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Highway 28 from Deals gap to the Highlands, is also a good one to check out.

The Cherohala Skyway is also a must drive near the TOD. Runs from Robbinsville to Tellico Plains TN. More wide open, sweeping turns with incredible views, a fantastic drive. No services for maybe 50mi so be prepared.

Been riding/driving this road for many years. TOD does not suffer fools...be humble in your driving skills. Drive it slow and cautious a couple of times, stay in your lane and pull over if some one comes up behind you. There is basically no run off area anywhere and you have to keep an eye...

Past experience with plastic impellers cracking on other vehicles. I have seen the impeller split and just spin on the shaft creating mysterious overheating issues. . Never seen any of those type failures with aluminum. However the positives of plastic impellers are they are cheap to make, light...

You will need to check in the mornings, after an overnight cool down, to get the final fill correct.

A bunch of short trips, stops, and refills. Just take a jug of pre-mixed coolant with you and a funnel. I probably stopped and added coolant for at least 10-12 stops before I got it full and stable.

Both hoses from the Y connector on rt side of engine compartment, pass side, go to the rear ports, on driver and passenger sides of the SC. The front two ports join at the Y just before the reservoir.

I hear you on the instructions…they even tell you to trim hoses that don’t need trimming. It takes a bunch of short drives and refills before you will get all the air out. Which hoses do you think are routed incorrectly?

Just for the record, I installed this kit with 74K miles on my GT. While replacing the oil pump gears, I also installed the Ford performance timing chain kit. This included, all 4 phazers, 4 chains, guides, tensioners, gaskets, bolts, etc along with a forged crank sprocket. However, all the...

In theory, plastic should be fine but...we all know what happens to plastic when exposed to heat cycles and time. Plastic tends to get brittle and crack. Not a concern with an aluminum impeller. Not sure on stats of breakage issues but for essentially the same $$, I will go with the tried and...

Rock Auto…$74

Yep, I have used Aisin kits in all my Toyota timing belt services. If the Ford Performance version had come with an aluminum impeller, I would have probably bit the bullet and bought that one. However, $250-$280 for essentially the same pump with a larger “plastic” impeller. Nope.

Yep…M8501-M52A is the Ford Performance upgraded pump. However, at 3x the cost of the Aisin, it should come with an aluminum impeller. You can see the impeller is larger in the picture.

Pic of the Aisin on the left, oem Ford on the right.

Looking for a good quality water pump that has a metal impeller, instead of plastic? Check out Aisin water pumps for the Coyote 5.0 on Rock Auto. Aisin is an oem supplier for Toyota and other Japanese brands btw.

Just finished the install of the VMP/Whipple gen6, stg 3 kit on my 18 GT 6sp...along with oil pump gears. Man, that was a lot of work but I learned a lot and it saved me a ton of cash. One thing to remember is the instruction manuals from VMP and Whipple cover a lot of years, 15-23, and can be...

Follow up on this thread. Supercharger is installed and I have been putting miles on the car. Running the recommended 5w-50 for supercharged engines and so far no engine tick. I installed the Ford performance timing chain kit, which includes phazers, guides, tensioners, chains and forged cam...

No.

No need to flush.

Change it as you like. This was for average city/highway driving, running it up through the gears a few times a week.