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Upgrading Your Ride: Installing Side Pipes and Headers for the Coyote Engine Once the body was painted, Ken’s team quickly got to work mounting the exhaust side pipes. I chose the Gas’N Touring side pipes, and honestly—they’re absolutely stunning! When paired with the robust 4-into-1 headers built for the Coyote engine, this setup truly shines….
When you first setup your car, there’s a basic alignment that needs to happen. Obviously you don’t want to chew up your new tires, so the basic alignment is usually good enough to get you rolling and testing during go-kart phase. Obviously, you can buy a kit and do it yourself – but for a…
A really nice addition that many people add to their build is the Breeze Automotive Radiator Cowl Cover. Not only does it button up the engine bay nicely, it helps to force the air across the radiator instead of allowing the air to escape up and over it, and reducing cooling capability. Save 30.0% on…
It’s been a few weeks ago, but we took the chassis up to Ken https://www.facebook.com/streetrodpainter/ Very excited to get this next phase dialed in and completed! He has some hurdles though! He moved his shop about 3 miles away from Yuba City to Marysville, CA. In the process he has been trying to get new…
Sunday was an amazing day before the rain coming to NorCal. Many folks recommend driving (aka go-kart, without the body) the car. So, I took the opportunity to drive around. I wanted to see if there are any issues, and so far so good! It was great to see some of the neighbors and kids…
Modifying the dashboard has been one of the most satisfying parts of the build. Creating a custom dashboard does add it’s challenges, and any modifications behind the dash also create opportunities to innovate, or in other words, a pain in the butt process (LOL). There were some items that needed modification to finish the dashboard setup: First,…
Boost Your Ride with Expert Tuning: My Experience with Shaun Perry at AED Now that my Coyote is firing on all 8 cylinders, I decided to optimize its performance by visiting a top-tier local tuner, Shaun Perry, at AED in Cameron Park, CA. Located just 12 miles from my home, Shaun’s shop is a go-to…
After several months troubleshooting, our Ford Performance Gen 3 Coyote not firing properly, we FINALLY got it running! We had been chasing what we thought was an electrical issue since April, we had reached our limit. There have been countless hours of troubleshooting. My son and I were in too deep at this point. We…
Now that we got the engine running properly, it’s time to check things that need the engine to proceed. From the A/C work done a few months back, I have tried to vacuum the system and I definitely have a leak, so I am troubleshooting the setup. My initial thoughts are that my crimps are…
Ok, you’re thinking, “hey, you haven’t driven this thing yet, why are you changing the oil”? Long story short, we’ve been working on getting the Coyote to fire properly since April, yes that’s about 6 months too long. We get spart, air, fuel but the engine runs lean on bank #2 (driver side) all the…