2001 Team DC Audio build (2025 revive)

[Tonyrodz]

@Sam Harris you meaning rtv around the knock sensor harness boots?

Yup, that's what he's saying. Keeps the water away from the sensors.

 

[Sam Harris]

@Sam Harris you meaning rtv around the knock sensor harness boots?

Yessir. Like so: (terrible example though..)

 

[JonnyTahoe]

I really thought this was gonna go differently than it did. I mean knock sensors aren’t that much to deal with right?!

Apparently I was wrong hahah. now to explain.....

Everything started out okay at first. no problems disconnecting anything(besides the c clip on the stupid CC connector to the throttle body that disappeared), that is until I got to my fuel lines. the plastic quick release tools i had wouldn't release the lines. Drove to my buddies across town to get a metal set. got those off and boom manifold was off finally. 210k miles without ever being taken off looked like this.
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YIKES

After spending about a solid hour cleaning it i finally got it as good as it was going to get unless I busted out the pressure washer which was something i really didnt care to do lol. Figured while i was there i should replace the factory oil pressure sensor. Well i did not realize how long it was and i did not have a 1 1/16 socket deep enough for it... found out finally that i could loosen the cam position sensor next to it and twist it far enough to get some pliers on it and tighten it down.

(i forgot to take a pic before i swapped the knock sensors and oil pressure sensor in.)View attachment 252182
So now the oil pressure sensor is in, knock sensors w/ new harness, and everything is cleaned on the motor ready for gaskets and intake manifold
I went with the FEL-PRO metal/rubber gasket kit instead of sticking with the flemsy plastic factory style crap.View attachment 252183
finally can get the manifold back on!

Nice Job of cleaning the engine. I removed that foam thing under the front of the Intake (yours may of already been removed) and went to my local DIY car wash and blasted the front of the engine and all under the Intake the best I could really cleaned up nice. That's a lot of work to clean all that grease and sand that gets under that Intake. Thanks for sharing your stories of dropping clips and breaking fittings as well I thought I was the only guy having that crap happen at midnight on a work night. The amount of work you get done while holding down a full time job is amazing.

 

[JonnyTahoe]

now I can focus on adding my 3rd 5k I just got and hopefully getting this steering wheel to work. View attachment 252190

3rd 5k. 10,000 not enough !! New steering wheel nice. I just wish the 00-02 had the radio control on them.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Yessir. Like so: (terrible example though..)

I did put rtv under the boots like around the edge of them. But I didn’t want a **** ton of silicone gooped up around them so I didn’t go extreme with it hahaha.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Nice Job of cleaning the engine. I removed that foam thing under the front of the Intake (yours may of already been removed) and went to my local DIY car wash and blasted the front of the engine and all under the Intake the best I could really cleaned up nice. That's a lot of work to clean all that grease and sand that gets under that Intake. Thanks for sharing your stories of dropping clips and breaking fittings as well I thought I was the only guy having that crap happen at midnight on a work night. The amount of work you get done while holding down a full time job is amazing.

thank you that means a lot! I still want that engine bay cleaner than it is right now though haha. And I left the foam on the intake manifold. It was surprising to me that none of that had every been removed before I owned it. Hopefully I can get another 200k out of this engine it runs really good at least.

3rd 5k. 10,000 not enough !! New steering wheel nice. I just wish the 00-02 had the radio control on them.

haha yeah it’s always been the plan to run a 5k per pair of subs in this. Right now I have one 5k per 3 wired at .33ohm. So the amps currently will heat up a little quicker with how low of impedance they are set at. Once I get the third amp in I’ll be at .5ohm per pair of subs. Might not gain a lot on the meter but amps will be a lot happier and I’ll be able to play longer without stuff getting hot.

I think that some of the denalis actually had steering wheel controls factory in 99-02. It took me awhile to find this wheel without the steering controls cause I didn’t want them.

