Bombsquad85
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I think 2/3 is perfect for what I want
What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?
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Bombsquad85
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I went with this one. Still waiting on the shocks. And still trying to figure out the sway bar relocation. I' pretty sure I need to go to home depot and get nuts for the sway bar bracket... not to pleased about that. Unless I'm missing something
http://www.tbssowners.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=91
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Scottydoggs
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that sounds like a busted rocker, spring, or a beat lifter. id be yanking off the v/c thats its loudest on.
and damn that trucks loud. how loud is it driving all normal like?
i tell ya, im so over loud exhaust set ups. even if i was to install a cam id still run a really tame cat back. i like to go fast and not be heard doing it. lol nothing like drawing attention to the act.....
like my regal, its sounds like a vacuum, all sc whine. no way a cops gonna think that sound came from my car.....
Tonyrodz
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I thought it might be coming from there too. @sumo suggested I pop the oil fill cap and put my ear to it for any rocker noise--didn't hear snyyhing. After sitting for sbout 45 mins, started it and saw smoke coming from somewhere near the middle of the header on the pass side.
Then I noticed a gap on the tube to the right.
But there's nothing coming from it. Driver side is completely flush. I'm stumped. And yes @Scottydoggs , it's LOUD! But in a mean way, not crappy.
sumo
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Shouldn’t be smoking. Unless your valve cover is leaking onto the header and it’s burning off. May need to pull that header and take a look at that gasket
Scottydoggs
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dumb question time... did or does the oil dip stick push out like that on its own? if it did thats pretty bad.
if that gap was a leak you'd see black carbon all over the head there.
it sounds beastly for sure. i just cant deal with the loud no more. those days are so behind me.
Tonyrodz
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The dip stick actually got pulled out a little when I was checking the plugs and wires. That qas my fault. No carbon build up there. I'm also thinking about quieting it down some. If you're on a phone, turn it sideways when you're on my post and listen to my cold start video.
Scottydoggs
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every vid sounds valve train related to me.
whats that smoke smell like?
whats that smoke smell like?
Tonyrodz
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Gas fumes--like exhaust.
Scottydoggs
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odd for sure. id be taking that rocker cover off asap and id try not to drive it till you look things over.
would really suck if its a rounded cam lobe.
Tonyrodz
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I hope not, but honestly it doesn't sound internal. Not in the motor itself. Hopefully it won't rain Saturday, that's the only time I can look at it.
Puckrobber
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Had an oil change done to her, replacing the Pennzoil Yellow Bottle 5w-30 with AC Delco conventional 5w-30.
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HiHoeSilver
Away!
Why you no synthetic?
sumo
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Amsoil is great stuff
Puckrobber
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It was a first free oil change for the Tahoe since I bought it. Parts list said 5-30 conventional & filter. Figure next change, might bring my own oil in. Haven't decided what yet, though.
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04Huck
"I'd rather be lucky than good"
Well I'm done for the day. Sway bar is banging against something (probably why It needs to be moved over 2 inches)
No free travel mod because cheap harbor freight cutoff and sawsall
I did my free travel mod with a Ryobi sawzall and some good blades and a grinder to smooth it out. Your sway bar is hitting the panhard bar bracket on the passenger side. Once you do the relocation, it’ll bolt on the other side of that bracket and sit just in between the panhard bracket and the shock.
Like this
Also, you don’t have to buy nuts for the new holes when you relocate the drivers mount. You just have to make sure to drill and tap the original size of the original bolts and you can reuse them
View attachment 198961 View attachment 198962
That’s what I thought at first too lol. 4/4 is perfect IMO
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Bombsquad85
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Ok guys I'm missing something For sure.
I moved the sway bar over 2" like I was recommended, however, when I do so the sway bar hits the axle on the driverside and the shock on the passenger side. When I leave it where it is but bolt it to the new endlinks it has clearance all around (full compression and max extension)
what am I doing wrong??
First 2 are with it moved to the passenger side 2"
Factory location just mounted to new endlinks
These are taken at full compression
I moved the sway bar over 2" like I was recommended, however, when I do so the sway bar hits the axle on the driverside and the shock on the passenger side. When I leave it where it is but bolt it to the new endlinks it has clearance all around (full compression and max extension)
what am I doing wrong??
First 2 are with it moved to the passenger side 2"
Factory location just mounted to new endlinks
These are taken at full compression
04Huck
"I'd rather be lucky than good"
How low are you in the rear? I know when I put my bar on after I had pull the spring spacers to go 4" in the rear, my axle was at full droop and the sway bar hit the axle. I had to raise it up to close to ride height before the sway bar would mount properly. I'm not entirely sure those will work if you're higher than 4" in the rear. They MIGHT work at 3" but it'd be close I'd bet.
**I looked again and see your axle is fully drooped. It will hit that way. You have to jack up the axle quite a bit to get it to clear. This also means you cannot leave your axle at droop in the future without taking off the rear swaybar.
Bombsquad85
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I'm at 3".
Those pictures are with the axle all the way up.
I'l get more pics with it on the ground. I just checked the front UCAs and I didn' cut enough off the bolt. It rubbed on the axle boot. Luckily it didn' go through so I cut more off and there' 1-2mm of clearance
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