Black Betty 2018 Z71 Silverado....build

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This will fit right in:

ya for some reason those do not exist on the west coast, I think I have seen one in the last 30 years, seen a few monte carlo's of this vintage though. I might pick up a G8 after I get this truck paid off unless a really good deal pops up I have been looking up and down the west coast for a while now, there is a supercharged gt 6.0 firehawk in Oregon and a supercharged gxp in washington, the SS are here and there but are generally about 10k more than the g8's but I like the Pontiac's better.

 

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ya for some reason those do not exist on the west coast, I think I have seen one in the last 30 years, seen a few monte carlo's of this vintage though. I might pick up a G8 after I get this truck paid off unless a really good deal pops up I have been looking up and down the west coast for a while now, there is a supercharged gt 6.0 firehawk in Oregon and a supercharged gxp in washington, the SS are here and there but are generally about 10k more than the g8's but I like the Pontiac's better.

Oh that's right, I remember now. My daughter is always finding them here in Florida and asking me to buy one for her. But this week she wants a Silverado NHT to tow a horse trailer! LOL

Remind me when you start looking again and I'll look around over here for ya.

 

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looks like my guess on how long it will take me is correct using the extra payment calculator 2.5 years started in oct 2019 should have it payed off march 2022
seems like forever at this point

 

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Covid bath

 

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ordered some more stereo goodies

 

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picked up the last amp needed for $420 lol, I offered $404 and said I am in Nor-cal, they shot back with "well if you are in nor-cal then you should like this number 420" lol
good deal I guess it's $549 everywhere
now I need a fuse holder, fuse, amp wire and a splitter and pick a head unit
*might also need a set of front dash speakers, not sure what the ohm's are the bose yet

 

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added the true-cool 40k, before I added the cooler I had already deleted the transmission thermostat, with the thermostat in place originally trans temps were 190-220+ almost always, deleting the thermostat dropped it down to about 170-190, adding the true-cool dropped it to about 155 after a good little workout, just cruising it was 122-135 ambient temp was about 75deg
took me a little while to get it installed this is a universal kit, it was simple enough to just pull one pipe, cut it and flare one end (discovered I don't really have skills for flaring) then fit a hose over it and clamped it, ran the hose thru the plastic, used the supplied brackets with a little bending and cutting, not all professional but it works and should remain trouble free for many years.
I installed it to work in unison with the factory cooler, I did trim a couple small pieces off of the shutters for clearance even though the shutters are disabled by blackbear if I have to put the tune back to stock then it wont give me any problems blocking the shutters from working.

 

[Rocket Man]

added the true-cool 40k, before I added the cooler I had already deleted the transmission thermostat, with the thermostat in place originally trans temps were 190-220+ almost always, deleting the thermostat dropped it down to about 170-190, adding the true-cool dropped it to about 155 after a good little workout, just cruising it was 122-135 ambient temp was about 75deg
took me a little while to get it installed this is a universal kit, it was simple enough to just pull one pipe, cut it and flare one end (discovered I don't really have skills for flaring) then fit a hose over it and clamped it, ran the hose thru the plastic, used the supplied brackets with a little bending and cutting, not all professional but it works and should remain trouble free for many years.
I installed it to work in unison with the factory cooler, I did trim a couple small pieces off of the shutters for clearance even though the shutters are disabled by blackbear if I have to put the tune back to stock then it wont give me any problems blocking the shutters from working.
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Learning to do flaring takes patience which I discovered I have no skill at.

 

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Learning to do flaring takes patience which I discovered I have no skill at.

that pic I put up was my 3rd or 4th attempt lol probably didn't help that it was the ultra cheapy tool that autozone rents, no idea how it would make a double flare didn't even attempt that.

 

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that pic I put up was my 3rd or 4th attempt lol probably didn't help that it was the ultra cheapy tool that autozone rents, no idea how it would make a double flare didn't even attempt that.

That’s what I was trying with a loan a tool- double flare on a brake line. I gave up and bought a pre-made line.

 

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had to buy the memphis audio amp AGAIN from another seller, the guy it bought it from put up a tracking number and it never scanned, 2-weeks later he was just full of excuses so I had to open a case with ebay to get my refund, weird the guy has no bad feedback and is a 20 year ebay seller I expected better.

 

[Rocket Man]

had to buy the memphis audio amp AGAIN from another seller, the guy it bought it from put up a tracking number and it never scanned, 2-weeks later he was just full of excuses so I had to open a case with ebay to get my refund, weird the guy has no bad feedback and is a 20 year ebay seller I expected better.

Shit happens as they say. The current situation has resulted in consequences never seen before. Performabuilt can’t get certain trans parts fir the first time in their history, and they told me to insure the shit out of mine when I shipped it to them because UPS has completely LOST 5 transmissions in the last 2 months. How the hell do you lose 5 big ass boxes that weigh 125 lbs?

 

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Installed the rear door Kappa's then of course it decided to start sprinkling, I kinda want to get all the speakers and amps in and then hopefully the head unit will be released by then, still need a few supplies first namely I'm hoping they make a adapter from the stock amp plug to a aftermarket one

 

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I'm waiting for this Kenwood 10.1" to drop dnr1007xr

 

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looks like these guy make a kit so I can just plug into the factory wiring harness for the speakers and amps

 

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couple more goodies on the way, slow process..... I guess I need to pick out a amp kit and some kind of amp bracket for the back

 

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...UPS has completely LOST 5 transmissions in the last 2 months. How the hell do you lose 5 big ass boxes that weigh 125 lbs?

They're not lost, somebody at UPS knows where they went!

 

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^ yup
i had Fedex try & lose a pkg of mine. it was lost a few hours after it was picked up by driver.
i got authorities involved... it was found in drivers car. he got fired & arrested. i got my pkg the next day.

 

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and a couple more goodies on the way.

 

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brakes started squeaking at me today so new rotors and pads on the way, ordered the powerstop police rotors, not sure why they only market these to the 08-19 tahoe's the dam things are just oem rotors that they vented, drilled and slotted. and apparently copper is being removed from brake pad material because it is "hazardous"