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I was an ASE Master Tech for awhile, didn't keep up with the certs/tests though ... I went to Northwestern Ohio and got a degree in High Performance Technology, graduated in early 2005. Went straight to work for ET Performance here in Walled Lake MI doing 4 & 5 Axis CNC machining, C5R/LSx, JM Striker Viper Heads, 6.1/6.2L Hemi for Mopar Performance & Harley head porting and air flow development. I did a ton of stuff there, including the now RHS LSx head is technically all my work. I did the very first few sets for comp cams before they purchased the design. Mast Motorsports got some of the work as well since one of the owners split ways and now works for them. I worked for ET Performance till we went out of business because of porosity in our head castings causing water leaks. We refused to send out castings to china which probably would have saved the business. The local foundry in Muskegon just could not get the castings to stop leaking regardless of the tooling changes we made. Ultimately customers got pissed and we went out of business with hundreds of sets of useless heads. I then went on the work for LSM Engineering working on the same Makino A81 CNC Machines. I got to do some cool ass shit there. I learned how to machine billet engine blocks as well as cam grinds and billet camshafts (they do a good chunk of custom grinds for comp cams). Since my accident in my 67 Camaro in 2009 I had two spine surgeries all of this turned in to more of a hobby and I went in to business for myself doing computer repair. My business is Nerd For Hire but I am currently closed due to my two concussions from my two recent accidents. I basically can do anything if someone shows me how to do it once. I'm not a fabricator but I can weld. I have a friend whose shop I am using and he is my fabricator for my Camaro and this Yukon project. Luckily the Yukon is pretty much all bolt on stuff and has been going pretty smooth...
It is an AWD but I have not reinstalled the transfer case yet. These headers are supposed to work without issues according to Kooks and it doesn't look like there would be a problem at all... Have the Kooks Y Pipes to finish it off and a Magnaflow muffler. Not gonna replace the factory cat back pipe as with my 6.2L it's already 3.5" stainless and most aftermarket kits except Borla I think go down to 3". Should sound awesome I just hope my daughter doesn't hate me for too long and that it doesn't make my migraines worse. The things we do for performance, man I love going fast lol...
The Blue Chevelle belongs to my chassis builder/fabricator. I can get some more pictures of it tomorrow when we finally get back to work and get this transmission in. It's got a pretty strong 454 in it with a TH400 but he has the same plans as I did with my Camaro and is going fuel injection and twin turbos. His power goals a slightly less than mine (800hp or so) and I believe he is doing an LS build. I will post some pics of his ride tomorrow...
Did you use shortened ride height links? If not then yes the air ride will raise the rear up. You can use threaded rod and cut your own. I forget the exact length I ended up making mine but I dialed it in until it sat just right. Your rear looks high to me but maybe it's because I'm running 26's. At that point you'll probably need the free travel mod.
