If you could do it all over again...
Jul 15, 2011 | 10:30 AM
#14
I would have forked out for the TVS2300 instead of the 1900 from the start. I would have bought some injectors with better data so tuning would be easier. I would have paid a bit extra and waited for an aluminum driveshaft (I get a little vibration at highway speeds) and I would have planned ahead and built an exhaust system with more capacity.
Jul 15, 2011 | 11:15 AM
#15
When I started this thing it was with a different truck: a 2003 1500HD 4wd crew cab standard bed.
Wish I still had that truck simply for hauling 5 people more comfortably while still having a fullsize bed. Loved the 4wd on launch!
Long story short I would have not trusted other people (stereo shop) to install what I could do myself, spent 6k on a shoddy stereo install that was supposed to be the precursor to what I have now.
Would have got the "stance" sorted right off the bat
Would have gone with a 2500rpm stalled converter vs the 2800
Would have installed 4.56 gears and a gears vendors overdrive
Would have gone with a Eaton Posi over the Detroit Locker (mixed feelings)
Would have gone with a milder cam for a wider operating spectrum (mixed feelings)
Would have gone with Big brakes front and rear (mixed feelings)
Wish I still had that truck simply for hauling 5 people more comfortably while still having a fullsize bed. Loved the 4wd on launch!
Long story short I would have not trusted other people (stereo shop) to install what I could do myself, spent 6k on a shoddy stereo install that was supposed to be the precursor to what I have now.
Would have got the "stance" sorted right off the bat
Would have gone with a 2500rpm stalled converter vs the 2800
Would have installed 4.56 gears and a gears vendors overdrive
Would have gone with a Eaton Posi over the Detroit Locker (mixed feelings)
Would have gone with a milder cam for a wider operating spectrum (mixed feelings)
Would have gone with Big brakes front and rear (mixed feelings)
Jul 15, 2011 | 12:56 PM
#17
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
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
I need to just put a D1-SC on my truck and be done with it lol
