That's a nice S2K man! Looks like you put some work into it, what have you got done to it?I figure I'd start a "build" page here since despite my best efforts, I am adding more to this truck than the adult in me knows better than doing....
I've had my truck for 6 months now, which is a 2022 XL STX Supercab in Cactus Gray. I bought this truck to replace my Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD for daily and tow duties (which had replaced my 2001.5 Cummins), however, it hasn't completely worked out that way. I've continued to use the Jeep because it keeps kicking along, now at 240k miles, towing cars, SxS's, and more recently a tractor, regularly, as well as pulling trees down and stumps out of the ground... It appears I'm comfortable with the damn thing. That said, the truck hasn't seen a lot of use mostly because the dirty work I am doing is easier for me when it's not a new vehicle.
Ultimately, this will be a street and tow truck. Since I can't leave anything alone, I will still modify the truck and track it here!
Getting on, here are pictures the day I picked it up from Granger, in Iowa after a 6 month wait:
Almost home:
Home (we moved into this house weeks prior):
The RZR actually matches pretty well
First part I added, I don't have a picture of... The ignition key trim seemed like a must. I got plain black... But right after that, I had the bed coated in Line-X Premium (and a damper... <insertstupiddamperjokehere>):
And added the Ford toolbox. It was like $12 with my Ford points:
Next was a Bakflip cover:
I'm getting older, so I wanted to see if the engine cover helped with noise reduction. It does enough to make me not regret the purchase and I got it before the price hike.
After driving it a bit, my wife struggled to get in and out of the truck, so even though I don't like the look of runner boards, I picked up some of the slimmest ones I could after some research on these forum. Amazon to the rescue:
Now to some of the more interesting parts. Before I even had the truck, I had already purchased Morimoto headlights, Diode Dynamics fog lights, and a Mountune intercooler.
Removal of the stockers:
Morimoto's installed... Also put in red tow hooks so I could use an actual FX4 skip plate:
Diode Dynamics fog lights installed w/ fresh clear bra:
I'll have to do an alignment and get some better shots, but a quick alignment with tape from the stock halogens:
I have also replaced the license plate lights and side markers with LED's (I'll do the high mount lights when I do the brake controller):
Mountune intercooler installed. I did have to purchase a few things to make this an nicer install. I purchased some expandable 1.5" foam tape for the bottom of the intercooler (like stock), longer screws for the upper plastic shroud, and PROPER T-bolt clamps. They include crappy worm-gear clamps... This is where I currently am, waiting on the clamps to arrive. I have no plans to do an intake or exhaust. The intake bang-for-buck is very low and I don't want any noise from an exhaust... I've never really liked loud cars, as even my toy and track cars are all pretty quiet.
Prior to these parts and immediately after hitting 1,000 miles (just to make sure everything works as it should), I did start taking logs as well as did some transmission tuning. I could not stand the lugging of constant too high of a gear, and I wanted to firm up the shifts a bit. I have only tuned the transmission at this point:
Before/After WOT shifting:
That catches it up pretty well so far. I still have a pretty good bin of parts to install, so I will keep it all updated here.
that s2k!I figure I'd start a "build" page here since despite my best efforts, I am adding more to this truck than the adult in me knows better than doing....
I've had my truck for 6 months now, which is a 2022 XL STX Supercab in Cactus Gray. I bought this truck to replace my Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD for daily and tow duties (which had replaced my 2001.5 Cummins), however, it hasn't completely worked out that way. I've continued to use the Jeep because it keeps kicking along, now at 240k miles, towing cars, SxS's, and more recently a tractor, regularly, as well as pulling trees down and stumps out of the ground... It appears I'm comfortable with the damn thing. That said, the truck hasn't seen a lot of use mostly because the dirty work I am doing is easier for me when it's not a new vehicle.
Ultimately, this will be a street and tow truck. Since I can't leave anything alone, I will still modify the truck and track it here!
Getting on, here are pictures the day I picked it up from Granger, in Iowa after a 6 month wait:
Almost home:
Home (we moved into this house weeks prior):
The RZR actually matches pretty well
First part I added, I don't have a picture of... The ignition key trim seemed like a must. I got plain black... But right after that, I had the bed coated in Line-X Premium (and a damper... <insertstupiddamperjokehere>):
And added the Ford toolbox. It was like $12 with my Ford points:
Next was a Bakflip cover:
I'm getting older, so I wanted to see if the engine cover helped with noise reduction. It does enough to make me not regret the purchase and I got it before the price hike.
