Motech build underway! LT1 10l80

[Chuck84]

Got the new bumper with sunk winch plate and the winch mounted. Took forever to get the old bumper off plus it was 108 degrees yesterday, so the winch still needs to be wired. Coolant temps dropped 8 degrees on avg after, so yes, clearing the grill makes a difference.

 

[Launch]

Got the new bumper with sunk winch plate and the winch mounted. Took forever to get the old bumper off plus it was 108 degrees yesterday, so the winch still needs to be wired. Coolant temps dropped 8 degrees on avg after, so yes, clearing the grill makes a difference. View attachment 427135

Looks clean.

 

[Chuck84]

First oil change in the books! Got a little more aggressive with the skinny pedal, Holy Cow Batman!!! What a Beast! I am still a ways from mashing it but my Hemi Ram 1500 felt a little less exhilarating by comparison.

 

[JT@623]

First oil change in the books! Got a little more aggressive with the skinny pedal, Holy Cow Batman!!! What a Beast! I am still a ways from mashing it but my Hemi Ram 1500 felt a little less exhilarating by comparison.

Drive it like a rental .

 

[Chuck84]

So... this turned into quite the project. The Badlands winch comes with a rather large and bulky control box mounted on top of it. Since air flow through the grill was the whole reason to for the bumper and winch change relocation was key. Ended up buying a control box off Amazon but finding a suitable home for it was not easy, after all the engine bay is pretty full. Fourtanatly the Motech conversion came with a new battery tray. So we ended up mounting the box to the bottom of it. Temps are well within acceptable parameters and you can barely see the control box.

 

[Donut707]

@Chuck84 Could you show how you mounted the remote relay box for the winch ? I'm running the same winch and would like to relocate the relays.