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Should be a pretty straight forward body swap...I'd take advantage of the access to do some preventative mechanical (intake/valve cover gaskets) stuff and replace the belt driven/hvac items with new..

I mounted a 9200 mach8 on my FMC motorhome directly above the front driving area and run it with an inverter/house battery/dedicated house alternator...it works great!

Relocated rear upper hvac duct to the top and got a good start on wire routing. Also notching to allow solar panel cable routing.

Fan installed and tested, had to make a new finish panel and still need to make some corner pieces. Also since the 3rd brake light was removed for the fan I installed two strip led tail/brake lights. I kept my cheapy "hitch watcher" camera, it's probably the best $9 I've spent, it's hooked to...

That's a lot of work but hard to beat the 25% and 50% off days!

Cut out the back for the Maxxair 4500 fan, I also cut back the box out for the extended height doors and I'm going to match the finish panel angle to that of the back of the high top(that's what the new firring strips are for, the gorrilla glue construction adhesive needs to cure overnight) ...

I'm a duramax guy so I don't look at a lot of the ford tuner stuff but I've heard nothing but good about Innovative Diesel: http://www.innovativediesel.com/sct-x4-edge-insight-monitor/ You should troll the ford diesel forums for some specifics.

A 4L80e behind a 5.3 would be a custom install, 1/2 ton 5.3 powered vans get the 4l60e, 3/4 and 1 ton vans use either the 4.8 or 6.0 (for gassers) and get the 4l80e. 4.10s...no doubt about it. 6l80e swap(into a van with a 4l) would require so many wiring and computer changes as to be completely...

you should just wait, there's nothing like having the actual part mocked up to tell the real truth. There's always "other stuff" to do..

You're well past good. If you were going to put 38" tires on it....you'd still be good.

This box has a pretty impressive gasket but I hear you on the dust/dirt, it can be miserable. the latch on this box is ridiculous, shy of a small crowbar you're not getting it...the box itself is 13 or 14 gauge steel so you are going to have to really want to get in there,and of course, in the...

Agreed, particularly that the caster is correct, it appears as though it would be, they dropped those radius arm mounts down to get the arm parallel so that should be close. Pay close attention to the track bar mounting and it's relationship to the drag link..

Scooter is a Kymco Like 200 (actually 165cc) it's light and plenty of power for the two of us, also got my iPower 2000 (yamaha clone) fired up...these were new to me but the reviews are really good on them and Jegs.com had an excellent deal on them. It fired up on the second pull and I put my...

Cushions are out for upholstery and interior structures are out for powder coat so I switched over to hitch/scooter mods. I've made it a point on all my tow vehicles to make them 3-point receivers, it makes using a cycle/scooter a 100 times more stable. I'm also going to incorporate some bins in...

and a good set of custom tunes with an SCT could be a better solution for the entire issue

Well...if you live or travel the west coast "frequent hill climbing" is the only kind, if I go more than 80miles I have to climb a mount pass to get where I'm going...weight is everything out here, and the lower gears make a huge difference both on the climb and the engine braking descents. The...

The weight difference between an F350 and an ambulance is considerable and requires extra power across all driving conditions, the extra gearing accomplishes that. In general the higher the unladed weight the closer to centering your "normal driving" rpm to be in between peak torque and peak hp.

slow down to 64mph and save yourself both the time/expense of a gear swap and get better mpgs..

That's always been the hit on coilovers...they are fantastic...but ...you pay for every bit of it. One of those things you just have to grit your teeth and press "pay"