srt8dork
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- Louisville, KY
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- 2008
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- Hemi 5.7
So I have been sittin around drawing and scheming how i want to build my full length, over the cab over the bed basket for my truck and I though about running up the exhaust next to the arm holding up the basket (side note, i am ordering the metal to weld up my own) and I was like, "why run up the exhaust if i dont run up the intake..." which brought me to this line of questions...
"Everything in this motor is electronic, is this motor even capable of being submerged even if the intake is dry?"
"if not, how could i go about water proofing it?"
"If I am going to run the intake up the pillar as a tube, I can't use an L channel to make my front support coming down the same pillar... L channel next to circle pipe = stupid looking"
"Can I mount the front support arm for the basket to the top of the strut tower? is that allowed or is that a no no? "
"should I go ahead and make a strut tower bar at the same time? is that good or bad for offroading?"
"What if I used small circle pipe to make the entire basket rather than L channel frame and square rod bottom like i have planned"
"I dont have a mandrel bender... i guess i can just miter the corners, weld em up, and then grind them down to where innocent people wont have their faces stabbed off"
"Should i use structural steel pipe or just ordinary 16 gauge-ish pipe? because at only 1in diameter the 16 should be plenty supportive enough...... i think...... "
So there you go, thats how my mind works.....
Thoughts?
"Everything in this motor is electronic, is this motor even capable of being submerged even if the intake is dry?"
"if not, how could i go about water proofing it?"
"If I am going to run the intake up the pillar as a tube, I can't use an L channel to make my front support coming down the same pillar... L channel next to circle pipe = stupid looking"
"Can I mount the front support arm for the basket to the top of the strut tower? is that allowed or is that a no no? "
"should I go ahead and make a strut tower bar at the same time? is that good or bad for offroading?"
"What if I used small circle pipe to make the entire basket rather than L channel frame and square rod bottom like i have planned"
"I dont have a mandrel bender... i guess i can just miter the corners, weld em up, and then grind them down to where innocent people wont have their faces stabbed off"
"Should i use structural steel pipe or just ordinary 16 gauge-ish pipe? because at only 1in diameter the 16 should be plenty supportive enough...... i think...... "
So there you go, thats how my mind works.....
Thoughts?
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