Thought you had "a couple months" to get ready for this trip?
Was just thinking fast-forward.
OK, so mechanical sympathy moves to the top of the list over oil and cooling. lol
If you're doing the kind of 'desert dunning' I've seen on youtube...
...you might have bought the wrong rig.
Now before I get the hate...lol
focus on oil - pressure and filtration, cooling, and mechanical sympathy.
For sure dump that K&N. Especially if you have a K&N air filter. They are...