MM2004
08-12-2012, 05:31 AM
While visiting Chicago last month, justbob and I made arrangements to do the J-mod on my MM that Saturday morning before the Chitown GTG.
Start to finish took about an hour and a half to 2 hours as we weren't in a hurry and Bob taking his time explaining things while I took a boat-load of pics along the way. :)
There was quite a bit of "sludge" on the magnet, as Bob pointed out along with a drill shaving that we have no clue as to where that came from. The pan had never been off the car in it's 42k miles. Only a fluid change at a Ford SVT Dealership.
Considering the amount of sludge found, I questioned replacing the filter to Bob and running down the road to get one. Well, Bob saved me a trip, had a spare NIB filter and slapped that puppy in there. :cool:
Bob has a spare OEM trans pan now, and my MM is sporting a new replacement with the drain plug that I got from DOOM. :bows:
After everything was buttoned up, and letting her warm up, we took off down the road with Bob at the wheel.
OMG! This things hits HARD! And will bark the tires all day long on the 1-2 shift at only ~1/2 throttle! :eek:
Driving is an absolute blast, and cannot remove the shat-eating grin from my face to this day.
One concern that I had mentioned to Bob while wrenching on the car, was the RPM's hitting damn near 6,500 on the 1-2 shift with the rev limiter nowhere in sight. Bob recommended to not make any adjustments with my XCal until we test drove it first.
After the J-mod, she now shifts faster with no slippage, thus dropping the RPM's to around 6,250 where it outta be.
In closing, the J-mod is a must have mod in my opinion.
Bob, I learned a lot while watching you do this and was a helluva lot of fun that weekend. My hat's off to you my friend! :bows::bows:
BTW, when I mentioned reducing the line pressure just a tad when I got back home...
Nah.
:D
Mike.
Start to finish took about an hour and a half to 2 hours as we weren't in a hurry and Bob taking his time explaining things while I took a boat-load of pics along the way. :)
There was quite a bit of "sludge" on the magnet, as Bob pointed out along with a drill shaving that we have no clue as to where that came from. The pan had never been off the car in it's 42k miles. Only a fluid change at a Ford SVT Dealership.
Considering the amount of sludge found, I questioned replacing the filter to Bob and running down the road to get one. Well, Bob saved me a trip, had a spare NIB filter and slapped that puppy in there. :cool:
Bob has a spare OEM trans pan now, and my MM is sporting a new replacement with the drain plug that I got from DOOM. :bows:
After everything was buttoned up, and letting her warm up, we took off down the road with Bob at the wheel.
OMG! This things hits HARD! And will bark the tires all day long on the 1-2 shift at only ~1/2 throttle! :eek:
Driving is an absolute blast, and cannot remove the shat-eating grin from my face to this day.
One concern that I had mentioned to Bob while wrenching on the car, was the RPM's hitting damn near 6,500 on the 1-2 shift with the rev limiter nowhere in sight. Bob recommended to not make any adjustments with my XCal until we test drove it first.
After the J-mod, she now shifts faster with no slippage, thus dropping the RPM's to around 6,250 where it outta be.
In closing, the J-mod is a must have mod in my opinion.
Bob, I learned a lot while watching you do this and was a helluva lot of fun that weekend. My hat's off to you my friend! :bows::bows:
BTW, when I mentioned reducing the line pressure just a tad when I got back home...
Nah.
:D
Mike.