First mods and future mods
I know what you mean YoungMounty! First thing i did was fab my own custom, open element intake. Since then I've added a custom cat back, gutted the secondary cats while I was in there, added 3\4 inch worth of torsion twist and brought the rear up to match with an add-a-leaf and custom shackles (I love working at a metal fab shop!). After the new fenderwell clearance I bought a set of 31x10.50-15 GoodYear Wrangler Authority rubber. That really added some character. I've also modified the factory sub enclosure to fit a 10 inch MTX Thunder and hid a 350 watt Kenwood amp where the factory amp used to reside. I couldn't believe they fit, you'd never know they were there! After lots of frustration, I figured out how to tie it in with my factory Mach stereo and was able to retain my 6 disc changer and stealthy factory look (I was very pleased about that). Ive replaced all fluids with Mobil1 and Lucas synthetics and also added a drain plug to the trans pan when I had it off for the filter change. Just today I blacked out the hideous red reflectors in the lift gate and smoked the tails. It looks soooo much cleaner. Next I'm looking to add a second, factory style trans cooler and move both of them to the back side of the core support, against the condenser. This will give me the clearance I need to hide some driving lights behind the grill. I tow quite a bit so thats what the extra cooler is for. Once I get my brackets fabbed up at work I'll start in on that project. In the more distant future I'm looking to build a 331 with my focus on making lots of low and midrange torque. Probably do some mild smoothing and blending on stock P heads, same to the intake, torquey cam, Torque Monster headers and maybe roller rockers. Of course I will need some tuning electronics. I'm sure some will scoff at this but it's my daily driver and it's only other duties are towing and getting me to the places I want to go that aren't on the map. What I mean by that is, I don't need the top end, just the low end grunt. I've got a Thunderbird project planned to take care of those desires. I also like to go fast, just not in this truck. I almost forgot, I eliminated the clutch fan and installed dual electrics I pulled from a Taurus. They are mounted to a custom aluminum shroud I also made at work. Well, if anyone has actually read all my rambling, what do you guys have kicking? By the way, this site is great, I can stop annoying my girlfriend and talk to people that actually care about my hobby. Or is it a disease? Either way, I love it.
