Ode to FGT; a refresh story

You beat me to it.



@KNABORES
Long travel and/or Bullet 2uz supercharger. Those Aussies even intercooled theirs.
https://bulletcars.com/product/supercharger-4-7l-v8-2uz-fe/

 

Yeah! That would be nice. Rip the back seat out and do 4 15's in the back too.

 

Did you upgrade any other speakers or just the 15's?
I think I need to upgrade my tweeters. But I don't know how, since I'm running new speakers powered by an amp. 5 channel powered the 4 door speakers and 10" sub. Not sure if the stock tweeters still works or not. Maybe you have some pointers? Being the master audio electrician and all.

 

BTW that SC price is AUD, that's only $4639 USD

Edit: yep I think I just talked myself into it for the racetruck. Fuck.

 

OK, I'll rephrase, it aint that kind of bonus. It's a good one to get all of the things I need to get done with the parts I want to use. Long travel is awesome, but this will be my daily and a tow rig.

 

I'll probably upgrade the stereo now as well. Maybe some new tires.

 

But you said "no budget restrictions".


Supercharger is perfect for towing

Then regear to 4.10-4.88 depending on tire size.

HD leaf springs with Wheeler's AAL, Billy 5160's

Cams! We know how much you love doing cams.

And you like your muffler delete, might as well throw in some long tubes.

 

You need some Mickey Baja Legend EXPs

 

I replaced the door speakers and tweets. they come with a crossover so they're powered on the same channel.

 

Ok, I need to look into that. Got a link to the ones you bought? Do the tweeters fit in the stock location with or without modifications?

 

I had to mod mine to add the Rockford separates I bought. Pretty much had to cut through the factory plastic welds and use the hole for the new tweets.

 

The JBL "Club" series components I bought would've fit, I just wanted (more likely "needed") to keep a sleeper/stealth look, living in the city.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Iq-UBWKcU​

 

They look good though.

 

Initial parts haul ordered for front end on the 4th of July discount special. Priced at three online parts dealers websites including the local dealership. Serra came out on top. This was $793 worth of parts pre-sale.

 

Rear suspension hardware ordered

 

Doing a thing

 

What exhaust you going with?

 

A buddy gave me a Magnaflow. Gonna try it out. It’s a flow through glass pack style. Doing a single side exit passenger behind the mudflap.

 

quad straight pipes & gs400 manifolds. Different sized hemholtz on each.

 

Sounds much better

 

Why different?

 

run some MMO through the fuel. Some may say oily exhausts helps glasspacks.

 

to harmonize differently through the rpm range.

 

It starts…

 

How many leafs per pack?

 

5

 

If a man was gonna bastard pack at any point, which leaf would he rob out of his old pack and save?

 

5 plus overload or 4 plus overload?

 

The trick is to look at em side by side and see which leaf would fit where in a progressive fashion. Think stair steps.

 

4 plus overload. Factory pack and OEM replacements are 3/1 rated for 1500#. These “HD” variants are 4/1 and rated for 2000#.