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Looking awesome, Jaime!
Can't wait to see it all back together in the Spring
 

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Question regarding your oil filter. Is see it is different from the regular FL500S.

What filter is on yours? Does it flow more?
 

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Question regarding your oil filter. Is see it is different from the regular FL500S.

What filter is on yours? Does it flow more?
I use the Ford Racing filter, it's all I ever run. It filters better than the standard Ford filter and adds an additional quart of oil capacity.
 

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Heads up from your friendly neighborhood lurker, your pictures don't show up after the first couple of posts.
 
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Heads up from your friendly neighborhood lurker, your pictures don't show up after the first couple of posts.
Awe crap ..... thanks for the heads up. I'm gonna go back and see if I still have the pictures on my camera roll and try to find what picture goes where now. This is gonna suck. I've been using Facebook to host my pictures I wonder if should think of another way to post them?
 
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Heads up from your friendly neighborhood lurker, your pictures don't show up after the first couple of posts.
Got them fixed. Freaking sucked but its done, thanks for the heads up
 
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I got around to installing the Saleen gauge pod :D

I ended up having to trim the end of the bullets so they would clear the GPS antenna. It was easy using a a dremel with a cutting wheel

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I also decided to trim the locating pin down just below the dash panel so I could use a course threaded screw and washer to secure the pod nice and tight to be sure there were no gaps

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Used my trusty wire chase to pull the wires through the dash. I was sure to loom & label each harness because OCD :crazy: and I pulled the two harnesses to the panel just to the right of the steering wheel, added length and pulled them down to the drivers side kick panel

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After I relocated the harnesses from here I connected my Whipple fan switch and re-installed the panel. Using this kit from Summit I was able to put matching ends on the Whipple harness to bring the fan trigger wire into the car and back out to complete the loop.

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I am in love with the outcome, looks like they belong there

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Since I am now only going to run a boost gauge on the A pillar I switched to the Autometer single pod. It arrives Monday so I was not able to wrap up all the gauge connections. I made a constant power, switched power and ground harness to connect all 3 gauges together at the drivers kick panel using fuse taps at the fuse panel to grab each power and the ground grabs a stock grounding location just above the fuse panel. I have a harness coming down from the headlight switch to handle the dimming at night time and I have another harness from here going out to the sending units. I will simply make all the connections and tuck the wires up under the dash when done. I say simple but it probably took 3 solid days for me and my OCD to complete all the harnesses and runs :frusty: I'll be sure to add some more pictures when the boost gauge is in and everything is done


Oh, and I made my hood blinker harness to get them wired up as well. Not everybody's cup of tea but I absolutely love the hood blinkers they remind me of the good old days when I was 16 tearing up the streets in my 1967 mustang!
 
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That is some quality workmanship! Very OEM appearance to those gauge pods. That has to be the best gauge set up I've seen on an S550 yet.
 
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That is some quality workmanship! Very OEM appearance to those gauge pods. That has to be the best gauge set up I've seen on an S550 yet.
Thanks Tim, I appreciate the kudos
 

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Damn Jaime!!! LOL
You got some skills bro! Good job man. :thumbsup:
 

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Where did you tap in for your pressure and temp?
 
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Where did you tap in for your pressure and temp?
I installed Mishimoto oil cooler. Look back at post 167 you will see the sandwich plate allows for the sending units.
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