Ok, i know everyone here (as well as me) are picture ******, so i will update this later today with pictures of the new additions and modifications, as soon as my roommate comes back with the digi cam.
But in the meantime, i thought i'd write down some issues that i have noticed, and would like some input on:
1) The truck makes a popping or puttering sound, it doesn't happen all the time, but it happens most of the time. Most of the time it makes this noise it is pretty quiet and can barely be heard over the truck running, but occasionally it gets pretty loud. It doesn't seem to follow a consistent beat either, in other words, the sound is heard at random intervals. It sounds like it's coming more from the exhaust or muffler than the engine. Any thoughts as to the cause of this?
2) The truck seems to idle a bit rough, the tach will jump a bit between 700 and 900 rpms idling.
3) It doesn't accelerate really smoothly. Randomly, it will go between
feeling-like-it-is-working-hard-to-get-up-to-speed and
a-surge-of-power-with-the-engine-revving. I hope that makes sense to you

. Any thoughts on that?
4) The transfer case shakes a lot. Is there an acceptable amount of shaking that our trucks' transfer cases have?
As you all can probably tell, being able to diagnose mechanical problems is not my forte. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
