Coil Over Conversion Installed

[04blackout]

next up is performance for this beast. Really thinking of slapping in a turbo and keeping the 5.3

Dude, we are on the exact same page. Ive been seriously shopping for a good turbo setup for the 5.3

Ive spent a good deal of time and money on my wife's DD... a 12sec 535xi and the turbo bug bit me bad so I would LOVE to FI the 5.3 and have 2 turbo DD rigs... both murdered out

 

[Tahoewhat]

Dude, we are on the exact same page. Ive been seriously shopping for a good turbo setup for the 5.3

Ive spent a good deal of time and money on my wife's DD... a 12sec 535xi and the turbo bug bit me bad so I would LOVE to FI the 5.3 and have 2 turbo DD rigs... both murdered out

What!!! lol. Ive been thinking of it. 6.0 or 5.3 turbo. Nothing wrong w/ my eng now. so.. why not.

12 sec 535 nice. Yeah all these new turbo cars are whats getting me. Just not sure where to start on the turbo aspect..


and for sake of thread, lol.. Paint your pro comp adapters. I just painted them real quick a flat black, so they dont stand out.

 

[Bomba02]

@tahoewhat
@blackout
I think we just became best friends. Lol I have this on idle for my nali.

Have 60lbs injectors, log manny kit, waste gate...getting there. Don't mean to thread jack.

Back to the thread~ for alignment mike do you have a camber kit because you lose the torsion bar adjustment or does camber look good on truck maybe a front on tire pic?

04blackout hope you get your stuff in want to see another truck upgraded!!!

Billy

 

[04blackout]

What!!! lol. Ive been thinking of it. 6.0 or 5.3 turbo. Nothing wrong w/ my eng now. so.. why not.

12 sec 535 nice. Yeah all these new turbo cars are whats getting me. Just not sure where to start on the turbo aspect..


and for sake of thread, lol.. Paint your pro comp adapters. I just painted them real quick a flat black, so they dont stand out.

yea, almost scary... i was SOOOO close to buying a 2014 sierra on 35's and decided to keep mine after stumbling upon the coilover thread. so i figured if im gonna keep my truck, might as well make it REAL fun to drive, and lemme tell you, this 535 is soooo much fun... it hauls my whole family, full of groceries, through the snow with no problem. THEN... when the weather is nice, i switch it over to the meth race map, and watch out!

3.0 TT 6cyl full bolt on status, spraying methanol and with awd it launches HARD. its funny that my wife DD's it like she owns it and on the wknd i take it to the track like i stole tha bish

dont worry, i had already planned on hitting them with a quick shot of flat black... i kinda like everything black

 

[04blackout]

@tahoewhat
@blackout
I think we just became best friends. Lol I have this on idle for my nali.

we can all be in the coilover turbo tahoe club together

 

[Tahoewhat]

@tahoewhat
@blackout
I think we just became best friends. Lol I have this on idle for my nali.

Have 60lbs injectors, log manny kit, waste gate...getting there. Don't mean to thread jack.

Back to the thread~ for alignment mike do you have a camber kit because you lose the torsion bar adjustment or does camber look good on truck maybe a front on tire pic?

04blackout hope you get your stuff in want to see another truck upgraded!!!

Billy

Ha ha ha ... The best of friends. ha ha .
ahh, no i see why you are on hold for the coil overs. LOL. I'll trade ya. lol. Very nice man.

Thread jack cant happen when its my thread and do not mind. lol.
With that said--- Nope no camber kit, alignment guy before said i did not need one. Will find out for sure hopefully next week when i go for alignment now. I'll try to get a front pic tomorrow.

yea, almost scary... i was SOOOO close to buying a 2014 sierra on 35's and decided to keep mine after stumbling upon the coilover thread. so i figured if im gonna keep my truck, might as well make it REAL fun to drive, and lemme tell you, this 535 is soooo much fun... it hauls my whole family, full of groceries, through the snow with no problem. THEN... when the weather is nice, i switch it over to the meth race map, and watch out!

