Oh nice! Do you have any recommendations for mechanical upgrades that would increase the quality and overall efficiency of the engine itself? My aim would be to set up something that would help the engine last indefinitely. Although stock on a gen1 is already pretty well built and I'm at about 80k miles with no issues since I bought
I don’t know anything about the Gen 1’s other than a Ford engineer told me about heat issues once.
What I personally do is to not modify the stock wiring harness at all. Everything I’ve added can be taken off without affecting the wiring.
Engine I try not to touch too much. The modifications I have done are mild in my opinion. Boost tubes and an intercooler with spark plugs and an intake. Honestly, it was only done because I wanted a winch. But I haven’t pushed boost beyond 18. ORA did my tune and we talked a lot reliability in the future. Very happy with them.
Suspension is where I made significant changes. Or will if it ever comes in. I like going fast off road. A lot more than I thought. And this truck is extremely capable. So I’ve already done my leaf springs a little bit. Deaver added in two leads for me because of sag.
I have bump stops coming along with a new leaf pack and 3.0 racing shocks. UCA and outer tie rods are also going to be put in. I looked at and talked to a few suspension people about what the common failures were and also what the worst case scenarios are. I.e. if a tie rod breaks on the trail how screwed am I in wilderness Alaska? Pretty much everything I’ve done is weighed against how screwed am I in wilderness Alaska.
Interestingly enough, it’s also the reason I haven’t upgraded to 37” tires. It would help but acquiring those size tires in Alaska might be more difficult than the 35” that I have now. Redundancy but not overdone.
At least that’s what I’m trying to do.