 

[Tonyrodz]

thank you that means a lot! I still want that engine bay cleaner than it is right now though haha. And I left the foam on the intake manifold. It was surprising to me that none of that had every been removed before I owned it. Hopefully I can get another 200k out of this engine it runs really good at least.



haha yeah it’s always been the plan to run a 5k per pair of subs in this. Right now I have one 5k per 3 wired at .33ohm. So the amps currently will heat up a little quicker with how low of impedance they are set at. Once I get the third amp in I’ll be at .5ohm per pair of subs. Might not gain a lot on the meter but amps will be a lot happier and I’ll be able to play longer without stuff getting hot.

I think that some of the denalis actually had steering wheel controls factory in 99-02. It took me awhile to find this wheel without the steering controls cause I didn’t want them.

Did your wheel come out of a work type vehicle? Chevy Express, work pickup? Non leather wrapped usually does. Just curious.

 

[JonnyTahoe]

thank you that means a lot! I still want that engine bay cleaner than it is right now though haha. And I left the foam on the intake manifold. It was surprising to me that none of that had every been removed before I owned it. Hopefully I can get another 200k out of this engine it runs really good at least.



haha yeah it’s always been the plan to run a 5k per pair of subs in this. Right now I have one 5k per 3 wired at .33ohm. So the amps currently will heat up a little quicker with how low of impedance they are set at. Once I get the third amp in I’ll be at .5ohm per pair of subs. Might not gain a lot on the meter but amps will be a lot happier and I’ll be able to play longer without stuff getting hot.

I think that some of the denalis actually had steering wheel controls factory in 99-02. It took me awhile to find this wheel without the steering controls cause I didn’t want them.

Back in the 90's amps were very expensive. I had a ADS PQ-20 (look it up) I paid 780.00 new and you could run it off your stock alternator. Had two 8'' subs and a pair of 6X9's in the back rear window of a 78 Trans Am. At the time that was a decent system only one other guy had a better system than me with two PQ-20's in a IROC-Z. Before the ADS I had a Rockford amp. Systems are much cheaper now compared to years ago. I have been looking at those DC amps since following your build. I like the new 20k. Never had power like that in the good old days.

 

[JonnyTahoe]

I did put rtv under the boots like around the edge of them. But I didn’t want a **** ton of silicone gooped up around them so I didn’t go extreme with it hahaha.

Did you have rust in those sensor holes ?

 

[JonnyTahoe]

thank you that means a lot! I still want that engine bay cleaner than it is right now though haha. And I left the foam on the intake manifold. It was surprising to me that none of that had every been removed before I owned it. Hopefully I can get another 200k out of this engine it runs really good at least.



haha yeah it’s always been the plan to run a 5k per pair of subs in this. Right now I have one 5k per 3 wired at .33ohm. So the amps currently will heat up a little quicker with how low of impedance they are set at. Once I get the third amp in I’ll be at .5ohm per pair of subs. Might not gain a lot on the meter but amps will be a lot happier and I’ll be able to play longer without stuff getting hot.

I think that some of the denalis actually had steering wheel controls factory in 99-02. It took me awhile to find this wheel without the steering controls cause I didn’t want them.

You really want to drive the ''Squishy Kid'' Tahoe another 200k.. When I see all these newer trucks everywhere I think man I would really like a different truck. Had my Tahoe ten long years and never done a burnout it just hooks up. Tires last a long time maybe too long.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Did your wheel come out of a work type vehicle? Chevy Express, work pickup? Non leather wrapped usually does. Just curious.

So I got it from a guy who originally bought it for a work van not realizing he needed a 99-02 wheel. I’m sure it probably did come out of a work truck or base model Tahoe or van etc.