3.0 TT 6cyl full bolt on status, spraying methanol and with awd it launches HARD. its funny that my wife DD's it like she owns it and on the wknd i take it to the track like i stole tha bish

dont worry, i had already planned on hitting them with a quick shot of flat black... i kinda like everything black

Yeah, that is scary, I was thinking of the same thing. The new blue one lifted w/ those black fuel wheels I think they are, either way black or chrome and lifted. ha ha.

That beemer sounds like fun to drive. Ive drove the m6, m3, m5's all pretty fun. Love the smg shifter on the new m3's. talk about fast shifting.

Figured you would, just wanted to note it, b/c i almost forgot.

we can all be in the coilover turbo tahoe club together

Yes we can be all at different times, w/ billy already leading the way. I have some reading up to do on turbos and what needs to come with them.


Just updated 1st post with more pictures

 

[04blackout]

Lca's got here this morning... ball joints already pressed in

And get this... wife asked if I was cool with her taking the kids to the STL science museum all day tomorrow

 

[Atomic]

I havent really talked about full build over here, but this is the current one:

And an old one:

Personally the tvs blower is a lot more street friendly. I would really go with one of those if I were one of you guys. Turbos are fun, but have a whole lot more problems to solve and require constant maintanence than the blower that you just slap on and forget about.

 

[Tahoewhat]

ATOMIC--- OH yeah, i have already read throughally your thread on pt.net. That is honestly kind of why i had no doubts on your brackets. If yours can handle your power then my measly 5.3 stock should have no problems at all. lol ..

Now you just enlightened the others here. lol. But you have to post a pic of the whole truck, b/c one would not know thats what was in it.

BTW- i love your build. thats what im talking about for my tahoe. I do not see them much built.

 

[Travieso]

Tahoewhat I'll PM in a few I have lots of questions for you. Lol hope you don't mind, looks good man. Now you really got me thinking about suspension lol I hate you.

Oh anyone mentioned a 12 second Tahoe ? Lol

 

[M Hankel]

This is awesome reading the results from this swap. This is definitely going on my "to do" list for the Tahoe.

I am very curious to know how much of the improvement is coming from the spring compared to the adjustable shock itself. I am contemplating going with just a coilover shock first and seeing how much it improves. Then after a few thousand miles add the coil spring and see if there is a noticeable difference. Obviously there are more benefits to the coil springs just in weight difference alone. Those keys and t-bars are heavy. Anyway, just kinda thinking out loud here.

Mike

 

[Atomic]

Theres about a 45lb difference between the tbar setup and the coilovers. I would say most of the difference comes from the spring not the shock.

 

[04blackout]

got my conversion done today. its funny how easy removing the whole suspension is the second time you do it. as for right now, i cant really comment on how nice the ride is, bc it still needs an alignment and the rear shocks arent in yet, so it kinda feels nicer over the bad roads, but then the rear still sucks... those should be in tomorrow so HOPEFULLY i can get the shocks in after work and get it aligned tuesday

 

[crazyikon86]

love this

 

[Tahoewhat]

Tahoewhat I'll PM in a few I have lots of questions for you. Lol hope you don't mind, looks good man. Now you really got me thinking about suspension lol I hate you.

Oh anyone mentioned a 12 second Tahoe ? Lol

Bring the pms on. Or ask on here and do not mind. I'll send you phone as well. Hate away, i hate your performance. lol.

And we are well past the 12 sec tahoe. lol. But its funny you commented in here, i had just got done looking at your thread again. lol

This is awesome reading the results from this swap. This is definitely going on my "to do" list for the Tahoe.

I am very curious to know how much of the improvement is coming from the spring compared to the adjustable shock itself. I am contemplating going with just a coilover shock first and seeing how much it improves. Then after a few thousand miles add the coil spring and see if there is a noticeable difference. Obviously there are more benefits to the coil springs just in weight difference alone. Those keys and t-bars are heavy. Anyway, just kinda thinking out loud here.

