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Hit a major milestone today: the engine supports are supporting the engine. They're not done-done, but their function of supporting the engine is done. Still need to make a panhard bracket for the LH side and such. I'd been working on the chassis rail brace the other week, and got that all mounted and welded on... That was going to be the end of it, but then I had an afterthought about adding another mounting provision to really try to beef that area up, since the PHB mount will be directly under the rear leg of the subframe cradle bolt. Ended up like this... Didn't get any pics of the supports after taking these, but was just jamming today. Right now the axle and everything is back under the truck and lined up for the next round of work, which includes the transmission crossmember with radius arm mounts. At some point, I spent some time looking for an OE radiator that had electric fans from some other car model that was similarly sized. I can't believe how difficult that search has been. Original plan was to just move the radiator over maybe 1/2", but it would also require heavy modification to the fan shroud to clear the steering gear box. The best option I have is from a Cadillac CTS-V from nearly 20 years ago, but it uses a remote pressurized reservoir instead of a tradition reservoir and radiator cap, which means system changes I don't want to do. Need to keep researching that, because I'm getting to the point where I can start putting the engine back together.

This was the first thing I replaced! Previous owner had it duct taped, but did a horrible job. I replaced the MAF this past weekend. The hesitation, hard start, and stalling seems to be gone! It seems to have more pep as well! That pesky misfire code disappeared, but it still idles a little rough. I'll keep this thread posted on what I find.

While you're replacing the MAF, have a good look at the rubber tube connecting it to the throttle body. If that cracks, the engine gets air that the MAF doesn't know about.

31x10.50 was a stock option. 767 wheels are good but http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/671000/10002/-1?CT=999 has some simar choices for less. 3.75-4" backspacing is what you want and 8" wide. For going to the snow or mid mud you encounter for shooting I reccomend a 1-1.5" lift to go with those tires. Use the search function here I think is OME (old man emu) rear springs for the lift and you just crank the t-bars and get an alignment for the front. I also recomend 1" longer shocks for the rear but its not a requirement for 1-1.5" lift.