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What did you do to your Ram today???
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Correct, 0.5" narrower track width in back.
I'm running a Bora 6mm spacer under each Rear wheel and it's pretty much dead on equal track width F & R now.
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Nice touch with the music.
You are not alone! I've been fooling with this project for a month but I kept finding stuff to do.
Looks good. Maybe I'm missing something but I thought I had to have spacers so the wheels would fit?
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question: why did you tape off the window surround?View attachment 209753
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Passenger rear finished tires on the ground but front frame in the air and 70 psi in the air bags
I guess its just the angle because I did measure. The jack stands aren't perfectly spaced so the slope is different
I officially start the front tomorrowIt shouldn't take as long since I'll be doing less but springs will be harder.
Tires will have to be better than what I had but I'll change to snow rated next fall God willing. I think I like my side steps a bit more now just too low with 275's
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Installed a crap corral under the back seat, fixed the gaps in the factory installed tonneau cover, and wired up my aftermarket trailer brake controller.
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Did you ponder doing a 408 stroker of the 360?
I'm a big 392 fan, but big stroker is big fun.
I suppose dropping in a modern 392 FI is better than the 5.9s FI.
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Just suggesting you also stagger them..less thickness front by 0.25"/6mm than rear to get equal track width..not necessary, but looks better.
I was buffing when I got started with this. I got the Milwaukee m18 buffer and orbital and then the m12 sander/polisher
I didn't want compound flung all over black plastic.
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upgrade time:
Changed the two circuit breakers for the two DC-DC charger for the battery/ power station. The left one is Blue Sea 285 Series Medium Duty breaker ($66), and the right one is Bussman 187 Series Heavy Duty Breaker ($82). Reason for upgrade is the smaller stud on the 285 series is showing signs of fatigue for the cab side loop as the breaker is vertically mounted. Upgraded both units.
Close up of the failing breaker - this one has been installed on the truck since 2022 when I put in the Victron to charge my Ecoflow Delta 2 and run my HAM radio. Not bad, but with high demand and high stress activities that require the best parts, these are just consumables.
Last weekend when I went to shoot meteor shower, the LiFEPO4 in the camper was only charged to 50%. I suspected the 50A Renogy DC-DC w/ MPPT wasn't doing its job. Did some testing earlier this week, found out if I left the charger in LiFEPO4 profile it wouldn't charge correctly from solar but if I switch to custom profile then all is good.
That is unacceptable.
So, Redarc it is. Since I got all the wirings already, the swap is pretty straight forward - put both breakers (engine bay and charger to LiFEPO4) to off position, and disconnect the unit. Remove the Renogy, attach Redarc to the bed rail plate I made, and reconnect everything.
The after.
Excuse me for the dusty bed. I haven't had a chance to wash the truck yet since last weekend. Monitored the charging today and it charged 30% in 5 hours under the sun.
I could've saved some money and used the 50A Redarc Classic 1250D ($690), but I chose the more advanced (also more expensive, $735) Alpha50 for smaller footprint, build-in Bluetooth monitoring, adjustable input current limits and starter battery recovery. The Alpha50 also features smarter charging logic and solar priority over engine charging, but those two features are not as important.
Compare to the Renogy unit, the Redarc is both smaller in size and much lighter in weight.
To be honest, I am not sure if there's something wrong with the Renogy, and I don't really want to deal with Renogy's RMA given one of my friend (who used to help Renogy push products to various offroad/ overlanding groups) horrible RMA experience.
I probably have stated this last year when I put the Renogy in before my Alaska trip, but at the time my top choice was Redarc over Renogy. But, due to supply chain issues, Redarc wasn't able to get me the Classic 1250D on time, while Renogy had the charger in stock ready to ship.
Am I bummed about Renogy (allegedly) failing? Not really, I always knew this day would happen and at least it happened while I was still close to home instead of in Alaska. But at the very least, I have one less made in China product on the truck (Renogy is based in US but made in China), and I am one step closer to my goal of buying NOT made in China things when there are options available.
*For those who don't know: Redarc is made in Australia, and the Bussman is made in Mexico.
Changed the two circuit breakers for the two DC-DC charger for the battery/ power station. The left one is Blue Sea 285 Series Medium Duty breaker ($66), and the right one is Bussman 187 Series Heavy Duty Breaker ($82). Reason for upgrade is the smaller stud on the 285 series is showing signs of fatigue for the cab side loop as the breaker is vertically mounted. Upgraded both units.
Close up of the failing breaker - this one has been installed on the truck since 2022 when I put in the Victron to charge my Ecoflow Delta 2 and run my HAM radio. Not bad, but with high demand and high stress activities that require the best parts, these are just consumables.
Last weekend when I went to shoot meteor shower, the LiFEPO4 in the camper was only charged to 50%. I suspected the 50A Renogy DC-DC w/ MPPT wasn't doing its job. Did some testing earlier this week, found out if I left the charger in LiFEPO4 profile it wouldn't charge correctly from solar but if I switch to custom profile then all is good.
That is unacceptable.
So, Redarc it is. Since I got all the wirings already, the swap is pretty straight forward - put both breakers (engine bay and charger to LiFEPO4) to off position, and disconnect the unit. Remove the Renogy, attach Redarc to the bed rail plate I made, and reconnect everything.
The after.
Excuse me for the dusty bed. I haven't had a chance to wash the truck yet since last weekend. Monitored the charging today and it charged 30% in 5 hours under the sun.
I could've saved some money and used the 50A Redarc Classic 1250D ($690), but I chose the more advanced (also more expensive, $735) Alpha50 for smaller footprint, build-in Bluetooth monitoring, adjustable input current limits and starter battery recovery. The Alpha50 also features smarter charging logic and solar priority over engine charging, but those two features are not as important.
Compare to the Renogy unit, the Redarc is both smaller in size and much lighter in weight.
To be honest, I am not sure if there's something wrong with the Renogy, and I don't really want to deal with Renogy's RMA given one of my friend (who used to help Renogy push products to various offroad/ overlanding groups) horrible RMA experience.
I probably have stated this last year when I put the Renogy in before my Alaska trip, but at the time my top choice was Redarc over Renogy. But, due to supply chain issues, Redarc wasn't able to get me the Classic 1250D on time, while Renogy had the charger in stock ready to ship.
Am I bummed about Renogy (allegedly) failing? Not really, I always knew this day would happen and at least it happened while I was still close to home instead of in Alaska. But at the very least, I have one less made in China product on the truck (Renogy is based in US but made in China), and I am one step closer to my goal of buying NOT made in China things when there are options available.
*For those who don't know: Redarc is made in Australia, and the Bussman is made in Mexico.
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wow the dedication hahahaaI was buffing when I got started with this. I got the Milwaukee m18 buffer and orbital and then the m12 sander/polisher
I didn't want compound flung all over black plastic.
I had built a 410 stroker and it lived a short life with a catastrophic failure over the summer. Since I would have had to buy a new block and rotating assembly, I decided to jump on the Hemi swap bandwagon. I still have another Dakota R/T this is inheriting a lot of the parts and will become a 402 stroker.
