I've been feeding my ocd to keep my mind off a tragedy ....
Anyway, I've removed and cleaned the weather stripping that;s attached to the
doors themselves.. Just the long straight black weatherstrip... Cleaning everything
up and blowing out the holes of all the crap (lots of crap !!!)
Any way...
And really inspect those tires... all of them
I had a noise issue with my pontiac a few years ago...
I just knew it was trans/converter related...
brought it to my trusted trans builder... He replied "look at these tires"
The insides of the tires were worn making the noise
Transfer case could cause a constant noise for sure. Be worth draining the
fluid and looking at it really carefully. It's just Dex VI fluid, so cheap enough to
check/change to rule that out. The old cases had a chain drive that could certainly
growl... IDK how these ones are built...
With all the parts you have already done, my guess would be front differential...
Unless you got a defective wheel hub assembly for some reason
or a bad differential.
Does it change at all when you "lean" it left or right ????
Oil pressure and viscosity run the DOD/AFM (if you still have it) AND
the VVT. Gen IV engines also call for synthetic oil that meets dexos requirements.
IF you are in a hot climate and for some reason feel you need a little "thicker" oil,
then you could do a 5w40 synthetic or even a 10w30...
Sometimes you just have to drive slower...... when towing.
Use the 3rd gear and Tow/Haul Mode.. And just slow down accordingly.
It's the right thing to do
To the OP: I may have missed it, but your temp gauge in the SUV is about
as worthless as a dummy gauge.
Replace the ECT sensor on the drivers side cylinder head with a "good" one ...
Make sure your coolant is good and you don't have any air pockets.. that
will trigger the fans to be on as well.
If your engine itself is stock (no cam, head work, stroker, forced induction)
then IMO you would be wasting a lot of money to change out the manifolds for
headers. There WILL be more expense than just the headers. You won't gain
anything with headers until you have a custom tune done to take...
I've got the appropriate modification to tow this much. Not everything is in my signature !!! I wouldn't tow this heavy if I believed I was unsafe in any manner. Unfortunately
the plan was to travel more but life has gotten in the way.
I used to tow this travel trailer with my 94 C1500...
If you are going to use HPTuners, then you can get rid of TC lockup in
gears 1-3 (some people do 4th too/ I don't).
Zero out the slip in 5th & 6th gears.
Bring the upshift (shift scheduling) tables up quite a bit so you're
not hunting gears so much. Adjust the TCC lockup on the same curve...
We just don't have good E85 around here at all... Some crappy E85...
So I'm staying on gasoline. And yeah,, I'd have to reinvent the wheel so
to speak to go to E85
The meth injection is a great product. I picked up quite a bit on my SBC - Vortech
setup - no intercooler
YUP Methanol Injection is good stuff. I used the snow that had
the handheld programer/info. You can adjust when the boost juice comes
on in a "ramp up" stage. You'll need a good vacuum/boost source and
a place to install the tank, pump and the inline solenoid AND the regular...
OK.. I guess i missed that...
So you really just need to get it adjusted correctly. It takes some time and
experimentation.. But if it's "overrated" for your app it may be difficult to
dial it in correctly.
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