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  1. Bextreme04

    Duct Tape Drags

    I'd like to make it some day. Last time I was at Tucson dragstrip was when Larson was there running the jet dragster and the design/build team was invited down to help out the crew.
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    Aftermarket cruise control install ..

    They are stock on an OBS chevy. GMT-400 = OBS. Lots of GMT-800 vehicles used the same module until they went to fully DBW setups. The DBW setups don't need them. Here's one talking about any 88-98 box will work by just swapping out the cable to match the original one for your truck...
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    Aftermarket cruise control install ..

    Not trying to poo-poo on your install... just wanted to put it out there for anyone looking at this that it is just a direct rip-off of the GM cruise control that you can find for dirt cheap in almost any junkyard(or even on ebay or similar). The stock GM systems are VERY well known for...
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    Aftermarket cruise control install ..

    I don't know that I would go that far.... Dakota digital is known for making digital clusters, but I wouldn't say known for high quality or top of the line. They basically just remade the factory GMT-400 cruise control box. All you need is a 4 wire control stalk and the GMT-400 box and it is...
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    Aftermarket cruise control install ..

    I was looking through that manual and it just made me think it seems like an awful lot of trouble for something that amounts to factory GMT400 cruise control module that can be gotten out of any junkyard for $20 or less. Is that just the Rostra retrofit cruise control stalk? If it is, you will...
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    Spark plug gap closed fresh rebuild

    You are thinking of intake valve contact. The spark plug does not move and has nothing to do with timing. If the piston was going to make contact with the spark plug, it would do so at EVERY rotation of the crank, even with no cam installed at all. I have never seen a stock truck SBC with a...
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    Just picked up an LT4 swapped '86 C10

    Welcome from Oregon! The turn signal issue is most likely going to be broken or bad grounds at either the harness ends or the light sockets themselves. I've had this issue on two different squares and in one case it was a bad ground connection at the rear right turn signal plug socket and the...
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    Spark plug gap closed fresh rebuild

    That gap doesn't close without a significant physical force. It isn't timing and it isn't detonation. Either you pushed really hard on that plug while putting it in and closed that up or something bounced around in that cylinder and did that.
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    BFG KO3 vs Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T

    I have the Falken Wildpeak AT in 305/75R17 and they are fantastic in both mud and snow. I have the Sumotomo equivalent in 33" on my 2011 Suburban and they have been fantastic as well. I had the BFG KO2's before that on my square and the Falkens are quieter and grippier in every condition I've...
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    4L80E Clearance Issues?

    Yeah, they just released it. One of the main software guys is pretty active on an HPtuners group on facebook and has been teasing it for a few months. Shipments started this month. They are planning to add 6L80 support pretty soon and then there was a poll started in that group asking what was...
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    4L80E Clearance Issues?

    Terminator X "MAX" is required for transmission control. It will work for any Gen 3 or Gen 4 LS and any 4L60/80 trans you want to run. Same thing goes for the HP Tuners Core system they just started shipping this month. I would expect the Core system to be a bit better in function and actual...
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    4L80E Clearance Issues?

    If you do any modification to a stock 6.2, you will smoke a stock 4L60 in short order. It's the difference between a 327 and a 383 in torque production and probably even more than that... its not a small difference. Is the 6.2 you are getting from a connect and cruise setup? What trans did it...
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    4L80E Clearance Issues?

    Nick is gonna be the trans guy to answer the holding up side of this better than me. But in my opinion, if you are just street driving a stock L92 in a short/wide, you should be totally fine with a 4L70. I regularly tow a 6400lb trailer with my 6800lb Suburban and I had the 6L80 go out on my...
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    Head gasket Job

    To clarify, I was NOT saying to change the head gasket if it wasn't leaking from there. I was saying to have everything ready to do so if you have it pulled down for the intake gasket and can then verify for sure that it is indeed leaking from the head and not the intake gasket. It is easier to...
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    Head gasket Job

    It is unlikely to be leaking from a head gasket in that area. It is more likely to be the intake manifold seal or similar. Best advise would be to not assume that you have a bad head gasket right from the jump and actually hunt down the real problem. Its probably not a bad idea to have a head...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Got my suppressor quick disconnect mounted up on my hunting rifle yesterday and needed to let the rockset cure overnight. Going out to the range after work to try a few brands of hunting ammo for grouping to get ready for High Cascades deer hunt this Saturday. Contemplating whether I should...
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    LT1 Swap Vendorss?

    The easy way is to just swap the whole shebang over engine/trans harness and LT1 PCM. The problem is going to be that there is very limited support for tuning and programming those PCM's. You can easily do an 0411 swap and Lextech is still active. He no longer sends out programmed PCM's, but he...
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    Let's see those 4x4 Squares On Dirt!

    These guys are solid. They are local to me in Portland and I have the front shackle mounts and will probably be getting the behind the bumper front mount later this year.
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    4L80E Clearance Issues?

    It should be no problem. The issue you will have is controlling the LS3 with anything that will also run the 4L80 unless you are running an aftermarket controller. The easiest thing would be to just get a complete takeout engine/trans/harness/pcm from something and drop it all in together. You...
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    Running Hot at Highway Speeds with A/C On

    I don't get it... the fan should be doing nothing at highway speed. You get more airflow just from the vehicle moving through the air at highway speed than a fan can possibly move. I would bet the radiator is clogged or there is an electrical ground issue that is causing the gauge to read higher...
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    Fluid Changes

    I have just failed to fix the oil leak on my 350... so it acts as both a continuous oil change and a nice corrosion inhibitor to the underside and frame of the truck. Every couple weeks(depending on how much I'm driving it) I check the oil level and every 6 months to a year(or when I've used the...
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    Fluid Changes

    Military aircraft and Main battle tanks use a special kind of hydraulic fluid called... Fire resistant hydraulic fluid. The stuff we used in the tanks used a chemical to reduce the flammability that also acts as a paralytic, so if you had a bunch of it on your hands for a prolonged amount of...
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    Fluid Changes

    He woke up after labor day and CHOSE violence.... :cheers:
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    Vintage air vs. stock dilemma???

    Fuel economy?? What's that!?!?! Honestly, I don't notice any difference whether I'm running it or not. My odometer and speedometer seem pretty spot on and I get ~10mpg no matter what with a 350/TH400/NP205, 4.10's, and 35's
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    Parasitic draw

    Yeah, you have to make sure you have the terminals in the right spot of the multimeter. My fluke will handle up to 10A, and if you have that much draw... you would know it. Just use a light at that point. A 10A parasitic draw will pull a modern battery down from full charge to completely dead in...

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