If you could do it all over again...
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What would you do differently?
I would skip the longtubes. They have been nothing but trouble.
They hit the front driveshaft
hit, and still hit, the steering shaft
I swear there is an exhaust leak (been chasing it for 6 months, but it's just header noise)
They killed my low end
They are noisy as hell, even though I added another mondo second magnaflow (7" round by 12") in front of the 22" already there
Dropped mpg by 2 city and highway (yes, the tune is dialed in)
Though they did give me a great top end, I only see it above 3000rpm and it's my daily, so maybe 2% of the time
Second is wait4me tune. Fuel trims were way off. No SOTP difference from stock, sent the PCM back 3 times, no difference. Finally, it killed my transmission because he took 100% torque management out (I requested 50% in my email), lost 3-4 clutches on stock power.
I would have done the cam and blower way earlier, they are toooooo much fun!
/rant
Love the tune, blower, cam, suspension, stock appearance, stereo, fueling, and transmission and will do them again on my next truck.
Anyone else have regrets or something they would have done differently?
I would skip the longtubes. They have been nothing but trouble.
They hit the front driveshaft
hit, and still hit, the steering shaft
I swear there is an exhaust leak (been chasing it for 6 months, but it's just header noise)
They killed my low end
They are noisy as hell, even though I added another mondo second magnaflow (7" round by 12") in front of the 22" already there
Dropped mpg by 2 city and highway (yes, the tune is dialed in)
Though they did give me a great top end, I only see it above 3000rpm and it's my daily, so maybe 2% of the time
Second is wait4me tune. Fuel trims were way off. No SOTP difference from stock, sent the PCM back 3 times, no difference. Finally, it killed my transmission because he took 100% torque management out (I requested 50% in my email), lost 3-4 clutches on stock power.
I would have done the cam and blower way earlier, they are toooooo much fun!
/rant
Love the tune, blower, cam, suspension, stock appearance, stereo, fueling, and transmission and will do them again on my next truck.
Anyone else have regrets or something they would have done differently?
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i wish i would have found this site earlier and never cammed and modded my 4.8 on 6000+lb ECSB 4WD on 33s truck
i would have just done a 6.0 and 4.56s
i would have just done a 6.0 and 4.56s
Last edited by pewterliftedz; Jul 14, 2011 at 11:54 PM.
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#8
I bought my truck, and it didn't have a supercharger on it. I decided to get one as it was optional on my truck. I really wish I would have went with a turbo instead. I also wish I would have went with Wheatley in the first place.
#10
probably would have left the engine internals stock and went TVS 2300. I worry too much about reliability to do what I do to my DD. I love my setup though, killer from light to light on just heads / cam / exhaust. Probably going to sell mid next year and start taking my bike to the track. Its legal racing, cheaper (in the long run) and it wont be my DD.






