[boostkingMatt]

Here’s a data leak…

CRP is moving their shop to a new location, a better spot with more room. But, he said that will allow them to work on some new really cool stuff that they haven’t been able to do before.

the main reason for posting this is, they are making Gen 3 exhaust manifolds, and I’m on the list to get a prototype set!!

 

[boostkingMatt]

Alright guys, feels like nothing is going on with the truck lately, but things are about to happen.

My front differential brace will be here today and I’ll post some pics of that here.
As I said in another post, along with that is going to be rear shocks and traction bars. I don’t want to break anything with wheel hop and such. those will come later. Can’t buy it all at once haha.

Before that stuff except the diff brace of course is the bumper end caps. ColorWerks is going to ship them to me on Wednesday this week or Thursday. I’m not sure when Jacob will be finished with the muffler, but once he is, he will send that back to me. Then I finally can get my dream exhaust setup on the truck, I cannot wait!!!

 

[boostkingMatt]

Front diff brace installed!

 

[TOWMA8R]

Front diff brace installed! View attachment 203278

Helped my launches and a nice quality build

 

[boostkingMatt]

Talked to VAS and he said he’s send me a set of traction bars next week!

 

[TOWMA8R]

Talked to VAS and he said he’s send me a set of traction bars next week!

Ok dud I need to know about those!!!!!!

 

[butthead]

Tow did you just call Matt a dud?

Matt aren't those what you had on Snowflake? KM

 

[boostkingMatt]

Ok dud I need to know about those!!!!!!

I haven’t gotten them yet. He said he’d get them sent out to me this week.

 

[boostkingMatt]

Tow did you just call Matt a dud?

Matt aren't those what you had on Snowflake? KM

Yes, they’re still on snowflake lol. Well, the brackets are, I took the bars off though.

 

[boostkingMatt]

Guys!

There’s some big stuff coming, and I’m starting to get fired up!

First things first!
SPD shipped my adjusted muffler with the over axle pieces today, and should be here this weekend.

Bumper pieces are probably ready to ship now (paint had to dry for two weeks) and I’d assume they could have them to me by the weekend also since it’s from Denver, only 5 hours away.

Got a set of NGK Ruthenium plugs on the way, I went with 95605s, so I won’t have the indexed plugs anymore. Adam at ZFG said he and another guy tested out the difference and it didn’t seem to improve much.

VA Specialties is going to ship me a set of their 2021+ traction bars this week at some point.


This next thing is big, and it’s not confirmed yet, but Fairway Ford Parts might be doing a sponsorship for me for a 2021+ engine block for a built motor build video series I’m going to do for my truck! Nathan is going to talk to the marketing team if they have the budget for it.

I never would have dreamed of this day if you told me this is what I’d be doing in 5 years when I first joined this forum in 2020.

 

[Upshifter]

Amazing what you can do when you’re passionate AND hard working.

 

[butthead]

I am interested in how the tapered seat plugs will work in a flat seat plug hole?
I may be over thinking this. KM

 

[GearHead_1]

I am interested in how the tapered seat plugs will work in a flat seat plug hole?
I may be over thinking this. KM

We always used to index our plugs, but that was with the intent of squeezing every last pony out of a 700 HP engine. The question in my mind is why would you do it? You won't see more HP or better fuel economy, if anything the indexing might benefit both of those, even if only in a minor way. The real benefit to Ruthenium plugs is the durability or how long they'll go, and few of us wear spark plugs out. What is the benefit? Just the old man in me, I simply wouldn't do it.

The indexing itself may not be a significant problem, but the tapered seat sitting on a flat seat plug hole just doesn't seem to be the answer. Now I haven't seen the head, if there is both a place for flat seat plugs, and it includes a taper to accommodate the plugs we typically use, that may be a different story. I'd probably still use the plugs that were designed to go in there.

It seems like this was discussed before, but I don't remember the story.

 

[boostkingMatt]

We always used to index our plugs, but that was with the intent of squeezing every last pony out of a 700 HP engine. The question in my mind is why would you do it? You won't see more HP or better fuel economy, if anything the indexing might benefit both of those, even if only in a minor way. The real benefit to Ruthenium plugs is the durability or how long they'll go, and few of us wear spark plugs out. What is the benefit? Just the old man in me, I simply wouldn't do it.

The indexing itself may not be a significant problem, but the tapered seat sitting on a flat seat plug hole just doesn't seem to be the answer. Now I haven't seen the head, if there is both a place for flat seat plugs, and it includes a taper to accommodate the plugs we typically use, that may be a different story. I'd probably still use the plugs that were designed to go in there.

It seems like this was discussed before, but I don't remember the story.

From what I understand, the heads still have the seating, but ford uses the crush washer ones now so they can index them. I guess I will just have to see what the deal is! If they do not work, I can order Ruthenium plugs that have the crush washer. I personally like NGKs, specifically the 95605 because of their heat range, and the better spark control or whatever you call it. If I wasn’t worried about big power I would not use them. But for what I’m doing it’s necessary.

 

[boostkingMatt]

I removed 96 lbs worth of stuff from underneath my truck tonight.

Also, exhaust comes tomorrow. Bumper parts are unknown right now as their manager who I’ve been talking to is away right now. So I may put the exhaust on and leave my rear bumper off the truck for now till those come.

 

[Boatwaco]

I removed 96 lbs worth of stuff from underneath my truck tonight.

Be sure the gas tank gets put back!

 

[boostkingMatt]

Be sure the gas tank gets put back!

Hahahahahahhahahahaha that’s funny.

 

[boostkingMatt]

Alright!

Still waiting on the bumper pieces… but I got some other news for you guys.

First of all, I got the SPD muffler back today! For those who don’t know, this is what I originally had from SPD

You can see after the muffler there that it dumps straight down.

Here is what I had Jacob at SPD make me

This allows me to run tailpipes like the Tremor/BAP/Limited trucks.

So, as I’ve said before, the SPD muffler sounds so good… I’ve really missed this sound… I’m literally in love with it, obsessed with it. Right now I left it dumping up high because I can’t put my tailpipes on yet. Soon… but not yet.


Meanwhile, I’ve had some issues with spark blowout from the amount of boost we are running so I decided to get some NGK Ruthenium HX spark plugs and gap them to .024. If thats not tight enough we will go to .022.

Anyways, I got the 95605s, and of course they do not have a crush washer like the 2021+ f150s use. I wanted to settle once and for all if I can use the regular seated plugs in the 2021+. And what I found is that the head is no different as far as the spark plug seating goes than the Gen 2, and Adam told me that ford didn’t change the head, just started using a different plug. So, no more indexed plugs for me!
Old plugs looked pretty good!

 

[EcoXLT]

I’ve never heard that you could use either style plug on the same heads.

 

[boostkingMatt]

I’ve never heard that you could use either style plug on the same heads.

Well, you can!! And Adam confirmed it with the ford engineers