Took the truck out in the desert just to screw around and do some testing. It was over 100* so a workout for cooling and A/C systems. Both did fine. Cruise at 70 is loud in cab even after all the sound control, mostly wind noise even with everything sealed up tight. Turns about 2700 RPM at 70.
Was getting a lot of banging noises that I thought was front bump stop contact. So I removed the lower bump spacers to make sure that was not the case. Noises persisted. So decided not to beat on the truck, no 2nd vehicle and pretty much no one else out in the area. So played with R/C crawlers on some large rock formations and called it a day.
Picket post mtn
Racked the truck and did a thorough inspection of the entire front end. Bushing, heims, brakes so on.
What I did find is that the cab is contacting the transfer case. I had moved the engine down and back for A/C, and the pocket I had sectioned out of the cab floor crossmember is no longer sufficient.
Have a few options to resolve. Can't drop trans mount much as front drive flange and yolk are already tight to the trans crossmember. Cab does need to go up at the back a bit so might as well take care of that now. Grind the rest as needed.
The good news is that I'm not hitting the bumps like I thought and uptravel limit is not that bad. Still going to do out-boarded bump cans and improve the setup, but probably don't need to cut up the fenders to get the performance I want.
