I have an old evaporator from a supra that I have been thinking about using. My 1KZ already has a compressor on it. I really would like to see what you did under the dash!
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Another worthwhile modification was wiring the fan Hi-speed to trigger a relay that feeds to the fan. I was only seeing 11.8V at the fan through the original harness. Now the fan sees 14.2V and the increase in fan speed is pretty significant.
I bet a lot of people would get higher fan speed if they were to do the same!
Mike
There's a chrome bezel on the shifter console that was used for my transmission conversion. It's at juuust the right angle to reflect sunlight under the lenses of my sunglasses. I can always find some other project that needs more attention, but that thing is SO annoying.I'm probably going to paint that ring black.
I'm thinking of either media blasting it or painting it with the pewter paint to match the cluster.There's a chrome bezel on the shifter console that was used for my transmission conversion. It's at juuust the right angle to reflect sunlight under the lenses of my sunglasses. I can always find some other project that needs more attention, but that thing is SO annoying.
Thank you for the pointers! I will definitely get some shovels and clothing like you mentioned.Wear clothes in layers so you can take layers off when you are digging. Cotton is bad. Sweating is bad. I generally keep a complete set of dry clothes in my rig all winter. Wet clothes + cold weather = a real bad time. Be prepared to spend the night with your rig if you get stuck. You're much easier to find if you are near your rig, so hiking out generally is a bad plan. Be sure you tell somebody were you're going (in enough detail to be helpful to anyone who needs to come looking for you) and when you expect to be back. A long handled shovel is nice to have, but so is a short handled shovel. A WWII entrenching tool is pretty handy sometimes too. Give yourself a couple shovel options. Chains are good to have, but only if they actually fit and you know how to put them on and actually do put them on before you get stuck. It sucks a lot when chains come off, so practice in the driveway a few times and make any adjustments that need making. Wheel spin turns snow to ice. Lockers/limited slip can make all the wheels lock up at the same time, and it tends to happen when you're going just a little too fast through a curve with a big drop off and no guard rail. If you find that you're sliding and can't steer, sometimes a bit of throttle can actually help. (I said a bit of throttle. Wheel spin is still bad.) It's nice to have solid and easily accessible recovery points at both ends of the vehicle. Kinetic ropes are real nice. If you're pulling someone out, remember that wheel spin makes ice and that it's really annoying when the recovery vehicle gets stuck too. I've never used them, but I understand that traction boards (Maxtrax or whatever) work well in snow but that you need to put tails on them or they will get lost under the snow. And, yeah, where I grew up in Michigan, help would usually come by if you waited long enough, but in Montana that isn't always the case. Be prepared for a little worse that what you expect for the area you plan to be in.
I've seen it done both ways. I really think it's terrain and snow type dependent. Best advise there is do whatever the locals are doing.Back in NY we ran narrow tires in the winter to cut through the snow, but I was under the impression people do the opposite out west to float on top?
It makes sense.I've seen it done both ways. I really think it's terrain and snow type dependent. Best advise there is do whatever the locals are doing.
Thank you for the pointers! I will definitely get some shovels and clothing like you mentioned.
I will not be going alone but we will make sure we cna spend the night.
Back in NY we ran narrow tires in the winter to cut through the snow, but I was under the impression people do the opposite out west to float on top?
Thank you again !
Mike
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Tire pressure and speed make a difference, too. And weight, of course. A guy I used to know had a 1974 that he built for snow runs in the winter. Soft half cab. Fiberglass front end. SBC. It was a bad machine!It makes sense.
When I used to snowmobile, certain conditions the snow was too light to really ride through it. I'm sure its density dependent with trucks dependent on flotation as well.
I was hoping to try and float on top for fun!
Mike
I wonder if my truck can do it...Tire pressure and speed make a difference, too. And weight, of course. A guy I used to know had a 1974 that he built for snow runs in the winter. Soft half cab. Fiberglass front end. SBC. It was a bad machine!
With bead lock wheels, you should be good! I have done more snow in atv's and utv's and it always seems to be a fly-by-the-Force deal for me. Feather the throttle, hammer it, lower the pressure, it's an art form! lolI wonder if my truck can do it...
It's not super light. I wan to find some guys who know what's up to follow them around the first time. I have a feeling my truck is around 4500Lbs.
Hopefully I can run like 3-5psi with the 39's and get it to float when the snow gets heavy enough.
I know its lame but I watched it like 20 times.Watching leaf springs do leaf spring things is always fun. Looks great!
I ran these for years:What air cleaner are you running? What is the CFM rating on it? Dual filters?