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Old 11-26-2021, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by shakenfake
Absolutely beautiful. Nicely done!

Just a personal preference but maybe you should swap to some candied tails. I think they would look **** on that truck. Esky handles perhaps but that may not be your style.
I'm really not a big fan of any of the lights on my truck, they don't look awful, but I bought them years ago and went kinda cheap. Maybe I'll switch them up sometime. The aftermarket is just really lacking for these trucks IMO. I really like smoked stock lights alot, but it's hard to get them dark enough to look good while not being so dark it makes them dim. The candied lights are a good idea too! I almost did chrome handles but I did the all painted ones instead. I think the truck would look good either way!
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Go full clear headlights up front. Just clear chrome housings no halos or any of that gay **** haha those are the best in my opiniion

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Here are the candied tails. Have them on my truck.

Agreed the truck is sick no matter which handles you choose!
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03-07 Silvy tails blacked out would be mint on that thing IMO.
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How do you like that cam?

I have similar combo and the cam is not far off from that. I think the compression is closer to 11.0 :1 on my new motor.

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Originally Posted by 1FastBrick
How do you like that cam?

I have similar combo and the cam is not far off from that. I think the compression is closer to 11.0 :1 on my new motor.

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I really like it, especially for an off the shelf cam. I feel like this 6.0 still has plenty of low end (compared to the 5.3) and pulls pretty hard through the whole rpm range. I don't have a lot to compare it to though, as I haven't driven many cammed trucks. The 2800 Stall Converter really helps it though.
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Originally Posted by DRB10SEVEN
I really like it, especially for an off the shelf cam. I feel like this 6.0 still has plenty of low end (compared to the 5.3) and pulls pretty hard through the whole rpm range. I don't have a lot to compare it to though, as I haven't driven many cammed trucks. The 2800 Stall Converter really helps it though.
I have a 3200 stall on the way.

We had a similar motor in a buddies truck but it had a cam from some one else that was similar to the sloppy stage2 and I was not impressed with the overall set up. It had a 3200 stall and it felt a little on the tight side with his 6.0L but with the 5.3L It seems a little on the loose side to me.
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Originally Posted by 1FastBrick
I have a 3200 stall on the way.

We had a similar motor in a buddies truck but it had a cam from some one else that was similar to the sloppy stage2 and I was not impressed with the overall set up. It had a 3200 stall and it felt a little on the tight side with his 6.0L but with the 5.3L It seems a little on the loose side to me.
The 2800 in mine is a bit tight but the guys at Circle D pushed me away from a higher stall since pretty much every weekend in the summer I am towing a boat. I'm happy with the setup other than my 4.11 gears at the moment.
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Originally Posted by DRB10SEVEN
The 2800 in mine is a bit tight but the guys at Circle D pushed me away from a higher stall since pretty much every weekend in the summer I am towing a boat. I'm happy with the setup other than my 4.11 gears at the moment.
Yeah for towing that makes since. The gears need to go though for those size tires...
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Yeah for towing that makes since. The gears need to go though for those size tires...
Haha yeah no kidding! I did the 4.11s when I had 33s and they really weren't even enough for those. I need to make my mind up between 4.88s or 5.13s though...
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Haha yeah no kidding! I did the 4.11s when I had 33s and they really weren't even enough for those. I need to make my mind up between 4.88s or 5.13s though...
you probably will want to go 5.13 with a 36. I think 4.88 would be like like a 3.73 or possibly a 4.10 on 35s I have to go look at the gear charts again to see.
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