of making this work the poor boy way:

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Here are all of the pin outs for the "Body" plug on the Coyote ECU. These are my handwritten notes, but this is what it takes as far as inputs/outputs to use a stock Coyote ECU with stock wiring:

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Do you have a picture of your driveshaft? What was the overall length of it?

Have you talked with other guys tuning their 5.0 to get shift schedule corrected?

Brings up a good point, my auto 5.0 flashes a red light thru the tach cluster and closes the throttle body if you go past the redline. Is this something you plan on putting in your car?
 
Turbov6Bryan said:
Do you have a picture of your driveshaft? What was the overall length of it?

Have you talked with other guys tuning their 5.0 to get shift schedule corrected?

Brings up a good point, my auto 5.0 flashes a red light thru the tach cluster and closes the throttle body if you go past the redline. Is this something you plan on putting in your car?
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Shaft is 65" from face of trans output flange to rear end flange with axle at ride height.

I'm working on the shift scheduling currently:

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BeeDamn said:
Nice videos thanks for posting but remember don't go WOT with O/D ON lol
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lol, indeed!
 
Coyote FTW. Congrats !

Assuming you've been doing some logging, what ECTs and CHTs are you seing ? What temp was the t-stat that was installed ? What is the fan schedule ?
 
The old PATS keys could have the RF chip removed if you were careful. You might be able to do the same with the new system and heat shrink it to the transponder.
 
mad1stgen said:
Coyote FTW. Congrats !

Assuming you've been doing some logging, what ECTs and CHTs are you seing ? What temp was the t-stat that was installed ? What is the fan schedule ?
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CHT's are staying around 200 or so in 90 degree ambient. ECT is inferred on these motors, the stock Marauder cluster sender is located in a water jacket but no way to tell temps....

Stock T-Stat, the LaSota tuning guide said these motors like warmer temps like the LS does, so I never bothered to stray away from stock.

Drewstang said:
The old PATS keys could have the RF chip removed if you were careful. You might be able to do the same with the new system and heat shrink it to the transponder.
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Got ya. I believe the 3 zip ties will more than keep it secure, it's in there pretty good!
 
I also forgot to add, the swap gained 20 lbs. Car scaled in at 4440 lbs, with driver in the seat. Was 4420 pre swap.

errrrr......or it could have been all the pizza deliveries late at night while doing this swap.....I'll get back to ya on that.
 
Seeing the screen with tow/haul schedule makes me wonder if the donor's PCM has that enabled and if it defaulting to the normal mode on boot is the reason for the WOT shift points you are seeing? Which makes me think it would be cool to use that feature to have a regular and "race" shift schedule available.

96gt4.6 said:
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Shaft is 65" from face of trans output flange to rear end flange with axle at ride height.

I'm working on the shift scheduling currently:

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lol, indeed!
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