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EDIT: And thats a heckuva lotta clamps!
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I had them all off the wall at one time.
The truck is becoming a complete woody. At first it was just the boxes, then I got some Brazilian Teak (Cumaru) to put on the running boards. The trim on the side of the cab is going to be Ipe`, or Ironwood.
I needed a new grille and was just getting a cheap replacement when one of my "friends" suggested that I make a wood grille. With friends like that.........
So now I am designing a wood grille with controllable louvers. It will warm up the cold beast and rid myself of some of that excess drag.
The downside to that is the massive intercooler. It wants some air when I need power. I came up with a solution for that this morning. I'll make the controller so I can over ride to the open position, and hook a cylinder up to boost. Play with some springs and get it to go full open at 10 PSI or so. It rarely goes over 10 PSI on flat ground and slight hills when towing.
Getting rid of the engine driven fan for a pair of electrics. That will help a ton.
The bumper is another "clean slate make it from wood project", I'll push it down and add a rubber air dam below it.
I see all sorts of arguments about dams vs underbelly mods, with the dams getting knocked for increasing frontal area.