Talons Garage New Powerboost Skid Plate

[Kodiak]

'so should I feel like I'm missing out on not getting the longer wings or should I feel like I have a special edition.....LOL

Nice that they are continually improving it though

You will have to take a Dremel and mark it "Limited". You just increased the value of it by a couple hundred bucks! A real collector's item!

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[Tobstertx3]

Interested to hear how anyone gets on changing the oil with this installed. Well, apart from @Mcbutter as we know his issue

 

[thudnblunder]

Thank you. I didn't weigh it beforehand but looking at the shipping info it was labeled as 40lbs. Don't see any info on their page for weight either.

I weighed mine after assembling it today - 34.8 lbs. This includes the wings and the oil drain cover.

I also put some blue loctite on the oil cover bracket and plate bolts. The nuts for the wings were nylocs, but the oil cover ones didn't look vibration resistant to me.

 

[FrankThompson]

I weighed mine after assembling it today - 34.8 lbs. This includes the wings and the oil drain cover.

I also put some blue loctite on the oil cover bracket and plate bolts. The nuts for the wings were nylocs, but the oil cover ones didn't look vibration resistant to me.

I did the same with the blue loctite.

Great minds....

 

[thudnblunder]

Weird problem. After putting the plate on and a test drive I heard this grinding sound intermittently when the engine started. I wonder if the long bolts are rubbing against that silver shield near them above the cross member. Maybe it expands as it heats or the wings are making contact with something. Will check again during the day tomorrow when I can see better.

The sound went away above idle rpm. This truck has under 250 miles on it!

 

[Kodiak]

Weird problem. After putting the plate on and a test drive I heard this grinding sound intermittently when the engine started. I wonder if the long bolts are rubbing against that silver shield near them above the cross member. Maybe it expands as it heats or the wings are making contact with something. Will check again during the day tomorrow when I can see better.

The sound went away above idle rpm. This truck has under 250 miles on it!

Take a look and let us know. Like you say it is probably just touching something somewhere.

On another note I was hoping that the 2022's did something to muffle that double horn honk. It did not sound like it in the vid. Now I know for sure I have to be able to drop that.

 

[tbinmd]

On another note I was hoping that the 2022's did something to muffle that double horn honk. It did not sound like it in the vid. Now I know for sure I have to be able to drop that.

Just a quick forscan change to disable the double honk when the key is not in the vehicle.

 

[thudnblunder]

Just a quick forscan change to disable the double honk when the key is not in the vehicle.

Yeah it’s one of the first mods I’ll do. I need to get my hands on a windows laptop.

 

[Mosey]

Yep, blue lock tight on all fasteners that do not have nylocks. I am ordering shorter bolts too, and in metric. I am shortening them to 90 mm but I suspect 80 mm might work. I changed to metric simply to keep everything the same.

 

[thudnblunder]

Yep, blue lock tight on all fasteners that do not have nylocks. I am ordering shorter bolts too, and in metric. I am shortening them to 90 mm but I suspect 80 mm might work. I changed to metric simply to keep everything the same.

What size did you order?

 

[Mosey]

I went with M12-1.5, 90 mm in length. Stainless as well. Must be careful about cold welding/galling with stainless, be sure to use anti-seize or lock tight. I can post back once my bolts arrive - hopefully this Wednesday.

 

[Mosey]

Could the noise be from the front bolts not being tight?

 

[thudnblunder]

Could the noise be from the front bolts not being tight?

Torqued them down pretty tight. Didn’t want to over torque but they’re not loose by any means.

Some more testing today. No sound on a cold engine. But there is a long climb up to my home that has the turbos busy. I drove up it and immediately checked for the sound after that climb and sure enough, it was there though not as loud as last night. Something expands when it heats up and makes contact. I’ll start with shorter bolts.

If it’s the wings then that will be a bigger problem to solve.

 

[Mosey]

Gosh, my plate went on perfectly. I attached the winds on the outside of the plate.

One thing to test. The next time you hear the noise, try pressing on the plate the see if that stops it. Be safe doing that, we don’t want someone run over.

You could also try putting something soft between the bolt and transmission heat shield, but make sure it is not flammable.

 

[thudnblunder]

Gosh, my plate went on perfectly. I attached the winds on the outside of the plate.

One thing to test. The next time you hear the noise, try pressing on the plate the see if that stops it. Be safe doing that, we don’t want someone run over.

You could also try putting something soft between the bolt and transmission heat shield, but make sure it is not flammable.

My plate went on easily too, the holes lined up perfectly. I guess there is some variance in the exhaust tubing dimensions maybe. I only get this sound on a hot engine/exhaust, not when its cool/warm.

I attached wings on the inside. Seemed like outside would have been too snug. If the shorter long bolt doesn't work, I'll swap wing positions to the outside.

I think its easier just to replace the long bolts with shorter ones. Or even leave them off, the FX4 plate bolts are holding it at the back too.

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