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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 09:52 PM
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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!

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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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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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I would block myself from this site to keep from spending lots of money on a slow azz 7yr old truck..
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 10:20 PM
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Buy a fast car
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by skolman91
I would block myself from this site to keep from spending lots of money on a slow azz 7yr old truck..
couldn't have said it better. I wish I never found this site or I at least had some damn will power.
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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I would skip the NA crap in a heavy @$$ truck and i wouldve driven it with just a tune and bolt ons until i scraped up the money for a tvs1900 right off the bat.
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:49 PM
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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

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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 12:13 AM
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I wish I found this site earlier and bought the SSS instead of my pos ):
Or bought one from someone here...
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 02:58 AM
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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.
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 07:47 AM
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i wish i would have stayed in a single cab instead of an excab because of the weight diffrence...
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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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.
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