2000 Excusion-650 HP Reliable Tow/Daily/Drag Build
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Can you show us the dash and steering wheel? I know its irrelevant to the thread but i would like to see something.
I like that red on the block and heads. I did silver and black and its nice but its.gonna be a mother to keep nice.
I like that red on the block and heads. I did silver and black and its nice but its.gonna be a mother to keep nice.
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BDP Sales
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It is running and driving around now on the base tune. Still have some odds and ends like go through the entire brake system to complete, and then it's straight to the dyno sometime next week.
I haven't forgot about this thread, just nothing too fun quite yet to update you guys on..............but it's coming!!!
I haven't forgot about this thread, just nothing too fun quite yet to update you guys on..............but it's coming!!!
ghohouston
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Ahhhhhem, yes please post everything about this bronco. You should make another build thread
alradco
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Really interested in the results. Would something like this combo make for a good tow vehicle truck or is it overkill? Great job.
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Yup! That is what this excursions job is 90% of the time, to haul the owners drag car to the track. He also wanted to be able to unhook it from the trailer and make some decent passes in this 9000+ lb beast when he's feeling froggy
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I should also ad that Matt @ Full Force has a setup that is pretty similar (but with a little bit bigger injector) and he has ran 7.53 in the 1/8th and tows with his quite often. i don't expect this excursion to come anywhere near those kinds of times at the track, but it will be a fun ride regardless.
ghohouston
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What are you trying to figure out? Colors or structure? The excursion dashes are pretty much like the trucks. The instrument bezels are different and they all had the 02-04 digital clusters. My mom had an 05 ex, yet it had the older cluster, im not really sure why they never installed the 05-07 truck clusters in them. The steering wheels are the same too. Damn thing had leaf springs too, yet another thing I didnt understand, seeing as they ditched them on the trucks after 04...
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I've been thinking about picking up an Excursion with some moderate upgrades for a daily driver/tow vehicle. Curious to see how it turns out.
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ghohouston
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A 6.4 excursion would be the bees knees!
Im redoing the interior in my truck and I want to see the instrument cluster and dash bezel. Thats why I asked to see precisely that. I know what the gauges look like.
My truck is all medium parchment and has dark parchment accents(tan and a putty color for accents). Im wanting to do black leather with tan inserts. Dye some pieces black and add a black leather wrapped steering wheel with the same medium burl as the doors already have. I want to order excursion seat covers because I hate the rounded insert in the truck seats. These seats are exactly how I want mine, the console is black with tye wood piece like mine will be. Just by coincidence this interior is exactly how I want mine thats why im excited for more pics. Hope that clears things up.
My truck is 265ish k miles and I just want to make it nicer than new and then enjoy it vs buying a new one.
ghohouston
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I understand. When I had my 7.3, it was a damn xl. I found some excursion front seats and center console with the fake woodgrain. I loved it! You cant beat heated leather seats in winter time. It always felt good to sit in a warm seat on the drive home from work in winter time. Mine looked like **** though, because I had tan seats and console with grey everything else, but it was much nicer looking and functional than a vinyl bench seat lol. Ill find a picture
Jason
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Man, if kids weren't part of the picture....buckets front and rear! '08 consoles front and rear as well..king ranch style, but with a sportier take...brushed aluminum or carbon fiber in place of all the wpod grain...would be the ticket if I was doing a cc interior. Then take the console and hard wire in headphones, so two kids can watch movies on the individual screens mounted swing down style in front of them.
Yea, I had those when the truck was new. Put the bench in four or five years ago.
It was a badazz setup! No doubt. 95% of the time I could get by with four chairs but oh well.
The metal sounds cool but a little too hard, texture wise, for me. Im a woodworker and carpenter so the wood seems natural to me. Ive never disliked the.medium burl. Just putting it next to.black really changes it.
Id have to see some brushed aluminum to change my mind. Maybe in between those would be a grey/black walnut motif...
It was a badazz setup! No doubt. 95% of the time I could get by with four chairs but oh well.
The metal sounds cool but a little too hard, texture wise, for me. Im a woodworker and carpenter so the wood seems natural to me. Ive never disliked the.medium burl. Just putting it next to.black really changes it.
Id have to see some brushed aluminum to change my mind. Maybe in between those would be a grey/black walnut motif...
Jason
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I meant a brushed aluminum overlay. My denali has it, and "polished" door handles. Kinda swanky for what it is on a two tone tan leather.
