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Friday I ran Poughkeepsie gulch solo with some friends riding along with me since their trucks were already packed up, I took every hard line for fun and ran the whole trail in like an hour and a half and spent two hours watching people struggle...

Wouldn't be the first time a tow rig was put into trail duty at SAS - but I'd probably think twice about taking a stock Crewmax on engineer and lower mineral creek again 🤪 (SAS#4 - busted radiator on the 40)

Wastegates plumbed. Had to remake the downpipe as it was hitting the driveshaft. I went around in front of the sump this time. I just rushed all this and mig-welded everything and it’s pretty sloppy. Once I know everything works I would like...

Just wanted to report I have about 11 years on my 4:1 ratio Orion now, and it is my daily driver, and occasionaly I wheel it. Only problem I've had is gear oil pumping from the t-case to the transmission. I added a hose from t-case to...

Thanks for the inspiration! I like how you mounted the Evaporator under the glove box. I had been planning on tilting mine from right to left instead of front to back. I need to think about that some more.

dude, that is genius

this is the best shot of the dessicant/drier location i have: Heat shield: AC compressor bottom left: Now I wanted to adjust the flow in the low setting so i got a few resistors to make a temporary mock up (starting to seem permanent :) )...

Variable displacement requires a 4-way switch because the clutch will not cycle like a traditional compressor so you need to cycle the fans with pressure: wiring diagram: One of several sub-harnesses: And because this is an off-road truck...

More lines and a harness for the rear fans: Lots of what you see was temporary for the proof of concept. Leak test: Lines for the compressor side:

Lots of funkiness' to get that duct around the defrost tube as well: Here's all the special parts: Made some little lines to a bulkhead fitting (ignore all that terrible wiring that as the last part of this project): Get the thermal...

Next step was the compressor. This part was easy for me because my engine had a spot for a bad ass mechanical variable displacement compressor: The biggest challenge was to get a proper evaporator and have it fit below the glove box...

Ok its been a few years now since I built the AC system in this thing but I will do my best to share the cliff notes on it. It all started when the COVID lockdown left me with too much time on my hands so I started going down my list. AC was on...

After the last trip I really hammered on the truck and wanted to go over everything. I found that both my front wheel bearings lost a little preload. Before: After: I also went through and re-torqued the transfer case fasteners: 0.041"...

In other news I took the truck on a few trail rides up in the mountains: My buddy came out from NY and got the trail treatment (it was his first time 4 wheeling): I built a ducted fan using a brushless brake duct fan from on of the racecars...

I think stuffing the shifter boots with microfiber towels might have been the most dramatic haha

I have a little time right now so here are a few updates. First I finished up the rear air shock/spring project I was dabbling with before I took my year abroad. Here are some pictures showing the mounting and reinforcement: The ping tank...

Good afternoon, Unfortunately I changed too many things at the same time to give you comprehensive answer. I want to say that it helps, but I am not sure the magnitude. Mike