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Originally Posted by Route 66
Hi Warren,
The Boss 260/290 5.4L is not set in concrete but the donor car scenario all made good sense at the time. I had a close look at Peter R's Demo some time back before he sold it and the Boss is a shoe horn fit but seems to work. At the time the net was loaded with damaged XR8 Manual Utes with new ones lining up almost every time we looked. Now we have our chassis they have dried up. I know almost nothing about Ford Boss engines and even less about Coyotes. Anything without a carburretor & distributor is a bit like science fiction to me. The guy from Elite Performance here in Brisvegas said the BF was the easiest of the lot to flash tune. I have heard plenty about BPT but WA is a long way away!
Regards
Route 66  |
The boss motor is a shoe horn fit in any car I have seen. I can't remove the tappet covers in the 540 unless I remove the motor, it's tight.
When I started looking for a donor car for the 540 I built the available sedans at the auctions appeared to dry up. They did start to re-appear again, but manuals are rare(except in utes). With the online bidding you can buy from any state easily. I bought one from NSW, transport to my door was pretty cheap.
If you are going to fit the ABS the BA/BF utes run a 3 channel system and the sedans have a 4 channel system. The FG's are all 4 channel.
While looking for an engine or donor car try avoid the series 1 BA. These motors had some issues with valve guides and plastic timing chain guides. I think all these issues were sorted out with the series 2 BA's
Although BPT are in WA they are only a phone call away. When I was talking to them a while ago they mentioned that DRB have sent them ECU's .
Warren