Been Awhile!

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Hello LVC, it's been awhile!
Still have the same silver birch 06 LS from way back when.
Still pretty and driving well at ~80K miles with Torrie's performance tune.

Bunch of stuff has been done to it over the past couple of years (all replacement parts original Motorcraft) :

• added eyelids (fiberglass and painted)
• added M3 spoiler
• powder coated wiper arms (factory paint had faded badly)
• replaced factory exhaust tips with Vibrant 1207 stainless steels
• NAV HU upgrade from Z110BT to Z140BH (software mod since the Z110BT/Z120BT/Z130BT/Z140BH are the same HU hardware-wise)
• new compressor
• new alternator
• new transmission solenoid pack (classic hard R shift)
• new upper + lower control arms (all around IIRC)
• replaced all COPs
• total cooling system overhaul - whole nine yards (just that unlucky)
  • radiator (cracked side tank)
  • degas (factory still OK, but what the heck)
  • t-stat (blew and left me stranded)
  • coolant crossover tube (haven't seen too many of those fail on LVC)
  • all hoses + plastic bits

Here's a couple of recent pics :

 

[1LoudLS]

looking pretty good!

 

[RigsLS]

Super clean mint LS for sure, well done!

 

[RollinLS]

Looks good.

You still have Torres contact info? I have an XCAL. I need tunes for it for gen 2.

 

[RigsLS]

What? Moderators don't need to use the Search Feature?

Ls with a SCT tune

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Looks good.
You still have Torres contact info? I have an XCAL. I need tunes for it for gen 2.

Yessir. "Torrie R. McPhail" <torrie AT fastpartsnetwork.com>
Actually got in touch with him in (I want to say) 2015 to have him slightly adjust my tune (was pinging very occasionally under the right conditions).

 

[1LoudLS]

You still have Torres contact info? I have an XCAL. I need tunes for it for gen 2.

Unleashed Custom Tuning for Lincoln LS

 

[Ghaleon64]

So first off, +1 for the Tex Murphy profile pic! And secondly, how do you not have the K&N Typhoon intake?!

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

So first off, +1 for the Tex Murphy profile pic! And secondly, how do you not have the K&N Typhoon intake?!

Nice! Someone recognized the avatar

As far as the intake, never got around to it since the car was still under warranty until just last year (if you can believe it).
Of course this meant that I had to reflash the car every time before it went back to the dealer...

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Saw a couple of cooling threads here and there, and in case anyone's wondering,
I'll echo @joegr 's datapoint that the coolant temp hovers around 194F even in ~90F Texas weather.

Prior to replacing a fair number of defective cooling bits (IINM at least the rad, degas, coolant crossover),
it was hovering more around the 208-220 range in similar weather.

 

[StaySideways]

Looks like I found a twin for my car! Have you done any exhaust work beside the tips?

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Looks like I found a twin for my car! Have you done any exhaust work beside the tips?

Nah, nothing beyond the tips at the moment.

 

[StaySideways]

Nah, nothing beyond the tips at the moment.

Looks great man!