Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

Red Rocket said:

It looks like the weather is not going to cooperate for next weekend but it can always change. I have no room in my garage to do this.

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That stinks. No one local on here to lend a hand or pole barn lol? Cmon guys???

67RS427 said:

That stinks. No one local on here to lend a hand or pole barn lol? Cmon guys???

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I just moved from Seattle. If I was still there I would be so down to drive down for a weekend and help.

05Single said:

I just ran away from Seattle. If I was still there I would be so down to drive down for a weekend and help.

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Fyp.

I love Seattle. Always be my other home. Had to leave cause wife was missing her family something fierce. Wish I could've stayed

Red Rocket said:

Well looks like I may not have noticed last time I had the 91+ tune in it for whatever reason but it definitely has more power. I just commuted to work and I was definitely flying more than usual on the freeways. The SC is gonna make this thing sick.

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If I could hit the like button more then 1x id be jammin on that mf'er.....

Tonyrodz said:

I also have a little shake from my 22's. Not as much as you have, but still annoying. Are these bigger wheels hard to balance? I'm thinking about taking them somewhere else to rebalance them. Gonna cost me around $60 tho to do it.

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I took my father in laws car up To my tire placeband had all 4 rebalanced, they even dismounted 2 spun them 180 and put back on......$20 and a 20 tip......thes guys treat customers right free rotation even if you didn't buy there....

Red Rocket said:

I'm sure the bigger they are the harder to balance they are. I've had good luck though until now. I'm also considering finding someone else to balance mine.

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Too bad your not in NY, i swear these guys are great...

Tonyrodz said:

What do they charge to balance in your neck of the woods?

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Take a ride up here tony, if it wasnt for the waste of gas it'd be worth it....

Red Rocket said:

I'm not sure. It's free where I bought my tires and wheels but you see how that's going. I'm gonna call a couple places tomorrow.

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Seriously, these guys are great......sorry man but reading more in your thread i see you're good now......

I managed to move the A/C lines out of the way enough to mount the HE overflow tank. It does make it hard to get to one schraeder valve but I can deal with it. I was going to pull the grill and mount the heat exchanger itself but it started pouring rain. I have to admit it's not the best use of space but in most cases that space isn't used. Unless you have a second battery there. Or your jack...

I decided to install the fuel rails and injectors onto the lower intake manifold. In the entire 72 page instruction manual there isn't anything said about this step other than to install the lower manifold with them on it. It was pretty straightforward though although I was a bit confused when I installed the first fuel rail and the mounts were 3/4" above the mounting surface. Then I saw they were adjustable. I believe the idea is to leave them up a little so that when you tighten the install bolts it pulls them down tight, so I left a gap of about 1/8". The bolts that hold the fuel rails are part of the 10 that are used when installing the lower manifold.

In the first pic here you can see the adjusting plate. I had ordered harness adapters to connect from the EV6 on the new injectors to the Multec 2 which are on my truck. I didn't know Whipple was sending me a set so I have extra. I like the ones I bought better though since they have split loom so I'll use them.

It looks like the weather is supposed to be pretty decent this coming weekend so I scheduled next Monday off work in case I need extra time to ...wait for it... install the Whipple! At this point the plans are in place to get this done this weekend so hold onto your pants and stay tuned.