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    Need opinion — upcoming road trip

    Yeah not sure the cam is the right thing to do or keep it stock just afm delete. I have access to tuning so not too concerned there. It’s got 3.08 gears so yeah a chance there is likely necessary. This is gonna be a bit long but things got interesting yesterday….. So about 400 miles from...
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    Need opinion — upcoming road trip

    A bit more info about current rig. ~208k miles on truck including trans but engine was replaced at GM dealer due to collapsed lifter around 87k miles. So engine has fewer miles but at 186k another lifter collapsed. I was able to get it uncollapsed but there’s been a slight lifter tick coming...
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    Need opinion — upcoming road trip

    Alright so we’ve been driving this thing around for the past couple weeks all over the west. 4100miles so far. Still got another 800 or so to go til we get home. Overall I like the rig. Avg 18.6mpg at 75-80mph. But I think the axle ratio is just putting the engine out of its power band...
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    Need opinion — upcoming road trip

    Appreciate all the input. I confirmed this morning that both fans were on this morning when I fired up the truck and a/c on. It’s been hot here and the garage was pretty toasty all night. Fans were pretty loud so I figured they were on high. Moving the transmission cooler might be a good...
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    Need opinion — upcoming road trip

    So we’re now taking another long road trip. Did a few more things, new headlight projectors, new afe trans cooler, new lower control arms, 2nd battery for the arb fridge, tinted windows all around. Changed trans fluid and fresh oil change and hit the road. Overall did pretty decent. Went from...
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    What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

    Added 2nd AGM battery in driver side tray and connected in parallel for now. I'll likely separate them later but needed to get something going for this road trip to keep the arb fridge going. Also sprung for Morimoto XB Projector headlights so got them bolted up. Might have pushed myself too...
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    Repair Shop Costs!

    Unfortunately not enough time.
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    Repair Shop Costs!

    Considered it but it would have to be a Tahoe or burb for 2.5 weeks would be about the same as the labor cost. Haha. I figured I’d risk them failing in the next 2 years and have them replace them under warranty then it helps me justify it a little more and I but talk them into using my...
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    Repair Shop Costs!

    My 250% number was based on prices from summit racing. So I assume a shop gets better pricing via wholesale suppliers than what I would get from summit. But I used that as a basis instead of Amazon or rock auto which likely have better pricing.
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    Repair Shop Costs!

    Yeah local in California. I know I know.... They are local and well respected, but warranty would be local only. Alignment is additional $165. I know things cost money, just crazy how it adds up for what seems pretty basic. I'm also not sure what I think about marking up a part 250% to...
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    Repair Shop Costs!

    So I believe like most on these forums I do nearly all my own work on vehicles. So I don't have a good frame of reference what certain repairs etc cost when going to a shop. Unfortunately I had an accident that rendered my left hand incapacitated at the moment. We are leaving for a trip in...
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    What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

    Not today but a couple weeks back upgraded sway bars front and rear to hellwig units on the 2013 K1500. Much more stable. I’m used to 2500/3500HD suspension so this is a perfect compromise.
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    Brake pedal squeal when pressed hard

    Bummer, I'll keep an eye on them. haven't noticed anything so far. that previous set was squeaking but it was more or of a creaky noise when applying the pedal even at a stand still so not the pads themselves squealing agains the rotors just the hydraulic pressure applied by the caliper which...
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    Brake pedal squeal when pressed hard

    Before I had a chance to test any further with this, I had to take care of the pulsing brakes which turned out to be due to previous work done incorrectly. So I ended up replacing pads and rotors and rear calipers. the numskull who did the brakes last installed the pads opposite of their...
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    5.3 misfire on cylinder 8 on throttle lift - SOLVED

    Good point. I did use the tech2 to shut off individual cylinder inejctors and it definitely got worse like an expected dead miss for all 8 cylinders. So it was hard to really notice any difference. Unfortunately it’s a random occurrence so hard to reproduce. I have to admit, im hyper sensitive...
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