Randeez 2012 Budget Yukon Denali Build (stick on hood scoops galore)

[randeez]

Pretty productive day, hunched over all day kinda sucks. Passenger side came out pretty good, added the o2 sensor to the loom, goes around back of intake. Trans and oil pressure added to the loom behind intake. Need to extend a few grounds to break the bundles apart where they go to the engine originally. Wasnt enough slack on the alternator, #1 injector, and moved temp switch in that loom.

 

[randeez]

starting from pretty much this- it's getting there , needed to order some loom and cloth tape, will pick up some black wire to entend those grounds to finish up. the flex fuel sensor used a breakout harness from one of the coils for power/ground and wire to ecm - got rid of the breakout harness, used power from the vlom wiring, put everything in the loom. hobbs switch for big fuel pump i also cleaned up and ran everything in the loom - still need to mount it somewhere though (its tucked behind the fpr at the moment)

 

[randeez]

In case you were wondering where to mount your t42 transmission controller...there is a spot for it right on the back of the ecm

 

[randeez]

I ordered a couple feet of split loom in abunch of sizes, most of this harness is just taped up.
I may not shorten everything just yet, may wait till I get an intake manifold
But driverside pretty well cleaned up. A little messy right by the ecm may try and tuck it into the loom for now

 

[randeez]

got the converter back from circle d the other day, transfer case is back together, harness is all in and laced down to tunnel just waiting on my 4l80
hydroboost is about together, i found some Gates "field installation" hydraulic fittings im hoping will work to join the flexible hoses from the steering rack to the hydroboost line. one of them came in, installation was easy but should do the trick nicely. have to do a male on one end female on the other.

 

[tgui]

Take it to the dealer and complain about a loud whistling noise when getting onto the highway. Record their reactions. ;-)

Great progress, looks nice.

 

[Sam Harris]

Take it to the dealer and complain about a loud whistling noise when getting onto the highway. Record their reactions. ;-)

Great progress, looks nice.

Haha!

 

[randeez]

alrighty race fans.... lets talk exhaust coating

the exhaust wrap sucks. it would be fine if i could put it on, install everything as smooth as could be and never touch it again. but thats not the case. it dries up after being on there a few weeks and just dusts everything with fiberglass anytime you touch it. i mess with stuff to much under the hood or climbing under it while stuff is hot so running no thermal barrier is not an option.
I used DEI lava wrap stuff too, so not really cheap product issue.

Ive had stuff done by a local guy with the shiny ceramic coating but it didnt last long, the finish flaked off, it probably protected the part but thats not what i need since pretty much everything is stainless.

I am close to pulling the trigger on swaintech but looking at some long term/abused parts they start to bead out some of the product and it just looks like a chalky kind of finish.
A company I wanted to try out with last turbo car is called https://www.zircotec.com/ but they are in the UK, makes shipping everything add a few hundred bux to the cost there and back. have been looking for somewhere here (in the US) that does the same process, there is several but not directly geared toward doing automotive applications so im worried parts will come back needing to be cleaned up due to prep/masking problems

 

[tgui]

I did swaintech on my 500hp meth injected 04 STi. Its good stuff. I got greedy and wrapped it too. DONT do that, the coating will get damaged.

 

[randeez]

i think i found a place to do the coating, they offer a few colors - no white at the moment! thats actually what i was hoping for
can we all agree black is boring/too safe?

and i ordered a few things to dress up under the hood

 

[Onebad1983]

i think i found a place to do the coating, they offer a few colors - no white at the moment! thats actually what i was hoping for
can we all agree black is boring/too safe?

and i ordered a few things to dress up under the hood

A big piece of glass to schow off your blood, sweat, and beers?

 

[randeez]

lol nah but it is kinda the same thing, all that hard work and it just kinda looks a mess under the hood. reflects poorly on how much ive put into it

then i need to decide if im going to keep it sleeper or put some wheels/rubber on it

 

[Onebad1983]

lol nah but it is kinda the same thing, all that hard work and it just kinda looks a mess under the hood. reflects poorly on how much ive put into it

then i need to decide if im going to keep it sleeper or put some wheels/rubber on it

It’s AWD. You don’t need a ton of rubber. Keep it a sleeper. When you start doing 4-wheel rolling burnouts THEN you should start to worry

 

[randeez]

Yea...I'm about there lol

Also ****** jegs....
Tells me stuff wont ship till 6/24 so I went ahead and ordered it come home and it's on the porch

 

[randeez]

 

[Onebad1983]

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Lovely intake manifold

 

[iamdub]

i think i found a place to do the coating, they offer a few colors - no white at the moment! thats actually what i was hoping for
can we all agree black is boring/too safe?

and i ordered a few things to dress up under the hood

Any chance their coating can be painted over with a high-temp spray paint that they approve of?

 

[Doubeleive]

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I was looking at one of those, but how is the coil packs and map sensor and etc all going to hook up?

 

[randeez]

I was looking at one of those, but how is the coil packs and map sensor and etc all going to hook up?

hole and mounting hole for the stock style map sensor (ls3/l92/lsa)
the other hole is 3/8" npt i believe.
on a stock truck you would need to come off that with a vacuum block and pick up brakes, pcv?, you could prob run the fuel tank evap into there also.

i swapped to hydroboost, not sure if im going to use the fuel tank evap or just cap the line and delete. i will prob use it for pcv though, dont really want to vent free

coil packs mount to the valve covers

 

[randeez]

Any chance their coating can be painted over with a high-temp spray paint that they approve of?

probably i dont think more paint would effect the coating under it... they do have a red color
I am just contemplating whether in a few months from now if i'll be in the same "**** it lets do something different" mood. all of the spohn bars are red, eibach sway bars are red.... kinda wish i could find red springs for the coils overs i would have used them. hard to pull off red and not look tacky though

not right now, but will probably just polish the cold side of the turbo and had planned on polishing intake, but finish now is fine

a few of the colors:
matte black and matte burgundy

charcoal and what they called rose ( i was thinking pink but it is red)