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Cody8771 · January 11, 2018, 08:59:52 PM

How is everyone doing! I cant even begin to tell everyone how much help this forum has been since I have purchased my 2014 Lincoln MKS Ecoboost in October. My name is Cody and I live in South Central PA, Lancaster County. I am a Fleet Account Executive for a Ford and Chevrolet dealership and have been selling Ford Police Interceptors, trucks, and everything else! I have grown to love the Ecoboost MKS and the Ecoboost line of engines throughout the years. I have the benefit of working alongside some master certified techs and a great parts department. I recently purchased the LMS performace package with CAI, T-STAT, Precision Gapped Plugs, 3 Bar Map, and the MyCal tuner. I am anxiously awaiting my tune to arrive from Livernois tomorrow. Did the plugs, CAI, and T-stat this evening. Going to do a full BG tranny flush, fresh oil change, and 3 Bar Map before loading the tune tomorrow after work. Cant begin to say how stoked I am. Felt my car was pretty quick to begin with but I am hearing that I will be blown away by this tune. I look forward to learning and chatting with all of you regarding our awesome cars! Feel free to reach out anytime! Have a good evening folks!

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AJP turbo · January 11, 2018, 09:27:40 PM

You will be impressed with the power

Cody8771 · January 11, 2018, 09:39:28 PM

Quote from: AJP turbo on January 11, 2018, 09:27:40 PM
You will be impressed with the power

I was deciding between your tune and LMS. I hear you're the two best around! Am I right that after doing the flush tomorrow, I should overfill PTU by a pint?

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SHOdded · January 11, 2018, 10:24:23 PM

Transmission, not PTU. I would advise overfilling only if you experience issues, but apparently it does not do any harm anyway. So feel free

Welcome to EBPF, Cody, and glad to have another MKS owner amongst us! Let us know how the tune & parts work out for you, initial and ongoing evaluations are always welcome!

Cody8771 · January 11, 2018, 10:54:18 PM

Quote from: SHOdded on January 11, 2018, 10:24:23 PM
Transmission, not PTU. I would advise overfilling only if you experience issues, but apparently it does not do any harm anyway. So feel free

Welcome to EBPF, Cody, and glad to have another MKS owner amongst us! Let us know how the tune & parts work out for you, initial and ongoing evaluations are always welcome!

Thank you for the warm welcome. Will report back tomorrow with first test drive experience! 10-4 on the trans fluid. Since the photos, I've tinted the windows 35 all around. Any ideas for the ugly ecoboost engine cover and the notorious clear peeling a little on 2 of the wheels? Will be removing pinstripe in spring, doing a full buff, and will top it off with simoniz glasscoat. Thanks again for the welcome and advice!

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SHOdded · January 12, 2018, 06:29:05 AM

Hydrodipping or hightemp paint are probably the best options for the cover, unless you want to go real CF like bpd did. Wraps prob won't work for long.

Peeling clearcoat - usually has to be polished/sanded down and repainted. You could choose to hydrodip or wrap the wheels also.

ZSHO · January 12, 2018, 06:55:09 AM

Welcome aboard the E.B.P.F Cody! How miles on the MKS?
Glad to have you and your MKS on board! Thanks for joining! Z

mval · January 12, 2018, 10:07:40 AM

i tried painting it with high temp paint my first attempt as was turning my sho into a show car & turned out ok but manu is right the best way is hydrodipping. here is a pic of mine after the hydro work that i show. the light when i took the pic made the red look like just red but really red/black cf look. i did the cover, all the lids, & the fascia, although did fascia in black cf look, pic enclosed, still showing her up to almost 50 trophies, plaques or ribbons. including 1 best non-mustang ford 1975 to present in stl. not in bpd's class but whose is.

Cody8771 · January 12, 2018, 10:14:33 AM

Quote from: mval on January 12, 2018, 10:07:40 AM
i tried painting it with high temp paint my first attempt as was turning my sho into a show car & turned out ok but manu is right the best way is hydrodipping. here is a pic of mine after the hydro work that i show. the light when i took the pic made the red look like just red but really red/black cf look. i did the cover, all the lids, & the fascia, although did fascia in black cf look, pic enclosed, still showing her up to almost 50 trophies, plaques or ribbons. including 1 best non-mustang ford 1975 to present in stl. not in bpd's class but whose is.

I love the look of that. My car is the dark brown so I think I'd like the carbon fiber look on it. Did yoy hydro dip yourself with a kit or did you pay someone? Thanks for the tips sir!

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mval · January 12, 2018, 12:24:07 PM

had pros do it, dipping is an art. under the hood is a good place to dip as is well protected. the problem is if you get a bad spot say a rock hits, it's really tough to disguise flaw. i did my dip in '13, so has held up well. i did paint the hood liner, that was a monstrous job as that material absorbs the paint, but once i got it done, it kind of hardened & has stayed fine. manu by the way i think one of those new edge st's has your name on it!!!

SHOdded · January 12, 2018, 12:26:31 PM

Ha ha. I'd rather come over one dark night and steal away with your SHO, Mike! The ST is too tame for me, but maybe one day Ford will add a real engine to it.

PDSHO · January 12, 2018, 01:31:15 PM

Greetings from Nebraska, interesting that you deal in PI cars. I understand that PI Taurus is popular in PA.
Do you sell a lot of Eco-boost equipped PI cars?
I see a lot of the Taurus and Explorer PI cars around here are not EB equipped. Probably a cost savings.
Greg

Cody8771 · January 12, 2018, 05:56:54 PM

Quote from: PDSHO on January 12, 2018, 01:31:15 PM
Greetings from Nebraska, interesting that you deal in PI cars. I understand that PI Taurus is popular in PA.
Do you sell a lot of Eco-boost equipped PI cars?
I see a lot of the Taurus and Explorer PI cars around here are not EB equipped. Probably a cost savings.
Greg

Believe it or not, 90% of my departments are going to Interceptor Utilities (Explorers) and the EcoBoost isnt very popular whatsoever due to the $3200 option cost. Most departments would rather spend the extra cash on lights, cameras, etc. State Police still purchase around 125 Taurus' a year from me but the vast majority are Utilities. It is quite a fun industry to be in with the fleet and government side.

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Cody8771 · January 12, 2018, 06:05:47 PM

Kinda bumming here! LMS had a power outage today and couldnt get my tune file to me:( it is 60 and dry here today and was stoked to get it out for a nice test drive after the tune. Supposedly they are having the tune guy go in tomorrow due to a lot of folks not getting their tunes timely. Problem is....tomorrow is supposed to be 25 degrees and snowy. BLAH! Not the kind of weather I was excited to unleash the beast with!

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SHOdded · January 12, 2018, 06:45:54 PM

. This flaky weather is too much at times. Stocked up on milk eggs, TP?