Recent content by JKaechler

  1. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    trans adapts? How does one reset this?
  2. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    I sent an email request to make a few adjustments to the transmission tune, along with a set of log files. Basically I am hoping to get the shifts to not hit so hard. I love the shift points change, but especially the 2-3 shift seems to hit hard, and pause in between gears? this is when i am...
  3. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Fun fact: After loading the tune files from BlackBear, I could immediately see that the shift patterns made more sense. Much improved. What I did not expect was to gain 2 MPG! This is on the normal 89 octane mid grade pump gas. :D Experiementally, on Thursday afternoon I filled up with...
  4. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Indeed this is a whole pile of usefull information. Answered a lot of questions about rocker arms that i had not yet gotten around to asking as well. In other news, I went ahead and got the BlackBear AutoCal. Did the initial scan and datalogging to have it tuned in its current form, and to...
  5. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Amusingly I actually feel exactly opposite! I would rather tear down to the heads than deal with the stupid transmission removal, and its worse with the transfer case involved. Pulling off the inner fender liners allows pretty free access to the heads from each side. The Trans was rebuilt...
  6. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Hallelujah! Reference material. Added to this coming payday's shopping list.
  7. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    See, this is why i am asking a billion questions... I didnt know that lobe separation angle had so much to do with vacuum, and that has led me down yet another rabbit hole. Leads me to this article https://www.hotrodders.com/threads/lobe-separation-and-idle-characteristics.444889/ valves...
  8. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Rolling back around to one of the original points. I am looking at the kit from AMS racing Link This is using the 'Truck Norris NSR' cam, and includes lifters and trays. It is a 3-bolt cam, so VVT deletion would be involved here. One common theme in other reviews, including the one that the...
  9. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    I am leaning towards doing the whole cam swap thing, and then getting black bear involved. In theory i should be able to drive immediately after all the installs, just on the factory programming.. do the logging and send the data off to black bear and they will do the difficult part. cost...
  10. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Am I understanding correctly that the VVT has its impact up in the high rev ranges, and its absence would not really affect my general usage? mostly driving in the 1200-2500 RPM range, and getting higher mostly when getting on the freeway..... or the occasions when i stomp on the gas because...
  11. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    it was a 2001 Suburban. Im not sure about the WOT upshift, as i dont often go to full throttle. And I only did a tune in the DIY sense with a small Accel Supertuner handheld. I used it to change the gear ratio setting, the tire size setting, and install what they call the '87 octane' tune...
  12. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    now that is good information. thank you!
  13. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    This is all good input. especially the whole long thread from Geotrash. Re: gears - its a 4x4, and regearing would be a huge pain in the neck.. and i geared my old suburban down to a 4.11 and did not like the way it ran. granted, that truck had a 4l60e but im hesitant to go there. re...
  14. JKaechler

    DOD / AFM delete parts

    I am planning to do the AFM delete camshaft swap in the near future. I have looked at a number of kits that include cam, gaskets, lifters, springs, etc.. But what I have been trying to find is some kind of a refernece guide that will show me a listing of exactly which parts I am likely to...
  15. JKaechler

    Diff swap and a traction control issue?

    I am using Eaton 913A481 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DN44QO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 its funny that Amazon says it does not fit this vehicle, when it clearly does. Runs good. The TrueTrac does have slip. Its not a locker, but a limited slip. The two biggest...
See more

Forum statistics

Threads
129,383
Posts
1,815,142
Members
92,567
Latest member
Bubba6

Latest posts

Top