After driving it a bit, my wife struggled to get in and out of the truck, so even though I don't like the look of runner boards, I picked up some of the slimmest ones I could after some research on these forum. Amazon to the rescue:
Now to some of the more interesting parts. Before I even had the truck, I had already purchased Morimoto headlights, Diode Dynamics fog lights, and a Mountune intercooler.
Removal of the stockers:
Morimoto's installed... Also put in red tow hooks so I could use an actual FX4 skip plate:
Diode Dynamics fog lights installed w/ fresh clear bra:
I'll have to do an alignment and get some better shots, but a quick alignment with tape from the stock halogens:
I have also replaced the license plate lights and side markers with LED's (I'll do the high mount lights when I do the brake controller):
Mountune intercooler installed. I did have to purchase a few things to make this an nicer install. I purchased some expandable 1.5" foam tape for the bottom of the intercooler (like stock), longer screws for the upper plastic shroud, and PROPER T-bolt clamps. They include crappy worm-gear clamps... This is where I currently am, waiting on the clamps to arrive. I have no plans to do an intake or exhaust. The intake bang-for-buck is very low and I don't want any noise from an exhaust... I've never really liked loud cars, as even my toy and track cars are all pretty quiet.
Prior to these parts and immediately after hitting 1,000 miles (just to make sure everything works as it should), I did start taking logs as well as did some transmission tuning. I could not stand the lugging of constant too high of a gear, and I wanted to firm up the shifts a bit. I have only tuned the transmission at this point:
Before/After WOT shifting:
That catches it up pretty well so far. I still have a pretty good bin of parts to install, so I will keep it all updated here.
haha same reason im here! he showed me the s2k awhile back but its still a sick car!
as usual a sick car man!Thanks. Funny enough, I'm troubleshooting a random misfire on it right now. Not sure if it was bad fuel, injectors finally needing cleaning after sitting multiple times at very long intervals with E85, coils, etc. I have removed the injector PnP harnesses and crimped in the proper connector yesterday and new plugs today, though the plugs I pulled out looked fantastic.
It's in the middle of a change right now as I just removed the soft top and added a roll bar, harness, etc. I wrapped the hood awhile back when I cut the holes for the vents, so I need to go back and wrap the rest of the car (it sat a lot when I lived in Denver). I love the color it is, but track time with Hoosiers and fast groups really beat it up and I figured wrap is replaceable.
What does it have done... Cliffs...EFR 7064 turbo (twin scroll, paired cylinder manifold), E85, V-mount, aero, brakes, and all the things to keep a track car running. I currently have an AEM EMS v2 in as the ECU, but I have a Haltech Elite 1500 here that I am tempted to swap in and retune as it's got some additional features I think I would like having.
It hasn't been washed in 2 years, but it's still in really good condition once I wash it and buff it out. It just hit 39k miles recently.
My track tune is 8 PSI flat and an awesome torque shelf:
My last track day in this car was with only 4.5ish PSI and it was a blast to drive:
I was actually in Denver a couple weeks ago tuning this for the 3rd time. He got another turbo upgrade and this thing is nuts. It made 557whp and weighs like 2,400 lbs.
Those Taurus SHO's were definitely special. I had a '98 SHO with the v8, just an all around fun car. Though I'll never forget the faces people made when they heard it rumble by. WTF, Its a Taurus??
Is that the correct oil filter, I thought is was a FL910I changed my oil pretty early on mileage as I wanted to clean out the break-in junk as well as see how bad this oil shears... The contents/contaminates in the oil are what I expected, but I was a little surprised (although not) to see it already shear to a 20 weight in 2,300 miles.
I put in the OEM oil with and FL-400 filter and plan to only run it about 2,000-2,500 miles. After that, I am switching over to Motul 300v, 5w40. I will continue sampling.
No fuel detected!
Other than that, I've made a few changes to my transmission tuning and it just drives proper now. I also have seen, by going back to the OEM tune and then back to my tune for extended periods, my MPG's go up on my map. I have not touched the engine tuning yet, but that is coming soon as I plan to know that out with tuning on the Ford Maverick we have scheduled to be built in a few weeks.
I do think my slip yoke will need pulled and lubed. I get the slight bump/clunking when slowing down and taking off. My Cummins had this problem, but after like 120k miles...