Mike

How man the improvement is honestly hard to put in words. I wish like they talked about long time ago having a TYF neighborhood, i would take everyone for a ride. Then this would be over. lol. But its much better than the shocks and tbars. I thought the same way as you, as i needed shocks b/c the bilsteins were all wrong for my tahoe. So i figured why not replace with better. I researched alot and asked everyone questions. Even guys on forums that havent been on in years, still got respones. Once i finally get a day, im going to make all my reivews in the 2nd post and hopefully help others out with questions.

Theres about a 45lb difference between the tbar setup and the coilovers. I would say most of the difference comes from the spring not the shock.

They were quite heavy when we took it all out. The bars themselves were not real heavy, but going from all that to just a coil over that i can hold in one had to the bars, big difference.

got my conversion done today. its funny how easy removing the whole suspension is the second time you do it. as for right now, i cant really comment on how nice the ride is, bc it still needs an alignment and the rear shocks arent in yet, so it kinda feels nicer over the bad roads, but then the rear still sucks... those should be in tomorrow so HOPEFULLY i can get the shocks in after work and get it aligned tuesday

I need an alignment still as well, but just go drive around slowly. lol. You will notice the difference, trust me. I did instantly. Im interested in hearing your thoughts as well.


If any one has any questions or wants to know something, please put it down and soon as i get a day i will try to answer all questions and comments in the 2nd post. Hopefully soon.

 

[Bomba02]

I havent really talked about full build over here, but this is the current one:

And an old one:

Personally the tvs blower is a lot more street friendly. I would really go with one of those if I were one of you guys. Turbos are fun, but have a whole lot more problems to solve and require constant maintanence than the blower that you just slap on and forget about.

Top looks sick. How much boost you running, I know supercharger is little to maintain and run but I've always wanted to turbo something so it's going to happen eventually that is! Ha.

got my conversion done today. its funny how easy removing the whole suspension is the second time you do it. as for right now, i cant really comment on how nice the ride is, bc it still needs an alignment and the rear shocks arent in yet, so it kinda feels nicer over the bad roads, but then the rear still sucks... those should be in tomorrow so HOPEFULLY i can get the shocks in after work and get it aligned tuesday

Nice man glad you got it done! I wouldnt be able to hold off and wait for align id be testing it out! Get that thing fine tuned and your input in! Jealous man hope it makes you like the ride again! One other thing you didn't like the ride with djm LCA?

Ha ha ha ... The best of friends. ha ha .
ahh, no i see why you are on hold for the coil overs. LOL. I'll trade ya. lol. Very nice man.

Thread jack cant happen when its my thread and do not mind. lol.
With that said--- Nope no camber kit, alignment guy before said i did not need one. Will find out for sure hopefully next week when i go for alignment now. I'll try to get a front pic tomorrow.
Yes we can be all at different times, w/ billy already leading the way. I have some reading up to do on turbos and what needs to come with them.
Holding out on the turbo for now, would rather do the coilover conversion 1st.
It will be turbo one day! Haha. Interested to see results when you get it aligned!
Billy.

 

[Atomic]

Boost is between 20 and 30psi depending on how my wastegate feels at the moment. Roughly 1200rwhp at that level, little turbo is maxed out.

 

[digitalfiend]

Boost is between 20 and 30psi depending on how my wastegate feels at the moment. Roughly 1200rwhp at that level, little turbo is maxed out.

Hey Atomic,
I know you're running a turbo now, but what supercharger is that exactly in the second pic? If you've still got it, is it for sale? I'm really wanting to supercharge my Tahoe some day but I'm concerned with how much it will destroy the gas mileage. It's one thing to ruin gas mileage by having a lead foot, but what was the mileage difference between stock/NA and driving conservatively with that supercharger?

 

[Atomic]

No its been gone for several years, it was a tvs1900.

Keep your foot out of it and mileage will be the same. I actually got better mileage with a 408 and that blower and I did with a stock 5.3. This was in a lifted ext cab on 35s though.

 

[04blackout]

Well bad news... dealer just called and said they cant get all the camber out of it and that I need new spindles to make it happen. The top of the tires are kicked way in and now idk if this is gonna pan out??? I sure hope theres a better option that new spindles