Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

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I have noticed all my air pressure in the 7 gallon tank is gone every time it sits overnight or longer. It’s been happening for the last month or so so today I sprayed the back half of the plumbing with soapy water. I’m pretty sure I found the culprit so I ordered a new one today. Its the pressure switch. It’s leaking out where the wires attach. There’s no markings on it for on/ off pressure so I determined it turns off at least 200 since that’s where my gauge stops and I can get the bags up to that pressure. 200 seems to be the highest they go unless you go to an adjustable and I also don’t want to go higher than necessary or it wears out the pumps. So the one I ordered is a Viair 165/200. It turns the pumps on at 165 and off at 200.


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Got some butyl from Morimoto so when I decide it’s time to replace the demon eye I’ll be ready.

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Mark, without thumbing through your now 138 pages when was the last picture posted? I remember the first post and up to about 50 pages.
 
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Mark, without thumbing through your now 138 pages when was the last picture posted? I remember the first post and up to about 50 pages.
I don’t know what you mean, the last picture of what? There’s a good pic of the truck on page 124.
 

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So I had to go back through your thread to see what they did to your engine bay... Different than mine. My coolant overflow is going where the intake box/filter was. The battery will go between the overflow and intake, and then my fuse box was moved closer to the motor...

Not my pic, but this is what it's looking like. It's an entire relocation kit from Reklez.

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So I had to go back through your thread to see what they did to your engine bay... Different than mine. My coolant overflow is going where the intake box/filter was. The battery will go between the overflow and intake, and then my fuse box was moved closer to the motor...

Not my pic, but this is what it's looking like. It's an entire relocation kit from Reklez.

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where is the MAF?
 
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So I had to go back through your thread to see what they did to your engine bay... Different than mine. My coolant overflow is going where the intake box/filter was. The battery will go between the overflow and intake, and then my fuse box was moved closer to the motor...

Not my pic, but this is what it's looking like. It's an entire relocation kit from Reklez.

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My battery is down in the front center low, behind the bumper. What I don’t like about that setup is where the air intake is, right behind the radiator where the air is the hottest. Looks pretty clean though. I’ve been looking at a billet overflow tank to make mine look a bit better, and maybe a better CAI.
 
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interesting, must have pcv hose there also?
Just a band, about an inch wide, enough for clamps. The filter is rubber so it attaches to the MAF with a clamp. Then you just need the band for the other side to attach the MAF to the intake. You can see the MAF in that pic if you zoom in, but that pic is also not formatted right. It’s “squished” so it looks shallow front to back and stretched side to side.
 

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My battery is down in the front center low, behind the bumper. What I don’t like about that setup is where the air intake is, right behind the radiator where the air is the hottest. Looks pretty clean though. I’ve been looking at a billet overflow tank to make mine look a bit better, and maybe a better CAI.

yeah, I think I'm going to have a friend make an intake tube to go straight down and then bend to go in front of the passenger side wheel
 

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I’m also trying to keep the area where your battery is available for en EDC in case I ever decide to go that route. There’s a couple companies who make mounts for the passenger side so you can keep the ac compressor. https://goatbuilt.com/product/gm-ls-truck-york-air-compressor-mount-passenger-side/

I had an EDC on my 05 Silvy and never liked it. I like having dual compressors so if something quits, you still have 1 going. Never fun with the EDC going out. I had a spare that I used, but it stunk swapping them on the highway
 

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