Its been a while since my last update as i've been doing some head scratching about what to do

So, parts are limited in the UK and i had not heard great things about total MPS and they didnt have all the bits i needed so decided to look to the USA. This means cheaper prices but more import tax and a lot longer delivery

Spoke to a few tuning companies and settled on www.speedperf6rmanc3.com

Gave them a call told them what i wanted to do and they giggled, mainly as most tuning as in 99.9% uses the Ford ECU with a tuner tool, like cobb. They use a lot, and i mean most tuned ecoboost engines, of Meth injection where as speed just use pump gasoline, i explain its called petrol. They have 450whp engines running the same turbo as i do, even better its at the wheels with rev limits of 6750rpm.

At this power the engine starts to get expensive, the timing crank pulley is held on with friction washers and if it slips then the timing goes and bye bye engine so the crank needs to be keyed, the pulley(s) then needs to be changed as well. Pistons are first to go, but even the forged Mahle pistons are rated to 25psi, so first on the list was a set of custom forged Mahle pistons. I will have a little slap on start up so be it they are rated to 250bhp per cylinder and as much boostness



OEM bearings are good, but the MPS boys (same bottom end) use Clevite bearings if they use high revs, so i bought these



Next up, above 25psi the head starts to lift. So i was one of the first people to have the CA625+ head bolts, these are power station grade steel (which is what i do for a living) and are good for 35psi. Main benefit is i dont have to machine the block as they are std 11mm



Next up is the PCV, positive crankcase ventilation, basically uses manifold vacuum to pull the oil fumes out and a non return valve to stop pressure going in and another valve that allows air in (to replace the air being sucked out). Its mainly for emissions and they clog up and cause problems so its being removed and a catch can fitted




I also bought an oil take off, this means i can use a remote oil filter and oil cooler and the oil filter housing had to be removed to fit the engine so thought it easier to do it this way as i already have the cooler and filter housing. took a while to find one with inlet exit on the bottom. This is a std duratec part so i hope it fits



i bought more parts but as it was cheaper to ship seperately they sent two packages, ones in customs still so hope to have that next week.

Also been speaking to Piper as the std cams are low lift and short duration, 224 degrees for the exhaust with 7.5mm lift

Good news is they are looking at some custom cams for me, which will allow me to rev more than std with a linear power curve. I will of course loose some bottom end, but it wont be worse than the t series which was more than tractable. Plus i have lowered the gearing

So next is the inlet manifold and cams........