My New Daily Driver

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Reply #15 – December 04, 2005, 11:49:19 PM

Eric with a blue car... surprise surprise...

Congrats on the addition. I too am going to have a "practical" car... a 99 intrepid. It's blasphemy I tell you, but paying my mom monthly for it would be a dumb ass opportunity to have passed up.

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Reply #16 – December 05, 2005, 02:05:37 AM

Well atleast its not an exploder

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Reply #17 – December 08, 2005, 09:51:43 PM

That will be a comfy ride to work in the mornings. Good choice.

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Reply #18 – December 15, 2005, 09:36:11 PM

SWEET!

I remember when my parents leased a Mountaineer back in 2001 that you said you wanted one. Congrats man!

One thing that I did that REALLY helped was swiss-cheesing the front of the airbox (if yours has the box and not the cylinder) and removing the snorkel. Pull the black plastic cover on the radiator support (so it will get fresh air from the headlights) and tape it to the driver's side of the airbox...instant cold air kit! Better throttle response and more growl.

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Reply #19 – December 15, 2005, 10:05:25 PM

Nice machine.
Tint those front door windows!

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Reply #20 – December 16, 2005, 12:28:08 PM

Cool, thanks for the tip Jeeves. There are a few little 'issues' I have to take care of, before thinking of performance, but that sounds like a great freebie. Maybe throw a K&N in there too.

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Reply #21 – December 21, 2005, 11:26:24 AM

Yeah, its really cool. And it scares your non-car friends when you punch it and hear that V8 open wide for a full shot of air. All of a sudden it isnt a dorky SUV to them!

I considered duals, but I've seen a few rednecked Explorers and the duals didn't work for me. A bigger tailpipe and some magnaflows were however a good idea. From the manifolds back to the lers its a pretty good system. Nice H pipe too.

Never did it on the Mountaineer, but on our Navigator we took off the roof rack, really cleaned up the look of it. Supposedly helps a little with aerodynamics too, and these things need all the help they can get!

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Reply #22 – December 21, 2005, 11:44:00 AM

This truck has a lot of punch...very ballsy indeed. It can definitely get out of its own way when needed. Thing is, I don't really drive much anymore, so fuel economy isn't high on my priority list--although I am getting better mileage than the Blue Max now. So instead of filling up every 3 1/2 weeks, it may now be every 4 weeks.

I have considered a Magnaflow ler as my friend put one on his '00 Lightning and recommends it. It is louder but seems to flow a lot better than stock, and marginally better than a Flowmaster. But I agree, the redneck dual setup isn't good. I want to keep this mostly stock, maybe a few custom things, but mechanically it will stay factory style because it's reliable and works great IMO.

When you removed the roof rack...what did you do with all the holes?

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Reply #23 – December 21, 2005, 02:38:57 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats

When you removed the roof rack...what did you do with all the holes?

I'da sold 'em on eBay ;)

I used to remove racks from Explorers to install light bars on, and I just threaded the torx bolts back in and painted 'em with white touch up paint. Of course, cop cars don't hafta be pretty...

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Reply #24 – December 21, 2005, 03:27:47 PM

Just thought of something. God forbid anything happen to the Mountaineer but if something does free upgrade for the Blue Max (GT-40p heads and Explorer intake!).

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Reply #25 – December 21, 2005, 06:22:10 PM

Quote from: EricCoolCats

When you removed the roof rack...what did you do with all the holes?

The threaded holes in the roof fill in nicely when you put the torx bolts back in. I wouldn't have thought of it but the 'gator wouldn't fit in a parking garage we use and the fleet manager selling us the truck told us to remove the rack...bingo.

You can see little dots on the roof like a Lancer EVO, no biggie. Maybe I could get some flatter bolts from Home Depot...not concerned though.