1st vehicle in 8yrs since my bad stroke : LSX Turbo 2dr Yukon ?

[richincanada]

Hey all,
A little over 8 yrs ago, I had a severe strooke - paralysis, tube feeding, vision field loss, blah blah blah...Anyways, I've recovered to where I think I'll be driving again by spring. I have always been a car guy, I've had numerous musclecars including a vette, 87 GN, 9sec turbomustang, volvo 740 w/5.0 swap, etc.
I want a 4wd SUV and have it narrowed down to an 06-10 Jeep SRT8 or a 95-99 2 door tahoe/yukon, I think they look great. I'd swap in a 6.0/4L80 with a turbo (my best friend is a fabricator/mechanic/car guy). I definitely want to keep 4wd, a strong 0-60 with traction.
I've researched a bit, enough to know that it can be done, I need info on diffs, Tcases, etc. Any help wold be great.
What would you do ?

Rich-

 

[kkirwan71]

Glad to hear about the awesome recovery! Congrats! As for your yukon/tahoe adventure
I'd do a 5.3 or 6.0 swap with a 4l60e and according transfer case to make it all work

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[richincanada]

Glad to hear about the awesome recovery! Congrats! As for your yukon/tahoe adventure
I'd do a 5.3 or 6.0 swap with a 4l60e and according transfer case to make it all work

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I'd definitely swap in a 6.0 with a 4L80.....plus a Turbo....damn speed bug

http://www.shop.trickperformanceproducts.com/Stage-3-GM-turbo-kit-Stage-3-GM-Turbo-kit.htm

 

[kkirwan71]

It's a sickening bug lol that kit looks fun. There's a guy with a turbo Lq4 suburban and that thing moves

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[richincanada]

which TC and diffs would take like 800ish lb/ft of torque ? with 2wd the tires spin first, but with 4wd and traction, must have STRONG TC, driveshafts, differentials....any 3/4 or 1 ton parts I should know about ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0u880tgUc8

 

[kkirwan71]

Here's the build thread on the 'burb http://www.gmfullsize.com/index.php?threads/293954/

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[twomanymontes]

Glad to hear your recovering. Both my parents had strokes and neither faired well.

Sounds like a good project idea.

 

[beardeddummy]

Precision torque converter they have a lifetime warranty and you get one free stall. When you burn the 4l80e down. It save you some on the rebuild

 

[richincanada]

Yep. I used a PI converter in my 9 sec Turbo Mustang. A friend of mine has a '13 Mustang with a Paxton, he went 9.40 with a Circle D converter.

 

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