Adventures along the journey, thoughts, people and places. We'll send out an update once a month with the latest.
Mountain Persuasion... You know it could possibly be an addiction when it hurts so bad it feels good. View from Iztaccíhuatl, Mexico You know it could possibly be an addiction when it hurts so bad it feels good. That pretty much sums up how I felt at the end of this thirteen and half hour […]
DRIVER, NINJA, CRAFTSMAN Most memorable experience: Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to California Favorite quotes: “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I […]
What we did: Welded a bung (just past the turbo) on the turbine outlet for the thermocouple of the pyrometer Pyrometer by Hewitt Gauges (We are not thrilled with the cosmetic look of the pyrometer, but functions as it should. Hewitt is working with us to match it to the Turbo Boost gauge.) Installed the temperature […]
What we did: Removed the existing exhaust up to the turbo Increased 2” to 2.5” exhaust pipe Installed MagnaFlow 10416 Exhaust Muffler Shortened the entire system by 5 feet Why we did it: We knew this modification needed to be done at the beginning of the project for a number of reasons. First, the […]
Crater Rim Traverse A sleeping giant just outside Mexico City Views of the glacier lakes on the crater at Nevado de Toluca Before this trip, we never knew that Mexico has such stunning high altitude climbs. Whenever, we thought of Mexico images of beaches, palm trees, tacos and margaritas popped naivelyinto our minds. We quickly […]
We wanted to sleep inside the van for safety, stealth mode and for convenience. We definitely toiled over what the best design should look like and had many frustrating moments and it took a lot of time trying to figure it out. The final design may not be perfect, but it is the best for […]
We chose Baltic Birch ply as our floor for a few reasons. We like the natural feel of wood, it adds a brightness to the interior living space, and because it also acts as the subfloor. We cut the floor from 2 sheets of 5’x5’ ply and it fits snuggly around the wheel wells and […]
What we did: Designed the auxiliary fuel tank Constructed a cardboard prototype to fit in place Calculated the volume and made a few adjustments. Nick at Suicide Lane Cycles in SLC, Utah hand cut and welded it together from 1/8″ 6061 aluminum sheets (On a side note: originally we had a plasma cutter lined up, but […]
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