[cougarshaman]

So, I have yet to see anyone talking about putting the ecoboost in anything besides a production vehicle.

Anyone planning on a 32 with an ecoboost or a classic stang?

I'm immensely interested in this mill and would like to see what it can do in my car on the Bonneville salt or at Maxton and maybe as the Silver State run.

It would be helpful to know if Ford will release an SVT harness to allow standalone use or if the factory harness and ECM could be easily grafted into an older car.

[graesack]

cougarshaman, on Aug 13 2009, 04:30 PM, said:

So, I have yet to see anyone talking about putting the ecoboost in anything besides a production vehicle.

Anyone planning on a 32 with an ecoboost or a classic stang?

I'm immensely interested in this mill and would like to see what it can do in my car on the Bonneville salt or at Maxton and maybe as the Silver State run.

It would be helpful to know if Ford will release an SVT harness to allow standalone use or if the factory harness and ECM could be easily grafted into an older car.

Compatability with a RWD transmission will be important.

I agree, a stand alone harness will have to be developed.

[leadphinger]

graesack, on 28 August 2009 - 05:02 PM, said:

Compatability with a RWD transmission will be important.

So long as the bolt pattern on the block is no different than the duratec engines on which the EB is based it shouldn't be a problem. There are a few different hotrod and performance shops that sell adapters for this engine. Also, I think the Ranger from 2002 on used a duratec 2.3 so there's a transmission and bell housing that will work. Another example is the V6 from the first generation SHO would bolt up to a 4 cylinder ranger/mustang/tbird turbo coupe bell housing for the Lima 2.3L.

As for a standalone, mating a harness and ecu from the donor EB vehicle shouldn't be difficult. I think any number of different megasquirt applications could be modified to work too. It will only require that the builder pay close attention to the input/output voltages of the various stock ford sensors on the engine to ensure they will be in spec with what the ecu will expect to see considering the megasquirt was designed around Chevy sensors. I for one would stick with the donor ecu and harness rather than a stand alone unless my plans included tuning the engine well past stock power levels. Why reinvent the wheel?