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Naw. There’s nothing behind it I want air hitting, and adding air behind the radiator reduces cooling capacity
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Naca ducts. Tubes down passed the headers to cool them more. Keep those tootsies cool. Guessing you have the "high" performance jobbies though...
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Lol. Didn’t you see my heat shielding? These clogs are cooooooool
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where did you purchase that exhaust wrap material looks good i need some to wrap a water line right above my turbo on my 2013 duramax
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If you wrap anything melty with it, make sure to leave air gap. The shielding itself blocks heat from passing through, but it definitely absorbs it. Anything in direct contact with it will fry.
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So you can not wrap a heater hose with it? You’re saying it will melt my hose ?
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I would place it between the hose and the source, or wrap the exhaust partially. The heater hose doesn’t need to be wrapped to be protected, just blocked from direct radiated heat.
I wouldn’t want to wrap a hose with this anyway. It’s metal with raised points, so will probably abrade through eventually anyway.
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Walked through Mottino Wash near Big Bear (OnX says 9/10), but this happed 3/4 of the way up. Finished the rest of the trail in 2WD.
Appears the open carrier with lunchbox is at its limit. Swapping to a Yukon Zip Locker to see if it holds up. Worst that happens is I break another R&P, fix again, and sell it all for something stronger.
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That trail is tough, you like self inflected torture huh?
Still bet it was a fun day wheelin, how was the weather?
Still bet it was a fun day wheelin, how was the weather?
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Those gears have at least one more run in them. LOL!!!
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Maybe ditch the 30...
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Jeep walked the whole trail. No winching, needed a spot a couple of times, but otherwise no problem other than the assploded diff.
Lol, 4WD still worked, amazingly.
Snowball is the problem. I ditch the 30 for what? Not much out there that’s 60.5” WMS other than a LP Dana 44 from a TJ Rubicon, so I’m swapping both axles to match…
Which means tear the whole Jeep down for months to swap, and then the NP231 is the weak link, so I swap that for an Atlas.
It did happen in a freak situation that was avoidable. The selectable will also help longevity, both because it’s a full case locker, but also because I don’t have to stress the fuck out of the R&P both from constantly locked 4WD, but also the rather harsh engagement (occasional BANG!!! loud enough to scare pedestrians) from the lunchbox. This is also the first failure I’ve had with the 30, stock shafts to boot.
If I can get away with just this upgrade, cool. If it fails again, I’ll ditch it for something else. R&P is only $150 and I’ve gotten quite good at gearing. Lol
