Motech build underway! LT1 10l80

Chuck84

Caught the Bug

• Jun 16, 2025

• #61

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

Active Member

• Jun 16, 2025

• #62

Chuck84 said:

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

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Looks clean.

 

Chuck84

Caught the Bug

• Jun 25, 2025

• #63

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

Hooked

• Jun 25, 2025

• #64

Chuck84 said:

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.

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Drive it like a rental .

 

Chuck84

Caught the Bug

• Sep 10, 2025

• #65

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

Member

• Sep 11, 2025

• #66

@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.

 

Chuck84

Caught the Bug

• Sep 11, 2025

• #67

Donut707 said:

@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.

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This is the only picture I have on hand with the box installed. I can take more if you are looking for a particular view, however DON'T ask for internal pictures...lol While I did modify the relay box so I can pull the lid off while mounted, it's not something that is quick to accomplish.

 

Donut707

Member

• Sep 11, 2025

• #68

Ok just to be sure i have my bearing straight , is that mounted on the passenger side under the battery box ?

 

Chuck84

Caught the Bug

• Sep 11, 2025

• #69

Donut707 said:

Ok just to be sure i have my bearing straight , is that mounted on the passenger side under the battery box ?

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Yes, it is mounted to the bottom of the batttery box. Passenger side...the Motech battery box has a nice flat bottom that worked out perfectly.

 

Chuck84

Caught the Bug

• Yesterday at 7:50 PM

• #70

Finally found the time to sneak in our first trail run! Sorry, no action shots of her. Our follow rig had his hands full.

We did Telegraph Line Tr. between Bartlett and Horseshoe lakes. The trail has a 5 rating but after all the rain we had here in Arizona I'd say it is closer to a 6.
Everything went really well! I could still use a little work on my throttle finesse, all that new power made for a lot more tire spin. Fortunately I avoided digging in.
Very pleased with how she performed!!!