that's certainly 'budget'. nothing wrong with them and the crafstmanship looks good. i semi-agree with the capacity - i think that they would indeed stop an un-laden deuce (3 axle) or bobbed (2 axle). but loaded or towing might be too much. this is speculation, though.
the major difference behind DIY efforts like this versus Steve's brakes is fitment into a smaller wheel diameter. on an MV, this just simply isn't a concern. that means there isn't caliper-trashing grinding efforts and you get to take advantage of larger diameter rotors. that guy did some nice work, though. i wouldn't be afraid to run it on the street... in a lighter truck.
UPDATE:
well, since i've been back from FL, i haven't been able to spend much time wiring the truck. i was out yesterday afternoon and some today finishing up the gauges. yesterday i installed the Dipricol Optix boost and egt gauges that i salvaged from the Dodge project in some universal 'bullet' mounts. i also removed the OE oil, speedo, tach, and temp gauges and replaced them with VDO Vision series - don't worry, i'll take pics of it all.
wiring it all takes some time, effort, creativity, patience, and electrical connectors. by the end of yesterday afternoon, i was out of the last two items. and since it was colder than a well-diggers taint yesterday and today, numb hands make intricate work 3x as long and difficult.
but before i quit, i was able to get power to most to do a function check. the two that have me worried the most are the programmable speedo and tach. i put the transfer in 'N' and trans in 5th and slipped the clutch out - the needle on the speedo moved up to ~20mph. movement is good; the rest is in the programming.
however the tach did nothing. but it needed a 2nd power wire that wasn't run yet, so i left it for today. and today (with more connectors) i hooked up the lighting circuits and ran that 2nd power wire. illumination is on and the all
look fantastic. still no life out of the tach.
so, as we speak, i'm currently chasing down possibilities. i'm using the 'Stator Output' on my external regulator to drive the tach - VDO tech said this would work. well, it ain't. then i realized (while pondering this on the warm couch a little later) - i have 4 inputs on my regulator:
- F - field
- A - voltage sensing
- I - switched power
- S - stator
however, the 'S' is
not used as i have no stator output on my alternator. the realization/assumption is that i can't have a 'Stator Output' if i don't have the regulator hooked up to the stator,
can i ??? to me, this explains why the tach is motion-less. yes???
so now i'm researching ways to utilize the OE dodge engine speed sensor and how i can wire that to the tach. i'm pretty sure i need to utilize/adapt/build a voltage regulator to drop the voltage to 5V to feed the sensor. then i have a few options of how the tach
might accept this as an input..... then i have to program it to actual engine speed.
... and i'm gone all this week. ... and will be falling down a snow-covered mountain next weekend. so who knows when i'll be able to get this resolved.
oh, and i still haven't adjusted the vavles, wired in the headlights or aux lights, back-up lights, work lights, added the 2nd tool box ......
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