Kyle
Active Member
Introduction
Hey guys! My name is Kyle Stevens. I'm from Southern Utah and it's a pleasure to be part of the community. Last October I hooked up the Harbor Freight flat bed to the Ford Escape and headed down to Texas to pick up my order. I've stayed reletively quiet on the forums, but I've made quite a bit of progress with the help of some private advice from people/friends like Captain Frank, Canyon B. and Ross.
The Build
This has been a pretty big undertaking for me as my first serious car project. I use to have a VW sandrail I got running a few years back with some carb cleaning and valve adjustments but nothing like this. I'm really "green" to all of this, so bear with me. Hell, I didn't even know the difference between a radiator and an intercooler. I still don't know what the EVAP system does; I just know I got rid of it. As far as the wiring and electronics of everything, I can read a wiring diagram well enough, but I definitely made some mistakes along the way that I just couldn't seem to track down. My instrument cluster is behaving strangely and my VATS light is on and won't clear by the traditional methods. I purchased an HP Tuner and credits to disable VATS, so now I can start the vehicle by arcing the starter relay. It idles great, and the throttle response is great. The key won't start the vehicle (it will shut it off), so I'll have to do some more digging there or bypass whatever is stopping it from reaching the relay. The guages on the instrument cluster still aren't working, but I'm pretty sure the obd2 reader is showing values for the tachometer and speedometer (I'll verify this later tonight).
Anyways... That pretty much gets you guys up to speed on the build! Advice and criticism on the car would be much appreciated and I look forward to chatting!
Hey guys! My name is Kyle Stevens. I'm from Southern Utah and it's a pleasure to be part of the community. Last October I hooked up the Harbor Freight flat bed to the Ford Escape and headed down to Texas to pick up my order. I've stayed reletively quiet on the forums, but I've made quite a bit of progress with the help of some private advice from people/friends like Captain Frank, Canyon B. and Ross.
The Build
This has been a pretty big undertaking for me as my first serious car project. I use to have a VW sandrail I got running a few years back with some carb cleaning and valve adjustments but nothing like this. I'm really "green" to all of this, so bear with me. Hell, I didn't even know the difference between a radiator and an intercooler. I still don't know what the EVAP system does; I just know I got rid of it. As far as the wiring and electronics of everything, I can read a wiring diagram well enough, but I definitely made some mistakes along the way that I just couldn't seem to track down. My instrument cluster is behaving strangely and my VATS light is on and won't clear by the traditional methods. I purchased an HP Tuner and credits to disable VATS, so now I can start the vehicle by arcing the starter relay. It idles great, and the throttle response is great. The key won't start the vehicle (it will shut it off), so I'll have to do some more digging there or bypass whatever is stopping it from reaching the relay. The guages on the instrument cluster still aren't working, but I'm pretty sure the obd2 reader is showing values for the tachometer and speedometer (I'll verify this later tonight).
Anyways... That pretty much gets you guys up to speed on the build! Advice and criticism on the car would be much appreciated and I look forward to chatting!