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  1. RI Chevy guy

    OBS PW/PL/RKE Question

    I'm struggling with the same thing. I have a '96, installed cross body harness from a '97 I believe, rebuilt the heater/ac box, cleaned everything, painted the new dash and components. Fixed a few gremlins that were already there, but seem to have created a few in the process. It seems the RKE...
  2. RI Chevy guy

    Orange coolant in radiator

    DO NOT mix Dex with anything! Top it with Dex or flush and refill with the green stuff and distilled water
  3. RI Chevy guy

    96 chevy truck engine change

    probably nothing plug and play, but there are a lot of people doing the black box computers. Look into Garret Tuning in northern Ohio, they helped me with mine
  4. RI Chevy guy

    hood insulation

    Nice truck Kenny, attention to detail is amazing
  5. RI Chevy guy

    1996 Chevy C 1500 vortec 5.7 Rotor and Hub question

    The 1500's came with stamped control arms, but the 2500 forged arms do fit on the 1500. You will need to ream the ball joint hole a bit for the larger ball joint, but this also gives you a larger ball joint- never a bad thing! The high end (and high dollar) aftermarket has developed a 2- piece...
  6. RI Chevy guy

    Extremely high knock counts.

    Take a look at your temp sensors, I has some issues with mine and it caused similar issues (though not as extreme). If it thinks it's running too hot it will retard timing and create a knock
  7. RI Chevy guy

    Computer controlled cam

    If you have to deal with emission testing, look into comp cams 08-300-8, made for computer controlled oe roller cam blocks. Should give you the gains your looking for without having to re-tune the computer, which on out trucks can be an enormous paint in the ass
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    Everyone's favorite paint for making headers look good again? 89 350 crate

    I used VHT Flameproof on my short tubes, largely holding up well (a few rust spots, 1/8" diameter or so), highly recommend a few clear top coats for added protection against the elements. The biggest difference is Eastwood's internal exhaust coating- can not say enough good things about this...
  9. RI Chevy guy

    4.3L 262 V6 questions

    I've done this to my '96 C1500, it's expensive depending on how far you want to go with it. I bought the truck with a blown engine, I knew I wanted more power out of it, but also knew this was going to be my daily driver and had to be able to afford to feed it. Did a solid bottom end, upped...
  10. RI Chevy guy

    more brake questions

    Hello everyone, I'm looking at a Wilwood front disc setup from Summit (140-15948), it uses a 6 piston Narrow Superlite calipers, new hubs, 12.8" rotors and mounts up to the the Iron Pro spindles. I'm dropping the truck 2" front and rear; the calipers will give me the clamping force I'm looking...
  11. RI Chevy guy

    Truck sponteniously puked ATF?

    spray it down with a good degreaser, add some HOT water to it, scrub with a brush to agitate the oil, soak it up with pig mats- this has worked on our asphalt parking lot
  12. RI Chevy guy

    Truck sponteniously puked ATF?

    Ah yes, the 4L60E pukefest! I have 3 huge stains on the parking lot because of this- landlords just love me right now. Mine, and the others that have had the same spot in the same place as yours (and mine) have been caused by minor overfill that pukes out of the dipstick tube seal, onto the...
  13. RI Chevy guy

    Axle shifting on acceleration

    REALLY like this!! Thanks for the link
  14. RI Chevy guy

    2-in-1 Rust Reform & Seal frame paint

    I've been using Rust Reformer extensively (also in New England!), like all coatings prep is key. I've been using wire wheels to get the loose and built up stuff, treat it with a paint prep to get rid of oils and wax that may remain, spray with rust reformer- and, this seems to be key: let it...
  15. RI Chevy guy

    1996 electronic issues

    Sounds like the delay board is toast- replaced mine too- very cheap on amazon! Your fan relay is probably your other culprit- had to replace that as well. Still need to do the DRL relay on mine, haven't had the dash out yet and like everyone says, they're a pain to get to. Good luck on your...
  16. RI Chevy guy

    found a new parts supplier!

    elevated concepts.com, looks like a bit of both
  17. RI Chevy guy

    found a new parts supplier!

    I am so pissed I didn't find this sooner while I was still assembling the truck- seriously thinking about replacing some of what I've done with some of his stuff!
  18. RI Chevy guy

    found a new parts supplier!

    I've just found, through another post, a guy named Derick in Idaho doing business as Elevated Concepts fabricating a lot of parts we 400 people are ALWAYS looking for- 4 link setups, LS engine mounts, the ONLY rack and pinion kit I have found ANYWHERE! Front and rear coilover setups, a mid frame...
  19. RI Chevy guy

    Coil-overs: QA1 vs ALDAN

    Ridetech seems to be the top quality model just soooooooooo expensive! I still might do it
  20. RI Chevy guy

    Headliner help

    have you looked into the pic headliners available from LMC Truck? I'm looking at them for my '96, seems they may have solved the problem altogether
  21. RI Chevy guy

    '91 k2500 NBS master cylinder swap

    Schurkey is right about the pressures, that was intended to be higher volume from the mc. Thanks for pointing that out, I need to go back to reading my entire post before hitting the enter key and I've corrected my answer to reflect this. Nonetheless, the brakes I installed into my truck...
  22. RI Chevy guy

    '91 k2500 NBS master cylinder swap

    Let me start by saying I have a '96 C1500; I know the brakes changed around the time your truck was built and were differentiated by the front rotor thickness (old=1" rotor thickness, new=1.25" rotor thickness), that being said if you have the newer brakes I know the MC swap will work. I should...
  23. RI Chevy guy

    Speaker upgrade suggestions

    Might be, depends on what sub you're using. I'd try to take it up a bit, take some of the burden off of the smaller speakers- you may very well get better clarity as the cones aren't trying to reproduce frequencies they weren't exactly intended to
  24. RI Chevy guy

    Speaker upgrade suggestions

    No doubt these will perform very well, anything Polk usually does, as well as the Infinity Kappa's that come up on the bottom of the amazon page. I can also recommend the Kicker CS series 4x6's, I have them in my truck (avoid the DS series, Kickers entry level line, does not perform the same)...
  25. RI Chevy guy

    Need you guys opinion

    Beautiful truck man, good tip

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