Hello,
Name is JJ I joined to research the ecoboost drivetrain because I am pretty certain my next vehicle will be an SHO or Explorer Sport. I have been around a couple blocks as a fairly active forum member based on past and present project vehicles. I have been a recreational grease monkey since the days of RC cars in my child-hood, through home made go-carts, to ATV's, then onto cars and trucks. I was a professional auto body repair tech from 16 to 23 years old off and on through college and am now a mechanical engineer.
I have a custom built Jeep Rock crawler. I spend a lot of time on
Pirate4x4.com for that. the image below is my personal Jeep. I also build and maintain my best friend's Jeep so we can go wheeling together.
I have dabbled in the Subaru world (Nasioc.com,
RS25.com) with a 6-speed swaped 2001 Impreza Coupe as my DD for the past 12 years. Unfortunately, I never had the time to swap in the turbo charged motor into it... This is now going to be sold and replaced with something Ecoboost.
My most recent project has been a frame off restoration of a 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 dually with the Cummins 5.9L 12 valve I-6 engine. This is my tow pig that I built to tow our Jeeps to the trail head. 2 1/2 year build that is just now tidying up the loose ends. This thing is by far the most powerful thing I have ever owned. Running around 450hp and over 1,000ft-lbs of torque while never taking it over 3000rpm. This my first diesel and first completed turbo charged vehicle. I have been pretty active over on
Cumminsforum.com for this project.
