^^^ exactly right. DOT won't play if they stop you pulling that skid. As soon as they run the tag they know it's a 1500 and you will get a 4 figure ticket after they weigh you.....not worth the risk
The edelbrock carb is probably the problem. Those things are notorious. Try a holley on there. Much easier to tune. You could also get a manual choke on them. I'm not sure if that's still the case. I'm sure you could find a used one somewhere and do a rebuild on it.
Edit: I guess you can...
Yes it does. I used it to paint the fairing on my Harley in candy red sun glow(factory color) which is a tri color. It came out great. Highly recommend spray max products.
That stuff is garbage. I used it on some carbon fiber and it started flaking within a year. I've also used their exhaust paint. It is garbage as well. Their exhaust primer is very good though.
Spray max Is excellent clear though.
Yep ditch the running boards. You sure don't need them with a dropped truck. Mine had those god awful things on it when I got mine. My truck was my grandfather's, the truck has great sentimental value so I was conflicted about removing them. So glad I did though.
I bought paint and clear for my Harley here. Worked great, looks great and it matched.
https://www.66autocolor.com/collections/spray-max
Your links look good. They sell the spray max clear that worked really well for me.
Way back in the day when I detailed cars for a dealer, we sprayed satin clear on the engine bay after cleaning. Don't know how long it lasts but it sure looked good.
Might not be a cowl hood. It may be stock with the scoop bonded on. There are a bunch of fg companies that make all manner of scoops. Just a thought.http://up22.com/scoopw1.htm#PR-702