Thank you, gents. The old turn buckle lasted 8k miles on this project, and a couple hundred hours doing the same job on another project. While that kind of "reliability" is hardly acceptable for this application, considering it's an undersized part doing a job that was never even considered when it was designed, I'll give it a pass. I'll order the marine grade stainless steel turn buckle, get it installed, and then make this existing one my trail spare. Thank you again.

I'm going to have to mount that Facor filter under the bed, just no room under the hood. The only room.............is right over the exchaust. Thinking a metal toolbox mounted on it's side as a cabinet, with the filter mounted inside. That'll provide me with a strong, durable, ready-built enclosure with an easy opening for filter maintenance, and the ability to lock it.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap