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Yes sir.

Nice. Keep me updated.

Hello. I never heard of an SF97. So these are manufactured by AM General. All of these were, and they all have some vin number on them. The vin I have on mine is not the traditional long vin we are used to like modern cars. However the title I have is the same looking one you get from Texas like a modern car. Says AM General and has the serial number that’s on the vehicle. To get it inspected, just have to pass safety test. Lights, turn signals etc. I know there some out there that never got a title from the DOJ. When I bought mine it had a weird title from the DOJ. I submitted that to the state of texas requesting a Texas title to later go and pass inspection. I’m not sure if that’s the SF97, but if I were to buy one with that I wouldn’t pay the price of one like mine that’s truly registered and titled. The reason bc they’re always changing laws and don’t really know if you will ever get it truly titled or registered. Hope this helps and good luck.

I just looked up SF97. Mine didn’t come with that. Came with a title from the DOJ, I have no idea how or why. But it seems like you can get it titled a lot easier with this SF97. I suppose it’s hit or miss with these kinds of things. When I submitted mine they asked what kind of vehicle it was and said it was similar to a jeep. Don’t say it was from the military, they’ll probably think you’re trying to get a tank or some thing like that lol.

Much appreciated. I know a lot of people like exhaust sound. However I like to combine the exhaust with the engine sound. I’m glad you like it.

No it doesn’t. If you have scratches then watch a tutorial on how to restore scratches. You basically have to grind them down with a felt pad. Like a 2 inch 3m locking disc. Keep in mind that powdercoat is an electrólisis process where current runs through the metal part and the powder sticking. If your surface isn’t metal and clean, when you go to heat the part and the powder to turn liquid and harden it won’t bond you our surface.

@@mods2rides thank you for the advice

You can find all the info in the magnaflow website.

Let me try and look for a part number for you. It’s a big filter.

K&N part number E-1700

Just ordered. Thanks.

@@FREEDOM9911 great to hear. If you open up the other parts it will definitely have a smoother acceleration.

It’s 92 stock.

@@mods2rides thx about to order one

@@hgyasi11 nice. You’ll love it. You can definitely hear the supercharger whine, even at low rpm’s.

@@mods2rides Exactly what I’m looking for, thanks for taking the time to make this video

When ever you do a. Oil change or maintenance of any kind having the best filter will allow you to run the 8,000 miles to the next oil change. When I was young and had my first car you had to do an oil change every 3,000 miles, this was due to the oil filters and oil technologies not being as advanced as they are today. Regardless of the time you do an oil change if you have a crap oil filter that stops filtering at 3-5,000 miles then obviously you cannot wait to do an oil change at 8,000 miles or when ever your car computer tells you. It’s starts creating carbon build up on the oil and the combustion system. Such as you intake manifold, heads, pistons, valve system and more important (since all new cars rely on cpu) oxygen sensors and catalyst converters. By doing the fuel system cleaning how I showed in the video you will clean all your intake manifold and all the other parts mentioned. I had to change an oil pressure sensor on my escalade with 110,000 miles and when I removed the head I was surprised to find no carbon build up. This is due to using high octane fuel and always doing the detergent cleaner like sea foam or fuel system cleaner through the intake vacuum system if your cars engine. It starts to smoke and check engine lights come on bc the system doesn’t know you introduced the fuel detergent. It starts smoking white when you have carbon build up bc it’s getting rid of all the carbon build up and deposits. The longer you leave the detergent the more it’s going to work. For example if you put the sea foam and you smell it working turn off the engine and leave the vehicle for a couple of hours or a day. When you go back to turn it on it’s gonna get rid of everything that’s been on there for a long time. By doing this you can ensure your car to last how ever long the vehicle says to do maintenance. I recently bought a vw tiguan as my daily and they recommend oil change every 10,000 miles. They do this bc they know most people won’t put the extra money to do these kinds of cleaning. So the cars mess up around 100k miles, so they have to go and buy another. I hope this helps if you need help understanding something further please feel free to get in touch with me. Thanks.

@mods2rides885 very insightful info man i appreciate it. I'm not sure if you have an oil catch can. I just installed it does that help minimize this buiild up ?

@@Cris_hcat i do have one on the TH. The purpose of an oil catch can is to collect oil and un burnt fuel into the catch can. The reason you get this mixture of oil and un burnt gas is through a process known as blow by, I which usually ends up in the crank case. This is created bc there’s so much pressure in your combustion chamber that some unburnt fuel goes through the piston rings to the crank case and oil. When you have a an oil catch can it keeps some of that mixture to be captured in the can and preventing it from getting mixed back up in the oil. It’s not really necessary but it does help. If it didn’t then race engines wouldn’t have one. And essentially our engines are race engines, 10 years ago commons street cars didn’t have 700 daily hp.

