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Alright, the weather is turning towards the better and I am feeling inspired to mod! That said, I decided against installing the 3.45 rear end because I want to go 3.08 eventually and don't want to put the time and money into doing the swap twice.
I am really wrestling with the idea of sinking some serious time and hopefully not too much money into this truck and making it a 50 mpg machine! First on the list is an aero cap, wheel covers, and a partial belly pan to go with my air dam.
From there I have a pretty extensive list of mods I could do for reasonable-outrageous costs including:
1. 3.08 rear end
2. 195/65r15 LRR Ecopias on Mustang alloys (16 lbs I read)
3. Rear wheel skirts
4. Wiper cowl
5. Grille blocke 2.0
6. Fill/cover gaps and seams
7. Spare tire delete
8. Electric fan
9. Power steering delete
10. WAI
11. New lighter muffler, dumped before axle
12. Side skirts 2.0
13. Shaved emblems, handles, mirrors
14. Tapered bed like the off road guys do
There are probably a few more I could do, but I think a lot of this list is realistic and can pay itself off in a reasonable time frame.
Recently I have been doing some major brainstorming on aero cap designs. My current plan is to use foam board to build it and then fiberglass once the shape is right. I want to include a clear hatch and side windows too. its a pretty ambitious plan so far but I want it to be functional and have good visibility. I would appreciate any advice on working with the foam and fiberglass as that seems to be the intimidating part to me.
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