Recent content by rruff

He's hoping to be a middle man on the habitat and subframe... I think. Except for the subframe it would not overlap with EC.

I25 south by any chance? The only time I drove my truck near there was right after I bought it (new) and headed south for NM. It bucked like a bronco on the concrete fwy. There was no speed that seemed to help much, and it was busy anyway... thankfully when I got out of town it was ok. The only...

Angle grinder with cutting wheel, or jig saw. Hole saw for corners. Pretty simple. The bellows to join the two might be a bigger issue since I don't remember how your subframe pivots. For joining you want the front to be the fixed point.

Tesla did a lot of things right with aero and efficiency. I don't doubt that it's fine for long trips now that the charging infrastructure is good. But the issue with electric "do everything" vehicles is still the weight, size, and expense of the battery pack, particularly if you are towing or...

You need to talk to the people who did the conversion... Knowing precisely which models you have now would help, too.

Called waffle boards... ~$250 in the US. https://www.billet4x4.com/pro-waffleboards.htm But I also just air down and carry two compressors.

^Icons are noted for being digressive, and since yours are adjustable I think you're in great shape.

That's the tricky one, because you can jerk the wheel quicker than you can get to the brake. But like you said, there is often a high risk of causing a serious accident that didn't need to happen, too. And if that occurs, you'll be at fault. So that has never been my "go to", even with cars that...

That surprises me. Why wouldn't they both work at the same time? They both key off battery voltage and will supply as much current as they can until it's full.

No, never did. Tinkerer (youtube) did a test and showed that a rear swaybar didn't reduce articulation, I think because the rear still flexed to the limits of the shocks and bumpstops. But the swaybar will still cause that extra jolt when one tire hits a bump and the other doesn't. Oversteer...

For $700.... :p

It's very important to have shocks with high, digressive damping. These stiffen the damping quite a lot at low shock speeds, such as handling maneuvers. What shocks did you have? I'd say the stock shocks on light duty trucks are very much geared towards a smooth ride on pavement, since that is...

I like your thinking... but a 12ga copper wire will handle 6A just fine, with a small voltage drop over a long distance, and is not expensive or heavy. I think just a small boost from the alternator voltage would do the trick, and ditch the buck. Is there a solenoid to switch this on only when...

You don't want to use that. It's for optimizing solar input, and it doesn't limit current. Input voltage needs to be a little higher than the battery voltage for them to work. There are Renogy devices (and surely others) that have a dual input... basically a DC-DC, and MPPT. But it sounds like...

Same weight in this case, so... ?