2004 6.0 NV4500 Tahoe

[randeez]

much better! Every time you weld, you will improve. In 6 months, you'll look back and these remind yourself of that

if you can hold a continuous bead without burn through, you dont really have to do circles or back forth or whatever, you can just run a straight line. *if it's hot enough to not have roll under and will lay flat

The back n forth "slows" me down from just blobbing on puddles

 

[George B]

Then grinds it off and tries again.

My real biggest welding flaw is lack of prep, I ain't got time 4 dat

Then you do it with stick and a 6011 rod. Burn the dirt off!

 

[Dantheman1540]

Behold...a sample of the quality you're in for

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I'd be proud of that, might not be sexy but fat girls phuck too

 

[Dantheman1540]

No way to make the dual 3" work this low, with this axle, and not cut a ton. Even if cutting was an option look how much I'd have to remove directly under ththe body mount. No thanks.

Also look how little room there is before the axle smashes the pipes

 

[randeez]

time to ditch the frame crossmember imfo, exhaust is way more important

 

[Sam Harris]

No way to make the dual 3" work this low, with this axle, and not cut a ton. Even if cutting was an option look how much I'd have to remove directly under ththe body mount. No thanks.

Also look how little room there is before the axle smashes the pipes

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Just make yourself a couple 1/2”x8” ovals man. What’s the problem..?! [emoji1787]

 

[Dantheman1540]

time to ditch the frame crossmember imfo, exhaust is way more important

I'd consider a super chop, gusset the crap out of the body mounts and maybe run a crossmember further back out of the dom but. The axle will still touch the exhaust in 1" of up travel so it will still make noise and find resistance. Plus a single 12" diesel tip will look cool once I toot this thing out.

Just make yourself a couple 1/2”x8” ovals man. What’s the problem..?! [emoji1787]

Get out the BFH!

 

[Rocket Man]

No way to make the dual 3" work this low, with this axle, and not cut a ton. Even if cutting was an option look how much I'd have to remove directly under ththe body mount. No thanks.

Also look how little room there is before the axle smashes the pipes

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Way more room than my Silverado.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Way more room than my Silverado.

I vote you do upright headers through the hood with tractor flaps.

 

[Dantheman1540]

With the recent rain weve been having I learned 3 things.

1: Windshield wipers are stupid expensive in town (average of $25ish per blade!)
2: Rock auto has awesome Trico wipers for only $8.50ish per blade
3: Nitto 420s like to hydroplane as they age. I don't remember them being this scary when hitting puddles but this weekend I almost shat my britches when I hit a shallow puddle and it sent me toward the ditch. This will likely be the deciding factor for going to a more "All season" style tire like a Michelin LTX when these are worn more.

 

[randeez]

get them new 555r2

 

[Dantheman1540]

get them new 555r2

Those are only considered all seasons in Death Valley

 

[randeez]

theyre ok in rain....not as bad as i thought, that viscous awd tho

 

[Rocket Man]

Those are only considered all seasons in Death Valley

That tread design actually works real good in water. Those center grooves let the water exit out the rear in a rooster tail.

 

[Dantheman1540]

theyre ok in rain....not as bad as i thought, that viscous awd tho

I don't have drive wheels traction problem, it's 100% the front end shooting in whichever direction it pleases during a mild puddle event. Could still be partially due to the jacked up alignment. WIll be getting it fixed Thursday hopefully for the final time.

That tread design actually works real good in water. Those center grooves let the water exit out the rear in a rooster tail.

The pattern looks good but the 6/32" tread depth is sketchy at best

I'd love to see @randeez showing us how well they work in some awd tight radius wet surface donuts

 

[randeez]

I don't have drive wheels traction problem, it's 100% the front end shooting in whichever direction it pleases during a mild puddle event. Could still be partially due to the jacked up alignment. WIll be getting it fixed Thursday hopefully for the final time.



The pattern looks good but the 6/32" tread depth is sketchy at best

I'd love to see @randeez showing us how well they work in some awd tight radius wet surface donuts

lol my tire guy was like, these fookin things are already on the wear bars

 

[Dantheman1540]

lol my tire guy was like, these fookin things are already on the wear bars

Funny you can even tell that in the picture I posted, might want to shave those wear bars down so the law don't catch you. Oh wait, Florida don't give a fahq

 

[Rocket Man]

I don't have drive wheels traction problem, it's 100% the front end shooting in whichever direction it pleases during a mild puddle event. Could still be partially due to the jacked up alignment. WIll be getting it fixed Thursday hopefully for the final time.



The pattern looks good but the 6/32" tread depth is sketchy at best

I'd love to see @randeez showing us how well they work in some awd tight radius wet surface donuts

Oops, r2 drag radials not g2 aw my bad.
I’d rather see @randeez doing dry surface tight radius donuts like the ricers.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Back to questioning my exhaust setup, since there is no way to fit dual 3" over the axle, a single 4" is the future. With the massive Flopro taking up so much space I don't think there would be room for a merge pipe after the muffler, and I don't think the available off-the-shelf merge pipes would fit the odd offset of the Flopro outlets (See pic 1). The search for a dual 3" inlet single 4" outlet muffler led me to the Gibson 788050S (link/pic below), its 8" round, 24" body, and 30"total where the Flopro is 12x9 and same body length. My main concern would be that since it has significantly less internal volume its ability to reduce drone would be reduced, maybe the 4" outlet would be quieter than the dual 3"?

The possibility of adding a 4" resonator after the axle is a good possibility, or a pair of 3" before the muffler still possible just more difficult.

(https://www.amazon.com/Gibson-Performance-Exhaust-788050S-Stainless/dp/B008CLO6YU)

 

[pwtr02ss]

Back to questioning my exhaust setup, since there is no way to fit dual 3" over the axle, a single 4" is the future. With the massive Flopro taking up so much space I don't think there would be room for a merge pipe after the muffler, and I don't think the available off-the-shelf merge pipes would fit the odd offset of the Flopro outlets (See pic 1). The search for a dual 3" inlet single 4" outlet muffler led me to the Gibson 788050S (link/pic below), its 8" round, 24" body, and 30"total where the Flopro is 12x9 and same body length. My main concern would be that since it has significantly less internal volume its ability to reduce drone would be reduced, maybe the 4" outlet would be quieter than the dual 3"?

The possibility of adding a 4" resonator after the axle is a good possibility, or a pair of 3" before the muffler still possible just more difficult.

(https://www.amazon.com/Gibson-Performance-Exhaust-788050S-Stainless/dp/B008CLO6YU)

I don't know enough about exhaust brands/sounds to weigh in on this but it looks like you're on the right track. I have magnaflow muffler on my orange truck and their catback on my camaro. Reasoning behind both was, they were quiet....