In Hot Pursuit

[Sparksalot]

The ET lights at work.

 

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Looking at some heat soak reduction.

 

[RAMXPLR]

Looking at some heat soak reduction.
Cool!
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[Sparksalot]

Measure once, cut a crap load. Really it was measure a lot, drill 28 holes once.

 

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Doesn’t everyone have 28 holes and 2 rivnuts in their hood?

 

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Stupid wind. Painting was going well, then the dust hit. I’ll probably strip them, and start over.

 

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More progress, but no metal saw yet. Going to hang with friends tomorrow.

 

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Cut some holes, painted some areas, took pics.

 

[Clrussell]

I’d be curious to see how much this helps

 

[Sparksalot]

I’d be curious to see how much this helps

Me too. I believe it will help with some coolant and transmission temp fluctuations I’ve been seeing at times.

 

[Sparksalot]

A resource for Tahoe and Burb owners. Sub forums for each generation.

2007 - 2014 Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade Models

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

 

[Sparksalot]

I’d be curious to see how much this helps

I had it out the other day, good and warm. I could definitely feel heat flowing up out of the louvers.

 

[Sparksalot]

Replaced the airbox to fender seal today. The original is 10 years. You can see if was still making contact, but based on intake air temps I’ve been seeing, I think that was intermittent. I used some 2-1/4” square window ac seal for the new one.

 

[Sparksalot]

I also added some RF chokes to the power cords for the fridge and one of the ham radios. The other radio didn’t seem to be bothered.

 

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I found some door hardware on eBay. The seller was even local, so pickup instead of shipping.

To keep the alien inside.

Er, to keep the overland hound in when the windows are down.

 

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More emergency equipment added.

 

[Anvil1]

It seems you're reading my mind from the last outing I was on. We'd had a week of steady rain and the roads were a deep thick mud. But slow and steady, feathering the throttle, and I was through with zero problems. It was actually fun knowing it'll do it.



If I were gonna play, I'd love to have a Torsen-Gleason differential.

Yep! when you know how the diff works, it does pretty well.
If the g80 in our truck ever blows up, I'm planning to get a detroit and re-gear the truck. The torsion diffs are great but I feel in a 2wd something that does a hard lock would work out better in the long run for dirt road and desert travels.

When you say hard lock, are you talking about and electronic locking rear diff like a Tacoma? I stead of the G80? I have a Silverado 2wd with G80 but I think something that would lock completely would work better. I’ve done big bend and hidden falls adventure park with my Silverado (level 3 and a little of level 4) and she hasn’t let me down yet, I love it!

 

[Sparksalot]

Since thecopcar is set up for overlanding, I do have a 45L refrigerator on board. It’s a single zone, but capable of dropping to 4F. Fast forward to last Tuesday. My dad and his wife are coming to visit for turkey day. He calls to suggest I pick up a small turkey early, and reminded me it needs to stay frozen. Hmmm, a turkey won’t fit into my freezer at home.

so, for the last few days, thecopcar has been a rolling meat wagon. The fridge is holding steady at 25 degrees.

 

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Thecopcar received an upgrade recently. Today I had the chance to test deploy the Crime Scene (tm) awning in preparation for an upcoming trip to Big Bend.