Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[Tonyrodz]

May be an afterthought. But red dice hanging from the rearview mirror. The BIG fuzzy ones...

5 hp right there! Lol

 

[bottomline2000]

Ok, im goig with Rocket. u mentioned not need a catch can with the blower..here the solution..check balls to stop blow back. u won't see oil in the tb, but in the supercharger itself.
http://tracylewisperformance.com/product-category/catchcans/tlsigcan/

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[Rocket Man]

Ok, im goig with Rocket. u mentioned not need a catch can with the blower..here the solution..check balls to stop blow back. u won't see oil in the tb, but in the supercharger itself.
http://tracylewisperformance.com/product-category/catchcans/tlsigcan/

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Ok now there's one problem, besides the one I want is $420... I don't see a red one on their website!

 

[bottomline2000]

Ok now there's one problem, besides the one I want is $420... I don't see a red one on their website!

Yeah that's click bait lol. I'd say just get the check balls and rock the $99 one from catchcan.com..they come in red lol.

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[Rocket Man]

Yeah that's click bait lol. I'd say just get the check balls and rock the $99 one from catchcan.com..they come in red lol.

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I had a red one from them and sold it because I heard it would be a problem with the blower. I think I'm fine; mine never even caught more than about half an ounce between oil changes. But that TLP one in red would look nice under my hood...

 

[SirReal63]

New member, I binge read this entire thread last night. I admire your perseverance and determination. I will be 54 next month and two years ago I started building our 3500 sq ft house, all by myself, so seeing you tackle these projects makes me feel great.

I haven't picked up my future Yukon Denali XL yet, but I already have some ideas, thanks to this amazing thread. It won't be my first 6.0, I have one sitting in the driveway wit 313k miles on it, it is my favorite GM engine.

Keep up the good work and take time to heal, it becomes more important as our "experience" level grows.

 

[Rocket Man]

New member, I binge read this entire thread last night. I admire your persevere and determination. I will be 54 next month and two years ago I started building our 3500 sq ft house, all by myself, so seeing you tackle these projects makes me feel great.

I haven't picked up my future Yukon Denali XL yet, but I already have some ideas, thanks to this amazing thread. It won't be my first 6.0, I have one sitting in the driveway wit 313k miles on it, it is my favorite GM engine.

Keep up the good work and take time to heal, it becomes more important as our "experience" level grows.

I feel very honored that you read my entire build thread; that must have taken quite awhile. And congrats on the huge undertaking of building a house. I remodeled every single room in my 3-bedroom house on evenings and weekends over a few years and that was enough for me. It might have been easier to build from new lol. And 313k miles? That's a statement about these engines. Glad to have you onboard the forum, this is a great place.

 

[SirReal63]

Thanks, the house was a huge undertaking for this old body, so much in fact I had an LAD heart attack on Aug. 4 2016 and was back working on the house in two weeks.

The 313k mile 6.0 is in a 2003 2500HD 4x4, RCLB. Today it is our farm truck but it lived the first 270k miles as an ATT supervisors truck, so it has had excellent service its whole life. The only major work has been a new Melling high flow oil pump and motor mounts. It is still strong as an ox and pulls my tractor with the 18' pipe top trailer with ease. If taken care of these engines will just run and run.

I think it was this thread where I saw someone with a can of Kreen. Awesome stuff, I have used it in two vehicles and it it is the best, and gentlest junk remover for engines. I first heard about on a BMW forum after I purchased a 2001 740i and rebuilt it to stock perfection. The stuff works, when they did the oil pump on the truck, the dealer was amazed at how clean the engine was, at 300k miles.

 

[Rocket Man]

I just recently heard about Kreen as well and have some, ready to use when my next OCI gets a little closer. Good to hear another positive review on it.

 

[SirReal63]

The stuff works, my old BMW was a mess from the guy I bought it from, short trips really sludge an engine up. After two treatments it was clean under the valve covers. I now do it to every vehicle I get.

I really love what you have done to the Yukon. I will never go to those lengths but this thread has been better than an adventure novel. I want one for the ride quality, my trucks beat my old bones up and I plan on getting a small piece of property in the NM mountains and the thought of that 9 hour drive in any of our trucks makes me cringe.

