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Almost 1000 Ah of Lithium batteries, 3M Thinsulate and Aerogel? Good god man! Subscribed.

Did not realise that you had a Ford 273, that makes sense now... EDIT: if you ever find the need for them, JB Custom Fab makes really nice transfer case shift cables. (no custom wiring required ;-)

Very cool build sir. I thought GM and Dodge both used 29 spline inputs for their respecitve transfer cases? (NV261/263 and NV271/273) Dodge manual trans used a 23 spline at one time, but all the autos that I know of were/are 29. Maybe you had a manual case or I missed something. The case on...

Hennessey has certainly stepped up their game in recent years. Of course it helps to have people like John Heinricy working for you. They are not the only ones building "new" Ford Excursions and I guessing this one may be a bit less expensive for those so inclined...

SO GLAD to see someone who understands suspension, leave it to the SoCal desert guys, lol. Crew cabs do not tilt forward like a standard without a **** ton of work. Very nice work on the overall setup, mostly getting rid of the massive wheel gap and stupid plastic trim fill in piece that...

Absolutely effing riciculous... Only thing I would change would be an Atlas 4 speed or Hero three speed instead of the divorced 205 (1.98:1 or 3:1 with JB Fab Conversion) Can't wait to see it finished and running through the desert! EDIT: no trans controller needed. That engine and trans are...

30 mils of Temp-Coat on the exterior metal and some 3M Ceramic Film on the windows will go a LONG way towards keeping the temps in check, especially in something as large as a van.

Check out a product called Temp-Coat for your heat reflective coatings. It is not a bridging or high elastomeric coating, only about 60% if I recall correctly, so something like a roll on truck bed liner (not spray cans) will help to seal up any cracks or holes. There is another product in my...

Crawl ratio is simply all of the Gear Reduction multiplied together. So if you have a 3:1 First Gear in your automatic transmission, 2.72 low range and 4.10 diffs, just multiply them all together. If your torque converter were open or not locked up, then you would multiply by 2.2. That is an...

With 4.10 diffs, you are about 78:1 crawl ratio with an open torque converter, still pretty good. If you were to install a 10.34 Atlas and a lockup switch for TC, your crawl ration would be at 289:1, which is fantastic. Your lock-up crawl would be 131 to one, which would be used to slow the van...

That's what you get for having a fancy push button, single speed, tied into your iphone and Sat Nav transfer case instead of a good old fashioned mechanical one that just does exactly what you want it to do every time without fail, regardless of ECM, dead battery, day of the week of anything...

This case is extreme overkill for a Fuso FG, but can be ordered with virtually any spline count, bolt pattern, etc., Every case they make is custom basically http://www.trailworthyfab.com/Trail-Worthy-Fab-Two-Speed-Hero-Case.html Pull your FG case and send it to them to copy or find the...

lol, I was thinking block of ice or maybe frozen milk jugs to avoid that problem, good freezer bags full of commercial ice would also fit the bill and allow for some semblance of "temperature control" by varying the number, size and arrangement of bags as a function of intake location, fan...

While I can't aruge with your "seat of the pants" results, the #500 front and #650 rear seem low to me. I have been off roading for about 20 years, mostly in Toyota trucks and Land Cruisers and it is not uncommon at all to see spring rates at that level or higher for Tacoma pickups setup for...

for those who really want to stay on the back roads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kbCgD7tao&hd=1 build your cabin on the rear (driven) platform and hit the trail

plenty of these floating around, before diesel emissions crap, ready for your choice of bodies: http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5936343 easily a 400 - 500k engine, a buddy has one with 422k on it.

http://gizmodo.com/fill-this-cooler-with-icy-water-and-it-doubles-as-an-ai-1608449446 along with tons of instructable and DIY versions using coolers, fans, copper coils, etc. If you are really ballsy, get an ARB cooler, fill it up with icy water and cut a fan into the lid. Compressor should...

Something else to consider for steep descents in an auto trans equipped truck is a torque converter lockup switch, which would allow for more of a manual trans like engine braking feel. If you have never been in a rock buggy or hard core rock truck, you will be amazed at what gearing can do for...

inexpensive DIY version: Sunsetter manual awning glued and screwed to your camper/RV box $$$ version: Fiamma self supporting, electric retractable with wind sensor, glued to clean, scuffed metal with Sikaflex 252

Not much of a jeep guy, but this is really nice work. Bump for updates.