1) What's the story on Chinese turbochargers? Insofar as reliability. Am I better off with a rebuilt brand name unit?
2) How about Chinese LED light bars?
3) If one wanted to do an engine swap (or serious power adder) on an OBD2 vehicle in a region where sniffer tests are pretty lax, would one fare better ripping out the entire wiring harness and replacing it with an aftermarket universal one?
For the 3rd question, using most of the wiring from the donor is the way to go, but swapping an obd2 vehicle to non obd2 is likely to end up off road only at some point.
I guess so, eh. What with all of the right connectors and such. I'm just thinking about my project B4000. All signs point to a power adder or V8 swap. The easiest V8 by size and make is a 302. The modulars are very wide by comparison.
The likelihood of finding a 5.0 explorer around here for donor money is pretty slim, so that leaves 1995 or older 5.0s
The other option is a turbo, but that requires a tuning option. Well, the V8 or the turbo would require electronic changes. That brings me to the thought that if I go megasquirt or similar(or carbuetor), how much of the harness would be redundant? What about trying to make the factory sensors play nice or not get in the way? Would starting from a clean slate be the easier option?
i have had good luck with cheap light bar from amazon, i have always used the CREE bars (which i learned isnt the company but the brand of LED's used).
as for cheap turbo's i have heard good things about on3 performance. They had a rough start with cheap parts so if you look at reviews make sure to check the date on them, but over the past few years there quality has seemed to improve greatly and prices are still pretty decent
or just get an HX35, its pretty much the the go-to for junkyard builds
In reply to edizzle89:
The HX35 looks affordable in "genuine" form on fleabay. Sounds like it makes the list. :)
I also found dished pistons in the Mahle catalog. :)
Depending on the details of your truck, an Explorer 5.0 might actually be as close to a bolt-in swap as they get. Just sayin'.
STM317 wrote: Depending on the details of your truck, an Explorer 5.0 might actually be as close to a bolt-in swap as they get. Just sayin'.
Agreed. Finding one for "berkeley it" money around here is the trick.
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