Well about 5 weeks ago i pulled the front clip off to start mounting the inter-cooler into the nose of Ole' Monty. Had to do a little bit of chopping though, so I have have so sheet metal work to do. Then about two weeks ago I pulled the intake plate off the 4bt to put the inter-cooler one on, which has a 2.75" tube vs. the 2 inch original. Once I had the intake back together it was time to mock the inter-cooler pipes.
After some cutting and welding I had my pipes all in there. After about hundred miles of driving it intercooled I say it was worth it, it cleared up almost all of the smoke, added about 25+ HP, and dropped my EGTs 200 degrees!
Also it lots awesome with that inter-cooler tucked behind the grill. Then the day after Easter i noticed oil splattered all over the bottom of the truck, after some inspecting i found that the rear main seal bit the dust. So i spent the day pulling the transmission, flywheel, etc. And wow, the person who put the old seal in did not know what they were doing, it wasn't even in the housing all the way. Not to mention it was angled in the hole, so it wasn't close to touching the crank! So I got seal in correct way and is good, execpt for a slight leak, cause when you remove the rear main housing it pulls up some of the pan seal. I do think it is the rear part of the oil pan seal because the slight oil drip isn't coming from inside the bell housing, its coming from the outside of the bell where the oil pan is, also all the rear oil pan bolt heads have little drips on them. While i had the transmission out i made a new down pipe that flowed better, while doing so, i decided to go to a 4 inch exhaust. Talk about a difference in sound, it sounds like a 6bt! Lastly I sanded down my rims because they where getting rusty and painted them black.