Recent content by amschind

UPDATE: I did the second change at 121k. Electrodes looked pristine, straps had a tiny puddle of oxide where the arc hits, boots looked new, Truck maybe runs a bit smoother. The anti-seize on the threads made this 100x easier than the first exchange from dry factory threads. You need a 6" and...

Painting pumpkins is for sissies. Real men carve pumpkins: Kidding aside, I love this idea and want to do it. I will propose that a rear diff cover is probably a good first step, as you'd hate to paint and then have to decide if you want the new cover to match or not. The Ford Performance...

No, I have an XLT 302A Powerboost. Tremors don't come with the 7.2kW onboard power or the hybrid powertrain. I can't go over about 25A on the plasma torch AND I need an alternative source of power for the air compressor (the air compressor motor will flip the circuit breaker when it kicks in...

I think the crazy next step would be a twin turbo Coyote on a 10R8MHT.

I really want one of the Suncoast builds. I'm gonna guess that some run, you're gonna hear a bang that tells you that you get to try it out for the rest of us!

I want to implement SOME of what you've done some day. What's your transmission?

So I've been pretending to be a gentleman farmer lately, and bought a tractor loader bucket from Missouri. Westendorf's quick attach is rare, so I drove to grab it from Texas, but apparently the main use of loader buckets in Missouri is "moving salt". The bottom of the bucket looked like the...

I keep an L2 charger in my bed just like jumper cables. I put a couple of miles on a buddy's VOLT to test it, and another friend wouldn't let me use it on his Model S because he is a very committed tree hugger and preferred to use a 120V extension cable. So yes, it absolutely will charge it in...

No. Let me be clear, I have maybe the second best (street legal) exhaust on a Powerboost, and I just had to have the SPD crosspipe replaced because it cracked. I don't think that had anything to do with SPD's build quality (which is exceptional), but it's an issue which comes from SPD. If SPD...

Maybe it was Long Trail T/A, IIRC. Sorry for the confusion. Whatever the name, it was a road tire that had no business offroad, and I wasn't impressed.

I started with a base Sync 4 stereo with 4 speakers+2 tweeters. I cut the wires at the back of the head unit and ran all 4 speaker wire pairs into a high to low converter with RCA outs and then ran those RCA cables to an RF D-type 4+1 amp under the driver's seat that has bandstop/bandpass on...

Yes. The whole point of nanoceramic is IR and UV opacity with little effect on visible light. My windows don't look like they're tinted.

I think that I misunderstood the question: Let me answer again. 1) For towing BIG/HEAVY stuff, the 7.3 SD is the correct answer. I'd buy a 3.5 PB mated to a 10R140 in a heartbeat, but Ford in its great wisdom has not yet seen fit to grace us with such a beast. 2) For a wife pleaser, get a...

1) get ventilated seats. 2) Nanoceramic window tint is a godsend. The top of the line XPEL stuff is amazing.

The 7.3 wins hands down, and the reason is really simple: it's in a Superduty with a 10R140. Transmission temps, brake temps, and GVWR will stop you well before anything else does. Nearly any truck made will get a big load moving....a far smaller subset will control that load at highway speeds...