Back in the 90's amps were very expensive. I had a ADS PQ-20 (look it up) I paid 780.00 new and you could run it off your stock alternator. Had two 8'' subs and a pair of 6X9's in the back rear window of a 78 Trans Am. At the time that was a decent system only one other guy had a better system than me with two PQ-20's in a IROC-Z. Before the ADS I had a Rockford amp. Systems are much cheaper now compared to years ago. I have been looking at those DC amps since following your build. I like the new 20k it's only 3 grand.

yeah compared to back in the day it’s definitely cheaper dollar per watt for stuff but now people are running like 40k watts in comp rigs it’s not uncommon to see that much power and 100+ lb subs

Did you have rust in those sensor holes ?

surprisingly no they were fairly clean there was a little corrosion but not a lot

You really want to drive the ''Squishy Kid'' Tahoe another 200k.. When I see all these newer trucks everywhere I think man I would really like a different truck. Had my Tahoe ten long years and never done a burnout it just hooks up. Tires last a long time maybe too long.

Well I have so much invested in it now that it’s like my black 69 c20 I can’t imagine getting rid of it at this point lol.

 

[JonnyTahoe]

I know exactly what you mean.. Just like my Tahoe sitting in the garage with a bad tranny for almost a year now. You would love it the interior has never been touched.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

I know exactly what you mean.. Just like my Tahoe sitting in the garage with a bad tranny for almost a year now. You would love it the interior has never been touched.View attachment 252238 View attachment 252239

Need to get that trans fixed! And yeah mine was untouched interior when I got it. Poor thing has been touched more than a ********** now haha

 

[Tonyrodz]

Need to get that trans fixed! And yeah mine was untouched interior when I got it. Poor thing has been touched more than a ********** now haha

Dirty ****

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Dirty ****

Yeah unfortunately she really is nowadays. Been touched all over hahaha

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

My lady got me some new oem wiper arms cause and I quote, “mine were chipping, rusty, and gross.” Love having a car enthusiast girl lol.

When I originally cleaned everything up audio wise I ran out of green heat shrink so my power runs on the alt always had black and it’s dumb but it always irritated me to look at and I got them switched out to green today. Also better view of the battery delete and washer bottle that my tires won’t desroy

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Small update.
After seeing how nasty my intake was I decided before it gets that way again I was gonna try to prevent it so my catch can came today in the mail. Went with a cheap amazon one. After some research it seemed that most people even some turbo guys were either using cheap eBay/amazon ones or full blown custom there wasn’t much in between. It’s working so far hopefully I won’t regret it but I don’t think it will hurt anything. For being cheap it’s actually pretty damn solid and seems well made. Ground stud by the booster worked perfect to mount it. Cut my pcv hose in half basically and added this in line.

 

[Onebad1983]

So I got it from a guy who originally bought it for a work van not realizing he needed a 99-02 wheel. I’m sure it probably did come out of a work truck or base model Tahoe or van etc.



yeah compared to back in the day it’s definitely cheaper dollar per watt for stuff but now people are running like 40k watts in comp rigs it’s not uncommon to see that much power and 100+ lb subs



surprisingly no they were fairly clean there was a little corrosion but not a lot


Well I have so much invested in it now that it’s like my black 69 c20 I can’t imagine getting rid of it at this point lol.

I was just with a guy tonight that just bought a 15” sundown (don’t know exactly which size) for his XJ and the thing weights 120 lbs. it’s insane!

 

[Onebad1983]

My lady got me some new oem wiper arms cause and I quote, “mine were chipping, rusty, and gross.” Love having a car enthusiast girl lol.
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When I originally cleaned everything up audio wise I ran out of green heat shrink so my power runs on the alt always had black and it’s dumb but it always irritated me to look at and I got them switched out to green today. Also better view of the battery delete and washer bottle that my tires won’t desroy

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Keep her! Those are hard to find!

 

[ivin74]

Battery delete under the hood is done. Used a 1/2” piece of plastic for it. Basically like cutting board material. Simple and easy plus made room for my hid ballasts and demon eye controller.

Finally got a new window wash reservoir but not the most excited on where it’s at. It works for now but I think I might try to hide it more.

Also Went down to the hardware store and picked up some stainless bolts and countersunk washers to replace the fender and hood bolts.
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Where did you mount the battery?