So what is next for your amazing ride?

 

[Rocket Man]

I don't have any big plans, maybe a Wilwood setup and some more boost but right now I need it to not break so that's my near-term goal. I'm also doing a bit more to the engine bay to make it look better.

 

[cmc76]

That is always an interesting question. " when is it done?".
As a fellow tinkerer, albeit far less ambitious, the answer is really never.
I've read this and countless other threads. Always inspired by the ideas. Always thinking what next.
I've got a pile of parts in my kitchen. A house with projects always spiraling into more. And like many of us, always looking at the car ads thinking " if I just had a spot for one more".
In a way , its what separates us from those who just call it " good enough".
Between the bike and the Denali , you have built your share. I think I speak for all of us, and yourself included " Rocket Man", but its never done.

 

[Rocket Man]

That is always an interesting question. " when is it done?".
As a fellow tinkerer, albeit far less ambitious, the answer is really never.
I've read this and countless other threads. Always inspired by the ideas. Always thinking what next.
I've got a pile of parts in my kitchen. A house with projects always spiraling into more. And like many of us, always looking at the car ads thinking " if I just had a spot for one more".
In a way , its what separates us from those who just call it " good enough".
Between the bike and the Denali , you have built your share. I think I speak for all of us, and yourself included " Rocket Man", but its never done.

I've done a few more too. Here's one of my V-Rods. 2008 Harley Davidson Nightrod. 300 rear tire with a driveside brake conversion.

 

[mmeachem]

I've done a few more too. Here's one of my V-Rods. 2008 Harley Davidson Nightrod. 300 rear tire with a driveside brake conversion.View attachment 183996 View attachment 183997 View attachment 183998

Sweet bike bro


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[HiHoeSilver]

I've done a few more too. Here's one of my V-Rods. 2008 Harley Davidson Nightrod. 300 rear tire with a driveside brake conversion.View attachment 183996 View attachment 183997 View attachment 183998

Like for the fact that it's in your living room. Lol

 

[Rocket Man]

I built all my bikes in the house. I like the fact that I could sit back and look at them, check out ideas from the internet, and imagine what stuff would look like on the bike. Then order parts and install them. Especially handy in the Winter. Luckily I have a Great Room and then a living room. The living room was the bike build room.

 

[05Single]

I built all my bikes in the house. I like the fact that I could sit back and look at them, check out ideas from the internet, and imagine what stuff would look like on the bike. Then order parts and install them. Especially handy in the Winter. Luckily I have a Great Room and then a living room. The living room was the bike build room.

How i kept and rebuilt my gsxr too lol. In the living room when I lived in Vegas. Obviously not as extensive as your build lol. It was nice watching movies on the couch while playing with parts

I have pics but photobucket is holding them hostage

 

[MadDogDelpho]

I've done a few more too. Here's one of my V-Rods. 2008 Harley Davidson Nightrod. 300 rear tire with a driveside brake conversion.View attachment 183996 View attachment 183997 View attachment 183998

My housemate is a motorcycle nut. He just picked up a new one this weekend. I might have to get him to join the forum just to see your bikes! He also has an RCSB OBS Sierra

 

[Rocket Man]

I got the rest of my ignition upgrades today but I'm not sure when I'll be able to install them; my shoulders still aren't cooperating too well. Along with the billet coil brackets, MSD coils and wires and new wire harnesses I bought some NGK TR6 Iridium plugs. I have been experimenting on plug heat ranges since installing my blower and settled on the TR6's but the ones in there now are the cheap ones, plain TR6's.

 

[95escahoe]

View attachment 184100 View attachment 184101 View attachment 184102 I got the rest of my ignition upgrades today but I'm not sure when I'll be able to install them; my shoulders still aren't cooperating too well. Along with the billet coil brackets, MSD coils and wires and new wire harnesses I bought some NGK TR6 Iridium plugs. I have been experimenting on plug heat ranges since installing my blower and settled on the TR6's but the ones in there now are the cheap ones, plain TR6's.

Looks great


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