tbyrne

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I finished a bunch of new mods today. They include 18x10 American Eagle 102 wheels wrapped with 325/60/18 Nitto TerraGrappler tires, polished driveshaft and tailpipe, PIAA Airdam with billet griils and 40 series driving lights, polished ProComp skid plate, Flex-a-lite electric fans (more about these in the performance section later), ported throttlebody and a Poweraid throttlebody spacer. The truck changed quite a bit visually and is more responsive with the horsepower mods. And to top it all off gas mileage went from 8.5-9 to 11. Some of those mileage mods do work

I'll be pulling off all of the decals, emblems and pinstrips next week and also replacing the factory cloth seats and door panels with leather. The final performance mod (for now) may be a set of ported heads. Still checking into that one.

I've included some pics below -









Tom

10.5 Dave

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Is that mileage figure on the freeway.My completely stock 2002 8.1 3.73 geared 4x4 gets 11.5 mpg max freeway,9 in town.Very pretty truck by the way my 03 is the same color.IMO thats the best color the General has available.

leochevy2001

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Sweet lookin truck tbryne Those wheels look really good on that truck with that lift.

What engine do you have in that monster?

tbyrne

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I usually see a max of 8.5 for a mix of city/highway driving and 9 for mostly highway (8.1 motor). I was running 16" AFX Bandit wheels with 315/75/16 tires. This is one thing that doesn't help mileage. Other performance mods are a Volant induction, The Other Guys mid-length headers, Direct Hits Ignition. mild Comp Cam (206/212 .510/.510 112) and custom programming.

LOTSOFN

Your polished driveshaft really sticks out.Truck is really sharp,good job.

1BADHD

tbyrne, who did you use for your programming? BTW, truck looks great! I am kinda partial to the Eagle 102's.

tbyrne

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Thanks guys!

Ed Wright at Fast Chips took care of the programming.

Ling_650vette

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DAYUM!!! that is one looooooooooong truck. Looks good tho. Not many long bed trucks do, but that one's pretty nice.

KeukaZ71

i was hoping to replace my airdam and foglights with the exact PIAA stuff you put on it. where are the billet grille inserts from? do you sell them? do they come in different styles similar to the design of a street scene speed grill? you know the oval pattern. also, can i use my existing stock foglight wiring to wire the PIAA driving lights to?

Big Mike

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Looking HOT Tom! Question, I have a 2003 2500HD, would I be able to fit the same tire/rim combo as you without raising the truck?