Should be around the same.

😅That’s funny. So far I haven’t had any issues. I have the humvee in storage at the moment and go turn it on every now and then and haven’t experienced any key or ignition issues.

I believe I left a link in the description. It definitely helps and gives it a unique look.

I use the power stop. They still have a lot of life left, and very little dust.

@@mods2rides Ok and how much Were they

@@dhhddhhd5174 i have a product link in description with the most current price.

I’m happy it was of benefit. Thank you for your viewership.

Delrin is a really hard plastic. They use it mostly for racing applications. Won’t affect it. Just maybe squeak here and there. Maybe even feel stiffer. Normally you use polyurethane bushings they are stronger than regular rubber. Then after that would be delrin plastic.

@@mods2rides THANKS for the reply. I got my Trackhawk back yesterday! Got my Eibach special edition springs & Bwoody alignment kit installed. I am loving the stance thanks for all your helpful video! Take care!

@@gjamin7 yes definitely a complete different ride. I’m really happy with my truck. I much change the sway bars for thicker ones.

Haven’t driven it much. I was about to start fixing the humvee last quarter of 2021 and the parts que wanted are no longer in circulation. I’ve been really busy with my career and haven’t been able to put the time a had before. I’m thinking of taking it to someone and just filming the updates.

@@mods2rides Dam if you were in south Florida area I would have done it. Now finishing up my buddies 1045. It came out nice.

Reason I ask about filter. I came across one guy that said the filter cause some damage to his engine. But I have found only one person who said that. Everyone else had great reviews

@@angelsoverme Honestly I always change the filters in all my vehicles. The new cars come really restricted so they pass emissions and that specific filter on the military humvee was designed to be able to drive through desert storms with out clogging up. Unless you’re gonna be driving through desert storms then the K&N should be fine. I dunno what the facts are for the gentleman who said his got damaged from a filter that lets more air in. The engine is designed to be fully functional without a filter. The filters purpose is just to stop dirt and air particles from clogging the engine and damaging the pistons. People always blame and are scared of what they do not know or understand. I love Florida, I have family there. Unfortunately I’m in west Texas. I’ll get it fixed up. I just realigned some short term goals to able to have good cashflow to fund these projects. Another reason I put the project in hold was that I was about to buy the roof kit with power doors and they don’t make power doors anymore. There’s a company that makes them however they want $15k just for the 4 power doors. Originally Midwest military equipment had quoted me the roof kit with power doors for $9k shipped. Sadly they no longer carry the doors. So I took it as a sign to put it on hold and just pay off all my debt lol.

You’ll love the TH. Yes I upgraded tot he bwoody suspension with diff stabilizing mounts. I recommend you do this before launching your TH bc the diffs move. You’ll notice a huge handling inprovement. It will feel like a sports car rather than an suv. There is tire wear but very little. You’ll still get wear with regular suspension, especially is you don’t do the bwoody upgrades. This will happen due to the body roll you get.

@@mods2rides Awesome thanks for the tips! love all your install videos! been watching them. Thanks for sharing. I was trying to find your Dynamat install. I want to do something similar in the rear trunk area to help cabin noise now that I have the Magnaflow exhaust. On your SRT you put it in the trunk area where the spare goes? Can you let me know where you bought this and what kind you used? On the Hawk looks like you were going to install on the outside this time around ? before putting the cover back? I am ok to just install some on the inside just to help drown out cabin noise Thank a million!

@@gjamin7 I was thinking about that on my drive home from my office last night. That I never got around to install that dynamat. I’ve been so busy with my business that I haven’t been able to make the videos like I have before. I kinda just put everything else on hold. But what I’m thinking of doing is to hire someone to do the work and I can just be filming the process or some type of update video.

Yes sir. Some came with the dual exhaust with no spare tire and the ones that did come with the spare are single exhaust.

Oh ok. I would have rather had the dual exhuast the spare lol

Toyo proxes.

@@mods2rides ST III’s and how do you like them?

@@srtmobn yes the st 3. They’re ok for everyday use. They got a bit of performance in them. However they’re not that great for racing. When I launch I spin the 4 tires. Also too they’re 1/4 the price of the original pirelli p zero’s.

