The Sax Hauler: S/C'd TRD Pro lux truck

And he's all talk. Won't even put 285's on his truck because it will hurt his mpgs

 

its the truth tho..... mpgs count when im driving out 500 miles to see you.... and i have the dirtbike to bash on in the dirt.

 

Hey I still get 14-15mpg's on premium daily driving. But it does help that fuel is about 60cents cheaper out here.

 

Beautiful truck and nice list of goodies there. I'll definitely hit you up if I'm ever down your way.

 

So you're saying you CAN get behind the practical side of my build, right?

 

Thanks and yeah just hit me up if you're down this way

 

100% can get behind it!

 

Practical side? Like when you go long travel you practically get to drive a race truck every day

 

says a guy who isn't even running 37s

 

I said practically a race truck. Still need a roll cage as well

 

Sounds like you may as well just be driving a Ridgeline

 

I revoke my previous offer with that kind of insult. And I thought us Ryan's were supposed to stick together

 

Ok I'm sorry, that was too far. We need to have a Ryan Trail Run meetup one of these days.

 

Sounds good. I do want to go back to Moab, and that might be a happy medium. Well at least about the same distance for each of us

 

It's hard to beat Moab, especially when it's this close. Let's round up all the other Ryans in the area and go.

 

This guy knows what's going on

 

Progress on the butt cooler. I found some random vacuum hose lying around & it turned out to be perfect. Mounted it to the air vent under the seat and I'm getting airflow 10 feet back - definitely should work. Just need to mount it under the seat now.

 

After some trial and error I figured out a simple and effective way to make this work.



The fan blade sits right on top of the white mesh filter, so anything that touches it will stop the fan. That ruled out an enclosed setup. The version pictured directs the air right at the fan but leaves it disconnected with about a 1" gap. That way there's no worry about sliding the seat back and forth or someone in the back seat accidentally kicking the new pipes.

Here's the total list of parts required:
5" of 1.5" diameter shop vac hose
5" of 1" diameter PVC pipe
a 1" PVC elbow
4 screws



Pretty simple installation as shown in photos above. I can do a full writeup if anyone needs but I'd be surprised if 2 people were ever helped by this.

Anyway, it's super effective. Here's before, with standard Katzkin Degreez vented seats:



Outside temp was about 80 degrees so it's a bit cooler and the air movement does make a difference.

But now here's the actual cooled seat with my A/C air blowing through:



^ that's the stuff right there. About 20 degrees cooler.

 

One of the best changes I made to the truck early on: the all-in-one remote flip key





It got old fast carrying around the standard key + separate remote fob (I'm a pocket minimalist) and this reduces the bulk.

I'd forgotten about the fact that it's not OEM till the kid at Discount Tire got all sorts of excited about it (he also drives a Taco). He called it an "Audi key."