yeah a new unit should be as easy as recutting the adaper for the wiring harness (assuming they used one) and then slidding the new one in there.

talk to highlander about modding. Last weekend his wifes explorer got new exhaust. The stock manifolds are horrible. Ok..they suck to the Nth degree time PI.

I've never seen such a bad setup.

BillBoost37 Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:39 am Post subject:

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talk to highlander about modding. Last weekend his wifes explorer got new exhaust. The stock manifolds are horrible. Ok..they suck to the Nth degree time PI.





Got a '97 Xploder w/181K miles. Mods include: K&N breather, Accel coil packs w/ BlueMax plug wires and Bosch Platinum plugs, Ford Racing "shorty" headers, new OEM cats (all 4), Walker cat-back exhaust, Power Stop cross-drilled rotors (front & rear) w/Hawk performance ceramic pads, brake system completely flushed of old dirty fluid and replaced w/synthetic fluid, Hyper White high & low beams, halogen driving/fogs and instument cluster clear bulbs replaced w/blue bulbs.
If you're going to mod it up get the mechnicals done first.

How reliable is it though now that you've done all of that?

I wouldn't have put all that money, time, sweat & blood into it if it wasn't worth it. My wife loves it. We've owned it since brand new. 8 1/2 years and 181K trouble-free miles. It was just time to start putting some maintenance money into it and if I'm going to maintain a vehicle it'* going to get done right and... might as well upgrade while doing it. I fully expect to get another 5 years and/or 70K miles out of it. I'll get some nice cosmetic upgrades for her vehicle next year but the mechanicals had to be taken care of first.