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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    For anyone following and for my own personal future reference, Joker Z71 (he seems to love these cams) spat this out on another forum. I guess that answers my question. Straight up on stock.
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    LOL! We've all done "custom quick fixes" before. I just went through and checked what Mitchell had on the subject. This is what I got. Rotate engine until timing marks are aligned and Cylinder #1 is at TDC of compression stroke (firing position). Adjust exhaust valves at cylinders 1,3,4 and 8...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    LOL! I never thought they could possibly come up with a more wacky way of adjusting rockers than they had in the previous engines. Now all this jazz. So we want a "half and half" of what a flat tappet engine was. Still finding the "sweet spot at full relaxation, but then bottoming out the lifter...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    Ok guys, I'm in the middle of all this now and I have some questions. The cam, Water pump, Oil pan gaskets, Timing cover, Rear main, Header gaskets and everything I would want to check when freshening up an engine are all here. I went out back and started kicking around in the pine needles. Sure...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    LOL! Sewlow understands me. Remember, "you're not always going to have a calculator with you in the real world". I look around from where I sit. You know what I have within arms reach? A cell phone. What I don't have is a pencil.... or a piece of paper. Truthfully, this is my flashlight but it...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    I saw pics of the two side by side on google. Didn't take long to find. Okay, so if we stray from the term "back pressure" and put on this new sexy sounding term "optomized velocity", the point is still there. A pipe too large will adversely effect the engine torque number. I don't care to get...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    I just remembered where it came from. One of my duramax forums. The exhaust starts out of the engine extremely hot. With such heat, you have extreme expansion of air... and thus pressure. Long tube headers can start the cooling process, but if the flow isn't excessive, shorty's with a large Y...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    Lol, yea. I've seen a few other posts from you offering advice. The $75 dollar rockers are Comp Cams. He used them for a dyno run and pulled em off. I also found some aluminum narrow body from summit for 100, but I like the name on the first set. :D Can anyone tell me if the 395WB cam is the...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    LOL, Kind of. I just went hunting for it, but he only has 5 of the 13 that were here when the pic was taken. The Ricer is his obviously. Now it's a mix of 400's and 800's. Almost all of the 400's are still here though.
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    1994 K1500 - Rough Idle, Help!

    I can't speak for the whipple side as I've never played with one, but there are certain things that engines do which can be replicated using a scan tool. If I cracked open the EGR (provided you have one) it would do what you describe. 94's can't really see what's happening there because the OBD...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    I kind of figured. Tharf took some pictures of my yard once while he was tuning my brother's tahoe. I don't remember where he put em, but it looks like a FSC parking lot. The 350 seemed like the better choice to me as well, but sometimes you need to ask because "You don't know what you don't...
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    Post Your Long Beds!!!

    The 92 that's stuck in time. If anyone has a frame for this truck (2500HD) that isn't rotted around MA, let me know. She's just rotting in the backyard now. Frame got crusty, then one day I moved for a wash and the control arm ripped apart like string cheese. It's dad's old truck. Mom calls it...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    I kind of figured as much. I have a duramax on the bleeding edge of imploding the allison and a Tercel 1.5L 5spd that I use in the summer, and the sierra and escalade for winter. As I call them "Race truck", "Little car", "poopy truck" and "dinner date" respectively. Dumping money in to a 99...
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    5.3 or 5.7, which would you do?

    Okay guys, I have a few questions from those that have been there and what they've found during personal experience. I have two options right now. It stems from the blown up 5.7 in my escalade. No, not toasted, but it was a parts truck pull just to get it moving with 250k on her already, and at...
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    won't lock into 4low

    Okay, so nobody responded, but that doesn't mean someone else won't have this problem one day and I know what my issue was so I'm going to share. After another encoder motor, a TCCM, and a switch, I started testing wires which I usually never have to do. The orange wire had 12v as necessary, but...
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    won't lock into 4low

    OK, I found something interesting while playing around with the grounds on the truck. It gave me hope, but now I'm even more confused than before. The truck has run fine since I swapped the engine back when I got it. Aside from the service 4wd light, no real issues. When I started fishing for...
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    won't lock into 4low

    I would like know also. Just replaced the encoder motor twice (1 used and 1 new) and swapped the tccm with a good one. Swapped switches with my other truck as well. I can hear the front actuator moving every time, but still no 4lo. Just reverts back to 4hi. Everything else works. Did you guys...
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    How Can I Make My Steering Box One Finger Friendly?

    I just went and messed aroud with AdvanceAuto's website and this is what I cam up with. Maybe the next time someone needs a steering box, they might be interested in seeing if there really is a difference. This is the one for the 95 Tahoe...
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    In need of some help with a lifted 2dr driveshaft...

    Sounds like a good place to start. I guess I could also to a little grinding and take about 3/16" off the top of the crossmember so that I don't need a shim on the tranny mount. Excellent advise and glad to know what to look for. Knowing me, I would have put it all together, rolled 3 inches and...
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    In need of some help with a lifted 2dr driveshaft...

    I picked up a new toy a few months ago, and as the weather warms, it's time to get under and start sorting things out. Right now, she's stock rear springs sitting on 5" blocks with a zero rate AAL stuck in there. The drive shaft angle is HORRIBLE as it's actually pulling right out of the...
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    How Can I Make My Steering Box One Finger Friendly?

    I'm not sure of the relevance here, but info is info so I'll throw it out. I have a 99 Escalade that was always "1 finger friendly". One day my bro came home and went up one side of the back hill, and I went up the other (more difficult and much tighter) side. I managed to get some torque steer...
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    Front bumper for a 88-98

    Actually, I was hoping Loudnlifted would reply figuring maybe he was subscribed to the thread, but you did instead. Maine is only a few hours from me. Yes, I do agree with you though. We should have two threads right near each other requesting the same bumpers. It only makes sense.
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    Front bumper for a 88-98

    1491 miles at 10 mpg = 491 bucks. 50 bucks for a 30 rack and some tolls, and a $25 oil change when I get home. $1057 dollar bumper, ABSOLUTELY... a steal. On my way bro. Give me a few minutes. Gotta piss real quick. :Insane: Love it.
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    Front bumper for a 88-98

    I'm on the hunt for one. Looking for the two fogs and MA makes you run a front plate, so I'd need to put the bracket on. Maine isn't that far, but is your smoothie holding fogs, and how much for the diesel bumper? Maybe I'll ship you my plate and you can bolt it on. Then I'm call up AAA and have...
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    SES light flashing while driving, high idle, can't read dtc codes. Limp mode?

    Ok guys. I got it covered. I checked alldata and found a few diag helpers and some info on pin location. I have a 4l80e in this truck, so yours may be different, but the process should be the same. Pull the 24 and 32 pin connectors out of your ecm or pcm (however you know the computer to be...

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