@@srtmobn if I ever switch to race tires for time attacks I’d go with r888r’s. Just the profile on the tire would be a bit smaller.

Hello friend. IMO I think you check the oils when they’re cold. Older manufacturers would recommend this. I don’t recall how many liters the coolant system take. I know it takes Atleast 4 gallons, maybe 5 if I recall correctly. Lastly if you ran the truck and it got hot and you opened it up something, it would probably shoot out due to the built up pressure. What I did was drive it around and made sure it did a few cycles through the new thermostat. You have to pay very close attention to your temperature gauge. If you see the temp gauge get 3/4 of the way then you might have air in the system. If that happens turn on the heater immediately to draw out the heat from the engine. The way I did it to make sure there was no air was that I loosened the lowest coolant hose to try and draw out all the air. If you ever have a car that starts over heating always turn on the heater at full blast and can possible prevent catastrophic engine failure. It’s important that you teach your wife and kids lol. That can be the difference of replacing a water pump vs replacing heads etc. I hope this information helps and good luck.

Doesn’t matter. I’m not going to be driving it underwater.

What rubber elbow you're talking about? I'm thinking about doing this but I want it to still be capable of fording

​@@hummerguy The "rubber elbow" being discussed is installed on all USMC HMMWVs we build. Rubber elbow or not a HMMWV was not designed to do more than 30 inches (shallow water fording) without the "FULL" Deep Water (for up to 60 inches) Fording Kit installed. Of course there have been some who have tried to go deeper and lived to tell about it!😂 FYI: The entire HMMWV's Air Induction System was very specifically designed to perform in very specific ways. By "modifying" part of that complete system it may affect more than one other system. For example; venting for ALL gear boxes "WAS" dependent on a (calibrated) amount of vacuum created when the engine is running through that "NOW MODIFIED" air induction system!!! PS: [the good part of this modification is if one never drives their HMMWV they will not find out of these modifications will cause gear box seal leaks (insufficient ventilation) or gear box fluids to be sucked into the air cleaner/engine (too much vacuum).

@@jimbella9353very insightful, was thinking about modifying mine to get better airflow but now because of this I probably won’t, I do have a 4 speed 4L80 in mine with its own trans cooler ect but the engineering seems to be beyond me, would love to chat Humvees with you and get educated because I’m a new owner do you have a contact?

Yeah I saw that too and was like "are those really on backwards?".

There’s a video I made. Depends what state your from. In Texas it’s pretty simple.

I guess it depends what engine platform you go with. They dont weight much. You can put a Subaru boxer Sti engine and that thing will be ridiculous fast. Also imho I think that the faster they are the easier they are to get damaged. My brother has a rzr and that things always broken.

@@mods2rides more than anything it depends on the purpose. I'm in West virginia. Side by sides roll and they're hard to top on anything other than an ATV.

@@craigoutdoors30 yeah I agree. The sandrail is really wide. It barely fits on a regular trailer that can tow a car or truck.

@@mods2rides I think it be fun if you could have it road legal using differ t wheels and tires too. Depends on the state. Side by sides are amazing. But I think a person could have a great western toy with a rail. I like modular things.

@@craigoutdoors30 there’s a lot of them out there In park city Utah.

I still have them with a lot of tread left. They’re obviously not the same as a race tire like the p zeros. They handle well especially in all type of weather. If I’d race often I prob switch to drag radial or something more aggressive like Toyo r888r. But for everyday you cannot beat these. I also have them on my Escalade and they do really well especially in rain.

Well what else are you missing on it? Are you in TX?

I heard dirt legal does tags but will give you Utah tags for it

@@mods2rides yes im in Beaumont tx i went to the license plate ppl my title says off road vehicle only i cant drive it on the highway its off road use only they can transfer the title in my name but off road only i told them i have headlights seatbelt brakes lights when i tried to tell her about the forms she didn't want to hear it

@@dieselburner4461 each state has its different laws. I know there’s a company out in Utah that builds different custom setups. The prices are pretty crazy like predator Motorsport prices but to each their own.

@@Bullet_sHouse man. That a huge bummer. Try asking a angent that has his place that does plates and special ocassion vehicles. Like gifted cars without titles. I actually received a car not to long ago without a title that will be a future build on the channel.

Good luck.

Just preference and style.

I don’t think Jeep makes them for the SRT/Trackhawks

Good info. Haven’t noticed anything yet. I’ll keep and eye on them. I have the stainless brake lines I haven’t installed.