Randeez 2012 Budget Yukon Denali Build (stick on hood scoops galore)

[89Suburban]

Converter is not optimized for towing
Prob rides better with the weight but it def feels it back there
for the freon charge... i think i need to have it in park and just rev to 2500rpm and see what the gauges say and adjust from there i prob shouldve done that a long time ago cause nothing else is working


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Whatchya haulin?

 

[randeez]

im just dragging trailer across state
bofadeez will be loaded on it and we're going to see @pwtr02ss
the trailer probably weighs more than both of them

 

[89Suburban]

im just dragging trailer across state
bofadeez will be loaded on it and we're going to see @pwtr02ss

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Smack his hiney for me?

 

[pwtr02ss]

im just dragging trailer across state
bofadeez will be loaded on it and we're going to see @pwtr02ss
the trailer probably weighs more than both of them

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You've got the digits. Swing by anytime

 

[pwtr02ss]

Safe travels buddy. We'll get back on the Camaro when I get the trans cooler all wrapped up

 

[randeez]

Safe travels buddy. We'll get back on the Camaro when I get the trans cooler all wrapped up

yassss, also i know i kept telling you to drop idle on it... i raised idle up to 900 on yukon and its working better

 

[randeez]

Smack his hiney for me?

gonna be hard not to

 

[pwtr02ss]

gonna be hard not to

Don't tease me with a good time

 

[mikeyss]

Don't tease me with a good time

 

[randeez]

alright,

couple hours in the office this morning and got a few things done.

came home, warmed yukon up, put a brick on the gas pedal, turned intercooler pump and dash ac way up (drives the pressure high) was getting over 300psi prob worse than ever cause not moving is just the fans pulling air threw everything and ect started rising. started adjusting refrigerant charge. took quite a bit out of it, vent and intake temps still were decently cold, i rarely run both or either at full blast so as i turn both down they cool better. got pressure down to 260-270ish stationary. went for a drive and pressure moving came down a lot more and only got to like 215ish but had nice temp comfortable temp out of dash (93 outside) came home...mixed up some soapy water and sprayed down the front of the condenser and then rinsed it all off/out real good. my normal test n tune way was blocked, not sure if accident or something so didnt have a chance to take a long cruise but well see how it goes.

correct strut for forester will be here tomorrow not sure if im going to be able to put it on for a while tho...may just drop off at buddys shop to have done...going to need alignment n crap after anyway

debating on waiting till after i get the intake pipe (tomorrow) to run this trailer a couple hundred miles, worst case i can probably get away with running the intercooler pump very little (or even dumping a bag of ice into reservoir every hour) if ac just refuses to cooperate.

 

[randeez]

Drive over well, i think the only casualty is the intercooler pump. It hangs right above where the resonator is all the way back by the tail pipe
Never had problems with before and have driven just as far before...but I'm thinking with weight of trailer it made exhaust closer to it or the wiring. Hopefully just the wiring I can fix that pretty quick and strap it up higher

 

[randeez]

ordered a new expansion valve and dryer for the chiller
there was a little bit of junk on the orifice valve when i changed it out - thinking the txv may also have some junk in it and chiller doesnt seem to be working so well.
ordered another bmw pump for the intercooler. it was a little stinky but i was going full blast on it for a while and i dont know...worked fine on the way home dont want to rely on it going at any moment

 

[mzr2240]

I'm sure it's somewhere in the thread, but what was your solution for the axles on the 9.25 diff?

 

[randeez]

I'm sure it's somewhere in the thread, but what was your solution for the axles on the 9.25 diff?

at stock height or lowered (if i was doing it all over) i would prob still grab oem axles and swap the outer cv joint needed (33spline pre-10 2500) onto the 8bolt inner joint/shaft(2010+ 2500) i think the actual shafts are longer, youd still need a little cv axle spacer. i used cognito for them .5 or .8 i dont remember what ended up being the correct ones.
swapping the inner is easier and cheaper (cause you can do after market) but they are too short and need a longer spacer (or stacked)
problem is you need to buy 4 total axles, aftermarket the cv axles dont come off and the inner tripod joint is hit or miss, so they have to be oem. gettin all of them used off ebay or wrecking yard saves money but you dont know what condition theyre in. new oem 2500 axles are like 3-400/each, used can be had for less than 100/ea. even just buying new oem cv joints were nearly 300/ea last i checked. best option would prob be used 2010+ axles with new oem pre-2010 cv joints

lifted widens the track width, so i ended up with RCV axles, custom length, correct inner, correct outer no spacers but price keeps going up on them 2800$ish now iirc but you could definitely start with them if you got money to burn

 

[89Suburban]

at stock height or lowered (if i was doing it all over) i would prob still grab oem axles and swap the outer cv joint needed (33spline pre-10 2500) onto the 8bolt inner joint/shaft(2010+ 2500) i think the actual shafts are longer, youd still need a little cv axle spacer. i used cognito for them .5 or .8 i dont remember what ended up being the correct ones.
swapping the inner is easier and cheaper (cause you can do after market) but they are too short and need a longer spacer (or stacked)
problem is you need to buy 4 total axles, aftermarket the cv axles dont come off and the inner tripod joint is hit or miss, so they have to be oem. gettin all of them used off ebay or wrecking yard saves money but you dont know what condition theyre in. new oem 2500 axles are like 3-400/each, used can be had for less than 100/ea. even just buying new oem cv joints were nearly 300/ea last i checked. best option would prob be used 2010+ axles with new oem pre-2010 cv joints

lifted widens the track width, so i ended up with RCV axles, custom length, correct inner, correct outer no spacers but price keeps going up on them 2800$ish now iirc but you could definitely start with them if you got money to burn

I get all tingley in the pants when you do this..

 

[randeez]

I get all tingley in the pants when you do this..

i wish someone else, anyone else, would do this swap so i can quit having to be the sole proprietor of this mod and the only available person to answer these questions

also, since we are here. friend pulled transmission out at his shop. they went to roll it back out of the shop bay it was in and rear passenger caliper is locked up i just redid all the pads and rotors shit was fine i dunno wtf but he said pad was gone they had to pull the caliper off just to get it to roll

 

[07Burb]

i wish someone else, anyone else, would do this swap so i can quit having to be the sole proprietor of this mod and the only available person to answer these questions

Maybe there's a reason why no one else has done the mod

 

[Rocket Man]

i wish someone else, anyone else, would do this swap so i can quit having to be the sole proprietor of this mod and the only available person to answer these questions

Nope I like my shit to keep working.

 

[randeez]

Nope I like my shit to keep working.

it works in reverse

actually reverse is hard for a ring gear just be the nature of how the teeth engage doesnt really matter the size

 

[pwtr02ss]

i wish someone else, anyone else, would do this swap so i can quit having to be the sole proprietor of this mod and the only available person to answer these questions

also, since we are here. friend pulled transmission out at his shop. they went to roll it back out of the shop bay it was in and rear passenger caliper is locked up i just redid all the pads and rotors shit was fine i dunno wtf but he said pad was gone they had to pull the caliper off just to get it to roll

Same thing happened to me and my dad both. Changed the pads/rotors, passenger rear caliper stuck after a short drive.