Black Betty 2018 Z71 Silverado....build
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Just wanted to be sure we were gonna use both metric and SAE.
Material is SAE cuz you can’t buy metric material. Hardware is metric cuz that’s just they way it should be.
Oh I get it, you were pointing to the bolt, not the bar! Ha! That’s funny right there.
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Yes, one metric nut/ bolt, and one SAE, please and thanks.
This way you can't ever mix them up...
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Installed a Cold Air Inductions intake, was pretty easy it did need a little minor modifying to meet my needs, the kit was $400 I think it's a little overpriced but overall a nice kit it did come with some factory style connector tubes for the PCV system
Glad to see you got it.
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yessir, thanks for being a partner in carb crime, lol
No problem. I fail to see how a CAI can affect the air emissions of a truck but whatever, California.yessir, thanks for being a partner in carb crime, lol
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I'm pretty sure it's 100% about money/fee's/B.S.No problem. I fail to see how a CAI can affect the air emissions of a truck but whatever, California.
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besides it doesn't even have to be smoged for another 50 months, but I hear they get you on the registration cost anyway
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so the Hellwig adjustable brackets came in and gave me about 1/2" movement which helped a bit, then I went ahead and drilled new holes in the lower control arm, broke a bit and needed a bigger drill but easy peasy, the heavy duty mevotech bushings are much much better and the bolt just happened to be the same length and the mevotech end links come with additional inner metal sleeves so I used those and the shorter middle sleeve that came with the lowering kit, now I have a much better angle and the bushings are not ****-eyed anymore, so I'm happy as long as it doesn't bend of break on me
That’s better but , to me, it’s still way wrong geometry. Do you know whose control arms those are? What would it take to get the sway bar parallel to the control arm?
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Made by IHC suspension, Inez 4/6 kit, I'm happy with the sway bar angle now, but it would just have to have a shorter link I guess, it's not much different on the angle than it is on my Yukon, the end of the sway bar has a tongue that sits pretty even with the control arm, sort of anyway, better than it was before.
It might be the picture. I tried looking at pics of mine but can’t find any that show it very well.
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next things to do
1. under hood light--Done
2. interior foot well led lights
3. tint the rear windows -Done
4. B&M Deep trans pan
5. true cool 40k
6. Audio upgrade of some form
7. black bear tune
8. upgrade the fog/driving lights
9. add a rear sway bar
10 girdle the g80
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wish list: ported 6.2l intake & ported throttle body, morimoto brake lights.
1. under hood light--Done
2. interior foot well led lights
3. tint the rear windows -Done
4. B&M Deep trans pan
5. true cool 40k
6. Audio upgrade of some form
7. black bear tune
8. upgrade the fog/driving lights
9. add a rear sway bar
10 girdle the g80
????????
wish list: ported 6.2l intake & ported throttle body, morimoto brake lights.
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That looks a lot better as far as the bushings are concerned.
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ya, I think the better designed end links helped a little too mevotech uses a internal sleeve so the bushings act more like a bumper and there a lot harder than regular rubber bushings
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underhood light done
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5% on the back, seems like it could go darker I'm not used to the rear windows the old truck had smaller back windows
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ordered a Katech 80mm ported throttle body, B&M 70392 Deep transmission pan and a Tru-cool 40k transmission cooler
it's just money right? all together about $740.00
I already took out the Transmission thermostat didn't make a whole lot of difference dropped the temps maybe 20-25 deg on average
after I get the throttle body next week I will work on getting the BB tune this Truck def needs a tune the more I drive it the more I can tell it needs one.
it's just money right? all together about $740.00
I already took out the Transmission thermostat didn't make a whole lot of difference dropped the temps maybe 20-25 deg on average
after I get the throttle body next week I will work on getting the BB tune this Truck def needs a tune the more I drive it the more I can tell it needs one.
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FYI Those K2 run Salisbury 12-bolt rear axles, 9.5" or 9.76" depending on options.
