2004 6.0 NV4500 Tahoe

[Erickk120]

Reading the alignment part hits home! I leveled mine and haven't aligned it yet, I can for sure see the camber is off. I will try to get it aligned sometime soon as I dont daily mine atm, but I can see the edge of the tire rubbing more than with the proper alignment. I had no idea it would eat into the gas that bad though so I will report back with my findings.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Reading the alignment part hits home! I leveled mine and haven't aligned it yet, I can for sure see the camber is off. I will try to get it aligned sometime soon as I dont daily mine atm, but I can see the edge of the tire rubbing more than with the proper alignment. I had no idea it would eat into the gas that bad though so I will report back with my findings.

Yeah, I was pretty shocked although my alignment was seriously wacked out! Have you driven enough to get a MPG estimate on it since the 5speed swap?

Also make sure you go somewhere that gives you an alignment paper, pretty sure the first place I went just set the toe and let it go.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Quarterly Sam's Club trip complete hauled 95gallons of water home and got 15.6mpg last tank of all city driving.

Also found a good use for the pesky old torsion bars and various pieces if lumber I had laying around. I have $20 in this Pull, situp and Dip station. Only thing I had to buy was the 6x6s which I got from my neighbors lumber yards scrap pile. They were originally a single 24' twisted and crooked poll that they couldn't sell so $20 and they were in the trailer.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Quarterly Sam's Club trip complete hauled 95gallons of water home and got 15.6mpg last tank of all city driving.

Also found a good use for the pesky old torsion bars and various pieces if lumber I had laying around. I have $20 in this Pull, situp and Dip station. Only thing I had to buy was the 6x6s which I got from my neighbors lumber yards scrap pile. They were originally a single 24' twisted and crooked poll that they couldn't sell so $20 and they were in the trailer.

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I also did the sams club thing yesterday. I grab 3-40 packs of the deer Park when I go. Great mpg for 6.0!

 

[Dantheman1540]

I also did the sams club thing yesterday. I grab 3-40 packs of the deer Park when I go. Great mpg for 6.0!

Deer park?

 

[Dantheman1540]

Tried to chase down a squeak that's driving me nuts but failed and broke a zero off my moog LCA ball joints while I was at it.

Also manned up and hacked the over axle part of my exhaust off. Wanted to do some crossmember trimming before it goes to the exhaust shop in 2 weeks. Ended up only cucutting more of the spare tire mount but it gives it enough room to clear the 2010 ram 2500 4" but really necks down to 3.5" rear resonator I plan to run. The 4" axle back pipe I got fits great now even without trimming the body mount cross member so I think I'll leave that alone.

My god the drone now is awful! I think I'll drive the toyota until exhaust shop time, I didn't expect it to be this bad.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Here's some details on the Ram factory resonator, I was worried it would be super restrictive but its straight through! Necks down the 3.5 right where the pipe meets the case then it appears to open back up to 4" inside so I'm not worried about any power loss.

Super pumped to see and hear all this stuff cobbled together by a pro.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Deer park?

Aqua. Funny, you guys in Florida get the red label (can't remember the brand), yet they ship Florida water to TN. I'm a spring water kinda guy.

 

[Dantheman1540]

Aqua. Funny, you guys in Florida get the red label (can't remember the brand), yet they ship Florida water to TN. I'm a spring water kinda guy.

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Haha never seen that before, I don't care what label is on the bottles $2.99 for 40 is a damn good price! I usually go through a case every 5 days or so.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Haha never seen that before, I don't care what label is on the bottles $2.99 for 40 is a damn good price! I usually go through a case every 5 days or so.

idk how much this is. Maybe $1-2 more than purified. We power through the waters too

and to keep this on track, nice progress on the exhaust!

 

[Dantheman1540]

idk how much this is. Maybe $1-2 more than purified. We power through the waters too

and to keep this on track, nice progress on the exhaust!

I hate buying bottled water cause environment and what not but, I hate cleaning cups and bottles so Eff nature. I make up for it by having cats on the Tahoe.


Went for the first long drive since cutting off the exhaust and omg life is changed! It rides soooooooo good now! Didn't realize how much that exhaust axle interference was ruining my ride quality. Theres a big double dip on my neighborhoods Mexico lane and I used to avoid it so I didn't need spine reconstruction. Now I can hit it at 50 and don't even feeling it!

Need to do some shock adjustments again and really get it right

 

[randeez]

im with ya man...hate buying individual bottles cause of the waste. i broke down and just ended up getting the 5gallon jugs delivered once a month and throw them on a water cooler. i get 3 cases delivered along with them usually just to stock up for hurricane season - if we burn thru the 5 gals - going out on bikes or sometimes its just easier to grab a bottle on the way out the door

 

[Dantheman1540]

im with ya man...hate buying individual bottles cause of the waste. i broke down and just ended up getting the 5gallon jugs delivered once a month and throw them on a water cooler. i get 3 cases delivered along with them usually just to stock up for hurricane season - if we burn thru the 5 gals - going out on bikes or sometimes its just easier to grab a bottle on the way out the door

I've been thinking about a water cooler, I have one at work and I only use one bottle all day and refill it. Need to do the same at home just lazy I suppose. My other excuse is my kitchen is small idk where I'd put one. So for now I'll be a POS I suppose.

 

[Stonefort]

I use a water filter pitcher and use Nalgene bottles with the narrow mouth. Narrow mouth is much easier to drink from without spilling or looking ridiculous, lol.

I also use the smaller 16oz a lot as well. A lot of times I just don't need a big ass jug of water.

 

[Stonefort]

I've been thinking about a water cooler, I have one at work and I only use one bottle all day and refill it. Need to do the same at home just lazy I suppose. My other excuse is my kitchen is small idk where I'd put one. So for now I'll be a POS I suppose.

A great tabletop water filter is the Berkey travel filter. Pricey but my friend had one and it's awesome

 

[Stonefort]

Double

 

[Dantheman1540]

A great tabletop water filter is the Berkey travel filter. Pricey but my friend had one and it's awesome View attachment 280641

Problem with that is the water isn't ice cold, my well water is actually really yummy. And problem using a filter pitcher is my fridge is small and has no room for one.

Need a kitchen remodel so one of these days a water cooler/filter will be added. Or a fullsize fridge with one built in.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I hate buying bottled water cause environment and what not but, I hate cleaning cups and bottles so Eff nature. I make up for it by having cats on the Tahoe.

 

[Dantheman1540]

I never posted the T1 4 piston swap in here although theres another thread with more details ill just post the basics.

2020 OEM calipers
R1 Concepts slotted and drilled 13.5" rotors and R1 Concepts OEM style pads. They bolted up great and needed 2 thin stainless washers to space them out correctly. Upon testing I believe the breaking distance has been shortened by approx 10-15%.

I also finally installed the passenger stainless braided line, and bled 6 bottles through the system.

Because they are powder coated so thick I did install the 1/4" spacers to provide more than enough clearance.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Aqua. Funny, you guys in Florida get the red label (can't remember the brand), yet they ship Florida water to TN. I'm a spring water kinda guy.

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We have green labels here in NJ.

 

[Rocket Man]

Haha never seen that before, I don't care what label is on the bottles $2.99 for 40 is a damn good price! I usually go through a case every 5 days or so.

Glad we have the purest water in the country, Bull Run Watershed. I just run my drinking water through the filter in the fridge and it tastes great, just like spring water. Which it actually is. I do add the packets of Crystal Light for flavor but that’s it.