XPOTRPR build & BS

there's your problem. I hate fedex. lol

nah, that does suck man. I hate waiting.. especially for shit like this!

also, we avoided pulling a Connor and camping on the side of the road... but just barely. couple days we were running a little later in the parks than we thought, which made finding camps rather difficult. not knowing the area and no daylight.. but.. we found a couple badass spots! saved for others and future trips too!

 

The fedex building they are at is a stones throw from my office, yet it's somehow going to take 2 days to get to my house.

 

Sounds about right

 

I bet you get yours done before me tho.. it's gonna be a beast too!

So you said you hiked both Bryce and Zion?

 

Only hiked a little in Zion, didn't hike at all in Bryce. One of my bestfriends isn't a big fan of dangerous hikes, we like to say he's scared of death, so we didn't do anything that cool in Zion. I'll go back within the next year and do Angels landing, the Narrows, etc.

 

got ya. hahaha.. thy weren't too bad. but understandable.

Dude! lets plan it. Lyd and I want to go back so we can hike Angels Landing too. we didnt have enough time.. We hiked the Narrows a little bit.. which was awesome and probably my favorite part! unfortunately, we didnt get all the way back.. maybe a mile or two in. the water was fantastic though! I want to go back and spend a full day just doing the Narrows. We also hiked the pools and loop from the Grotto to the Lodge. That was a nice hike with awesome sights.

Bryce was cool, the formations are amazing and the trail we did was badass. took you down from Sunset point.. through the canyon, and up to Sunrise point. Thors Hammer, The Gardens, all on this route. Its more... desolate than Zion for sure, but beautiful in its own way. being from the Desert.. I can appreciate it just as much. Zion was definitely our favorite.. Lyd was blown away with Horeshoe bend.. which was absolutely amazing.

 

https://goo.gl/photos/XsUjpyMDs7RrEdaA9

Pictures from our trip. There are a TON as I was just clicking away without a worry thanks to the Google Pixel and unlimited cloud storage. lol duplicates, bad pics, different angles, they are all in there.. so excuse that.. but I just aint got time for dat!

 

Thanks for sharing the pics. Looks like a great trip.

 

Great looking pics!

 

thanks guys.. unfortunately, they just do not do justice. Zion was AMAZING! I was in awe of everything, so pictures kinda fell short on the list of concerns.. thats why i was taking so many.. hahaha.. just clicking not really even looking at the screen..

 

Wish i had more to contribute at this moment. I just found out i need t oeave the country for work for a little bit and then when i get back im on family vacation. Assuming i need a week or so to have my pulley coated and returned its probably not going to be till august till i can give some feed back. Till then im not touchng anything else on the truck. Im still at about 6.5psi.

 

No need to contribute, but just to see where the comversation has evolved to.

Did you ever change to a smaller s/c belt, @WOODEX M.E. ?

 

@WOODEX M.E. I think I'm going to try and swap that recommended Dayco belt in this weekend after I do my smoke test for vacuum and boost leaks. Hopefully eliminate 2 possibilities and I'll report my findings. Gotta do an oil change this weekend as well, might install my oil catch can at the same time. Hey @Torspd any recommended or ideal places to mount the can? Or is it one of those, wherever you have room kinda things. I think I might have to go over to the passenger side.. use the radiator/fan shroud mount or something

 

Basically where ever you have room to mount it. I know you are tight on real estate in that bay.

 

Cool. to the passenger side it is. Ive got some room up around that front corner, between the coolant res and everything else, and then have the entire back passenger corner open. but trying to leave that for a second battery.

 

I promise its a real smoke test.. lol

 

I did not. But I have been running the factory belt for 35k miles since the pulley swap with no problems.

 

I ran the oem belt with my pulley as well, and it used to show 7-8 psi. Maybe the belts just wear out and loosen up. It's a 25 belt.. I'm gonna try it this weekend.