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- What engine do you have?
- V8 engine
- What year is your Sport Trac?
- 2010
- What Generation is your Sport Trac?
- 2n Gen Owner
Well,
Got that little sucker installed today...... Took my time, and dealt with some rain on and off.
Took about 3 hours including clean up and the test drive.
I cheated and bought 10 different size belts from pepboys last night as well as some silly cone....( No one knew the exact belt to use)..
So any way, I can feel a difference in the way it idles and the steering seems slightly smoother.
Now the steering issue is due to my old crappy tensioner, I changed that too. Was easy while I had the truck apart. I also don't loose steering over 5K rpm any more !!!! MINT !!!!
I can feel a little difference on take off and the top end it is noticeable..ALSO when you rev it in neutral it definitely revs out a lot faster. So you can tell it is there. It doesn't feel like a true 15 RWHP, but it is noticeable, I would say 10 hp or so and with my truck at 5100lbs it should be hard to tell. I will have her dynoed again soon...
It is worth the time, money and effort to get one of these... I feel it was a worth wile investment, and i have no second doubts about getting this...
As far as the install, You MUST have a harmonic pulley puller and a Fan clutch removal tool.
You need grease, silly cone and a patient head when doing this. You cant just yank and pull and pry, you will break something.
You have to remove the lower splash guard, remove the clutch fan, remove the fan shroud, Upper tranny line. Then remove the pulley.
On the old pulley you must swap the front seal dust boot to the new pulley. This thing is plastic and can break. $50.00 from ford new and SPECIAL ORDER!!! DO NOT break this..
Then grease the pulley stem and neck inside and out, place a little grease on the pulley washer, Some silly cone in the key way to prevent oil leakage and install...
Holding the pulley is a PITA!!! I needed to use my serp tool to hold the pulley with bolts in it to torque it to 90lb. MY DAM impact gun would not fit in there. You may need an impact gun to remove the pulley bolt...
Re assemble everything and your all set... I changed my belt tensioner also since everything was out, and installed the new belt before the fan and shroud, Made life much easier...
As far as worth ability, I would say this is a stage 2 or 3 mod and I feel you should have your mechanic install if you only have basic tools and basic skills...
There is a group buy going right now for these, You will get them from Wayne Foy at $20 bucks less than regular price which is what I paied...
Here is the old pulley
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Here is the new udp installed
[Broken External Image]:
Todd Z
Got that little sucker installed today...... Took my time, and dealt with some rain on and off.
Took about 3 hours including clean up and the test drive.
I cheated and bought 10 different size belts from pepboys last night as well as some silly cone....( No one knew the exact belt to use)..
So any way, I can feel a difference in the way it idles and the steering seems slightly smoother.
Now the steering issue is due to my old crappy tensioner, I changed that too. Was easy while I had the truck apart. I also don't loose steering over 5K rpm any more !!!! MINT !!!!
I can feel a little difference on take off and the top end it is noticeable..ALSO when you rev it in neutral it definitely revs out a lot faster. So you can tell it is there. It doesn't feel like a true 15 RWHP, but it is noticeable, I would say 10 hp or so and with my truck at 5100lbs it should be hard to tell. I will have her dynoed again soon...
It is worth the time, money and effort to get one of these... I feel it was a worth wile investment, and i have no second doubts about getting this...
As far as the install, You MUST have a harmonic pulley puller and a Fan clutch removal tool.
You need grease, silly cone and a patient head when doing this. You cant just yank and pull and pry, you will break something.
You have to remove the lower splash guard, remove the clutch fan, remove the fan shroud, Upper tranny line. Then remove the pulley.
On the old pulley you must swap the front seal dust boot to the new pulley. This thing is plastic and can break. $50.00 from ford new and SPECIAL ORDER!!! DO NOT break this..
Then grease the pulley stem and neck inside and out, place a little grease on the pulley washer, Some silly cone in the key way to prevent oil leakage and install...
Holding the pulley is a PITA!!! I needed to use my serp tool to hold the pulley with bolts in it to torque it to 90lb. MY DAM impact gun would not fit in there. You may need an impact gun to remove the pulley bolt...
Re assemble everything and your all set... I changed my belt tensioner also since everything was out, and installed the new belt before the fan and shroud, Made life much easier...
As far as worth ability, I would say this is a stage 2 or 3 mod and I feel you should have your mechanic install if you only have basic tools and basic skills...
There is a group buy going right now for these, You will get them from Wayne Foy at $20 bucks less than regular price which is what I paied...
Here is the old pulley
[Broken External Image]:
Here is the new udp installed
[Broken External Image]:
Todd Z
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