2001 Team DC Audio build (2025 revive)

[Onebad1983]

There are all kinds of videos on this. Super easy. Not that I did my own.. lol. Paid for a new cluster because I wanted the trans temp anyway.

That would probably be smart for me considering I'm going to be towing a camper for about 2 hours every 8 weeks for school

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Yeah it’s honestly pretty easy to do. Just make sure the stepper motors are reset or turned to be zeroed out when you take the needles off. Which if you aren’t messing with the steppers they should be fine. Just pull the needles and put new ones on!

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

UPS let me down yesterday. Ordered my intermediate pipe and tail pipe section. It shipped out last week from New York. 2 piece shipment. Both packages made it from New York to about a hour north of me in Oregon together no issue. Yesterday the tracking shows 1 package is out for the delivery and the other one hasn’t updated. Well intermediate pipe was delivered yesterday. They lost the muffler-back tail pipe section. How the hell do you lose that?! So I had to file a claim and hopefully I get my part or money back at least. Irritated to say the least. I got the intermediate pipe on at least though.

 

[Onebad1983]

UPS let me down yesterday. Ordered my intermediate pipe and tail pipe section. It shipped out last week from New York. 2 piece shipment. Both packages made it from New York to about a hour north of me in Oregon together no issue. Yesterday the tracking shows 1 package is out for the delivery and the other one hasn’t updated. Well intermediate pipe was delivered yesterday. They lost the muffler-back tail pipe section. How the hell do you lose that?! So I had to file a claim and hopefully I get my part or money back at least. Irritated to say the least. I got the intermediate pipe on at least though. View attachment 245026

It's already installed? Any difference in sound?

 

[Tonyrodz]

Yeah it’s honestly pretty easy to do. Just make sure the stepper motors are reset or turned to be zeroed out when you take the needles off. Which if you aren’t messing with the steppers they should be fine. Just pull the needles and put new ones on!

I swung the needles all the way to the right, then back to the left to zero them out. Guy who does them told me to do it that way. Forgot why he said tho lol.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

It's already installed? Any difference in sound?

going from the 2.75 intermediate to that 3” didn’t seem to make much of a difference it did seem to make it very slightly louder at idle but that’s about it.

I swung the needles all the way to the right, then back to the left to zero them out. Guy who does them told me to do it that way. Forgot why he said tho lol.

Yeah that works as well. I’m not sure if it makes a difference either way. I have seen people on videos do that. And I have seen people throw the cluster in without needles and just turn the truck on to get everything to sweep and zero out again.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Honestly kinda shocked. UPS found my tail pipe!! It got delivered today. Had to weld a 6” extension piece on the tail pipe to reach the muffler. The dynomax ultra flo full exhaust comes with a 20” body muffler, I bought the 17221 3” piping and 14” body one to be the same size as my flowmaster 40 was.
Intermediate part number is 52190
Tail pipe part number is 55114
You can really see the booger welds the previous owner did on the old piping. I just ran a quick stitch weld on the new stuff. Didn’t have access to that good of a welder but it doesn’t look bad.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

I know it’s dirty under there a hahah.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Here’s a video. A touch raspy around 5-6k rpm but not bad. I like the way it sounds. It’s a little louder with the piping swap but not too bad. Still idles fairly quiet

 

[Tonyrodz]

Here’s a video. A touch raspy around 5-6k rpm but not bad. I like the way it sounds. It’s a little louder with the piping swap but not too bad. Still idles fairly quiet

Sounds like shit......

















JUST KIDDING!!!! Sounds pretty good!
How's interior noise? Any drone? Loud-ish inside the cabin?

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Sounds like shit......

















JUST KIDDING!!!! Sounds pretty good!
How's interior noise? Any drone? Loud-ish inside the cabin?

******* ouchtown

haha so if there is any drone it’s maybe around 2500-3000 rpm. But even cruising at like 70-80mph with my gearing I’m only sitting at 2kish rpm. So cruising at highway speeds it isn’t noticeable really. But like normal driving you can hear it between shifts a little. Inside it’s not bad with the windows up. I wouldn’t say it’s super quiet but it’s also not insanely loud. If you stomp on it then it gets loud though as you might be able to hear in the video.

 

[Tonyrodz]

******* ouchtown

haha so if there is any drone it’s maybe around 2500-3000 rpm. But even cruising at like 70-80mph with my gearing I’m only sitting at 2kish rpm. So cruising at highway speeds it isn’t noticeable really. But like normal driving you can hear it between shifts a little. Inside it’s not bad with the windows up. I wouldn’t say it’s super quiet but it’s also not insanely loud. If you stomp on it then it gets loud though as you might be able to hear in the video.

Doesn't sound too bad. Mine drones inside--it's loud--and it's gotten a little annoying at times, plus I'm getting older lol. I have the mbro, and it's a straight through muffler--just like a cherry bomb. I have a clip if you haven't heard it yet.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Doesn't sound too bad. Mine drones inside--it's loud--and it's gotten a little annoying at times, plus I'm getting older lol. I have the mbro, and it's a straight through muffler--just like a cherry bomb. I have a clip if you haven't heard it yet.

Yeah post the clip I haven’t heard it yet! Mine doesn’t seem to drone that bad but like I said when I first put the dynomax on I have a shit load of sound deadener throughout my Tahoe so I don’t know how much it would compare to a stock tahoe without deadener. My ultra flo is a straight through as well. But it’s not round and small like the cherry bombs glasspack

 

[Tonyrodz]

Yeah post the clip I haven’t heard it yet! Mine doesn’t seem to drone that bad but like I said when I first put the dynomax on I have a shit load of sound deadener throughout my Tahoe so I don’t know how much it would compare to a stock tahoe without deadener. My ultra flo is a straight through as well. But it’s not round and small like the cherry bombs glasspack

True about the deadener.
This is a cold start.

On the highway with the windows up.

Hot idle.
I'll try to find a pic of the muffler.

EDIT: Found the muffler pics.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

True about the deadener.
This is a cold start.

On the highway with the windows up.

Hot idle.
I'll try to find a pic of the muffler.

EDIT: Found the muffler pics.View attachment 245209 View attachment 245210

Good lord I need a cam ugh. Sounds so good. I feel like yours is wayyyy louder idling compared to mine. At least in the video. It sounds damn good though. I could see how you’d have some drone though with that from the video.

 

[JonnyTahoe]

Really sounds nice. I was waiting for a quick rev-up before the video ended

 

[Tonyrodz]

Really sounds nice. I was waiting for a quick rev-up before the video ended

 

[Tonyrodz]

Good lord I need a cam ugh. Sounds so good. I feel like yours is wayyyy louder idling compared to mine. At least in the video. It sounds damn good though. I could see how you’d have some drone though with that from the video.

Thx. I do love how it sounds, but sometimes the drone just gets to me. If it's running outside you def feel the vibration in your house lol. If you can--I highly recommend doing a cam. More smiles to the miles . Def shocks the hell out of people. Who would hot rod a Tahoe?

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Thx. I do love how it sounds, but sometimes the drone just gets to me. If it's running outside you def feel the vibration in your house lol. If you can--I highly recommend doing a cam. More smiles to the miles . Def shocks the hell out of people. Who would hot rod a Tahoe?

hahaha right?!? If I do one I’m gonna keep it light with a btr stage 2. Nothing crazy just want a little lope at idle. What cam are you running on yours?

 

[Tonyrodz]

hahaha right?!? If I do one I’m gonna keep it light with a btr stage 2. Nothing crazy just want a little lope at idle. What cam are you running on yours?

BTR stage 3 with a 3000 Circle D converter.