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The Laminex is only on the fog lights so they match the headlights. The headlights are smoked.
Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"
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Oh, sorry thought you did your headlights i was reading quick... anyway, the fogs holding up fine? They are a little bit more sheltered than headlights so i assume they're good
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They're holding up fine,even with all the gravel we had on our roads this past winter.
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Installed NGK TR6's today and so far it starts right up, no cranking for a few seconds. I think the TR7's were too cold. Also got my Comp Cams rocker arm trunion upgrade kit yesterday. It's kinda cool that the LS engines can be upgraded this cheap- it used to be that you'd have to install all new roller rockers in order to upgrade the trunions.
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Also got the parts in to build my own braided stainless and Kevlar fuel hose for connecting under the hood from the OE fuel supply line to the fuel rails. I'm guessing that since the Whipple kit was made for an 03, the fuel line was too short. I had it looped over the top of the blower so it didn't kink. I bought all the parts online to make a new line that I cut to length. It allows it to come around the front of the engine so it enters the OE line in the same orientation as originally, from the front on the driver side. The Whipple connects on the passenger side fuel rail, and the OE connected on the driver side. Plus it looks way cooler than rubber one the one they supplied.
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Installed.
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Today my Vinci Trucker cam, dual valve springs and hardened pushrods came. My plan is to do the valve springs, pushrods, and rocker trunion upgrade on one weekend and the cam and timing gear on a separate weekend. Those springs look like some good shit, heavy duty as hell.
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Ive seen some cams in my day but that's one hell of a good looking cam ya got there red.... lol....seriously, good luck, looks good dude
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Just had to make it weird didn't you Tony. 
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Lol, the kid came out in me, I couldn't resist Red!Just had to make it weird didn't you Tony.
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LOL. On another note, after a long wait I just got word back from Blackbear that my misfires are not a problem, probably just less efficient combustion at idle due to the big injectors I installed. Which they also said they will take care of when they update my tune for the cam. And I had also emailed Whipple a few days ago because I couldn't find any other pulleys for my application- not a single one listed on their website. I even emailed Blackbear since they sold me the blower. Both of them originally got back to me with a question about what size I have now. Days went by after I answered that question- 3.750". All that I've read let me know that as I make improvements like a cam or headers, my boost will go down and I'll need a smaller pulley to maintain boost. Besides, I may want more than the 8 lbs I have now. Today Whipple let me know I can use the ones for the 2014+ GM DI trucks. That opens up a lot of possibilities- they go down to 2.750" and every .125 increases boost by 1 lb. That's 8 lbs more boost...and I did get big enough injectors to go quite a ways.
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Today I got my Tru-Cool thermal bypass installed for my trans cooler and also received a silicone reducer that I was able to cut a ring off of in order to eliminate the gap I had around the air intake tube. It worked perfect, now the clamp tightens it down without distorting the tube.
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As I was looking at some how-to's on www.ls1howto.com I realized that in order to install the new timing gear I bought, the oil pump needs to come off so...even though I have 40-70 lbs of pressure, the thought had crossed my mind before. And now I see the thing needs to be removed anyway, I went ahead and ordered a Melling oil pump. WTF right. I mean, it does have 150,000 miles on it. Pretty cheap insurance.
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Isn't three some kind of issue with the stock O rings failing on the pumps sometimes? Causing low oil pressure?
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I believe that's the NNBS. They also seem to run with way lower oil pressure than ours, usually 20 lbs or less at idle.
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Ok, just wanted to mention that. I just checked what was installed in mine and they put in a "GM Performance Parts oil pump " and a "Heavy Duty Single Chain". Can't go wrong with that. What are you going with?
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I bought the Melling standard volume, their high volume wasn't recommended unless we're experiencing a loss of pressure which I'm definitely not. I read quite a bit on several forums and the Melling was recommended. The HV can draw too much oil from the pan if the pressures good I read, and possibly run the sump dry although I doubt it. Melling actually makes the OE pumps I also I believe.
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By heavy duty, I was talking about the timing chain.
