XR7-4.6’s disjointed build thread 2 Electric Boogaloo

[XR7-4.6]

You mean this lil square hole?? I just snapped this right now. My 97 didn’t have that. I don’t have it all the way down because the boost vacuum line pushes the pod up a bit and I don’t want pinch it, it supposed to sit flush with the key hole cover.

The pod kit comes with double sided tape to secure it down.



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That’s super helpful, I hadn’t seen that angle of it before. I hadn’t quite grasped that it just sits on top on the stock shroud piece where it effectively acts as a blank for that hole. I just noticed that hole might be even there looking at the sample pics.

I might need to send @1997ThunderbirdLXV6 on a mission for a key release lever/shroud from a SN95 if I go through with this lol

 

[Chingon1]

Yea pretty much it just lays over the stock piece, like a cover. Super easy install also. Good luck! It’s a pretty sweet piece to be honest. Right in the line of sight, but like I said it mainly just blocks the lower half of the RPM, from about 2k and up it’s fine. Driving normal your don’t even see the needle move haha

 

[XR7-4.6]

Yea pretty much it just lays over the stock piece, like a cover. Super easy install also. Good luck! It’s a pretty sweet piece to be honest. Right in the line of sight, but like I said it mainly just blocks the lower half of the RPM, from about 2k and up it’s fine. Driving normal your don’t even see the needle move haha

Also keep in mind I have the earlier cluster so the tach is bigger and possibly more out of the way.

 

[dDUBb]

I might need to send @1997ThunderbirdLXV6 on a mission for a key release lever/shroud from a SN95 if I go through with this lol

If i could find my old one ( I deleted that annoying lever on my SC ) .. but the MN12 factory shroud, Im pretty sure they were cut by hand on the assembly line.

 

[XR7-4.6]

If i could find my old one ( I deleted that annoying lever on my SC ) .. but the MN12 factory shroud, Im pretty sure they were cut by hand on the assembly line.

Thinking about it further the shroud wouldn’t even be necessary, I could hideously butcher a hole into one of my spares and you’d never see it since this aftermarket one would just cover it anyway.

The lever I just would want to give the hole a purpose, if I can just put it in place without it actuating a key release that would be fine. Kind of like how I wired up the clutch switch exactly to factory spec but jumpered the starter wires because pushing in the clutch to start is inconvenient.