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I hope this is the right place to put this if not then my apologies:
I have a 96 Chevy k1500 rcsb I bought it in high school and have been learning and modding ever since. It has 260000 miles on it but has a jasper motor and a rebuilt tranny less than 30000 miles ago. It is my daily driver and is also used for hunting, camping, fishing, etc. i have decided I have put way to much time and effort into this truck and I love it so I may as well keep it and keep making it mine.
Most of my mod ideas I have found here on gmt400. And I am getting quite a list and decided I wanted to get some input on prioritizing mods on worth it or not so much. There are a couple things on here that will be obviously more important than others and some mods it might be a looooong time before I get to them.
1. 9.5 14 bolt semi float diff
I would really like the bigger brakes on this axle. I am on the 2nd 10 bolt in this truck and it has started howling while accelerating.(I got the truck at 194000 when the first one went and the current diff has unknown history) my biggest concern with this swap is the driveshaft whether it will need shortened or not? I’m running 31x10.50x15 right now. Also I am wondering what’s the best way to go for a diff? Used? Rebuilt? Junkyard?
2.454 vortec throttle body. I read a forum on here where someone did it but I never found any real solid results on how well it worked
3.egr delete iv heard it hurts things in the long run and iv heard it’s a good thing? (Tune will be implemented eventually)
4. Pcm411 swap I like the idea of this but I am not sure that it will be worth the improvement. Iv heard that if it’s mostly stock it won’t help a lot. The biggest part about it that interests me is that I believe I read it can run my electric fans off the pcm. And potentially put a tow mode into it for towing our camp trailer and sidebyside?
5. Power steering cooler. When driving slow on mountain roads hunting or when the roads are just terrible I lose power steering. My guess is that the fluid gets hot and the the pump has 260000 miles on it. I plan to replace the pump and steering gear box at the same time and was wondering about adding a cooler?
6. I already have a tranny cooler installed but I used barbed fittings and regular cooler hose. I don’t like it and am thinking of using an fittings and going to braided lines with threaded fittings
7. Steering stabilizer. My truck doesn’t have one and to my knowledge never has. Would it be a improvement?
8. Bilstein heavy shocks. I have Kyb shocks on now that I put on in high school and they have been great. When I did the control arm bushings the other week I put some napa ones on because the kybs were shot and the new ones ride terrible compared to when the kybs were new. I don’t necessarily care if it rides like a truck but with towing a 4500# camper would the “heavy duty” be worth it?
9. 60/40 seat. It has a bench seat right now which gets uncomfortable on long rides but it rarely sees long rides.
10.mirrors I need a better solution for mirrors. I have the chrome older style ones on it because I think they look better but some nicer tow mirrors are in order what ones are suggested
There are probably more I have thought about that are slipping my mind right now.
Some things that have already been done
Helper springs
Trailer brakes
Updated spider injectors
Electric fans
Metal skid plate
Torsion bars leveled
2.25 dual exhaust with h-pipe manifolds back
Tinted windows (horrible for backing trailers at night)
Whole truck is done in durabak bed liner.
Some ideas might be great and some maybe not so much. I’m kinda spitballing some of my ideas what are your thoughts? Thanks
I have a 96 Chevy k1500 rcsb I bought it in high school and have been learning and modding ever since. It has 260000 miles on it but has a jasper motor and a rebuilt tranny less than 30000 miles ago. It is my daily driver and is also used for hunting, camping, fishing, etc. i have decided I have put way to much time and effort into this truck and I love it so I may as well keep it and keep making it mine.
Most of my mod ideas I have found here on gmt400. And I am getting quite a list and decided I wanted to get some input on prioritizing mods on worth it or not so much. There are a couple things on here that will be obviously more important than others and some mods it might be a looooong time before I get to them.
1. 9.5 14 bolt semi float diff
I would really like the bigger brakes on this axle. I am on the 2nd 10 bolt in this truck and it has started howling while accelerating.(I got the truck at 194000 when the first one went and the current diff has unknown history) my biggest concern with this swap is the driveshaft whether it will need shortened or not? I’m running 31x10.50x15 right now. Also I am wondering what’s the best way to go for a diff? Used? Rebuilt? Junkyard?
2.454 vortec throttle body. I read a forum on here where someone did it but I never found any real solid results on how well it worked
3.egr delete iv heard it hurts things in the long run and iv heard it’s a good thing? (Tune will be implemented eventually)
4. Pcm411 swap I like the idea of this but I am not sure that it will be worth the improvement. Iv heard that if it’s mostly stock it won’t help a lot. The biggest part about it that interests me is that I believe I read it can run my electric fans off the pcm. And potentially put a tow mode into it for towing our camp trailer and sidebyside?
5. Power steering cooler. When driving slow on mountain roads hunting or when the roads are just terrible I lose power steering. My guess is that the fluid gets hot and the the pump has 260000 miles on it. I plan to replace the pump and steering gear box at the same time and was wondering about adding a cooler?
6. I already have a tranny cooler installed but I used barbed fittings and regular cooler hose. I don’t like it and am thinking of using an fittings and going to braided lines with threaded fittings
7. Steering stabilizer. My truck doesn’t have one and to my knowledge never has. Would it be a improvement?
8. Bilstein heavy shocks. I have Kyb shocks on now that I put on in high school and they have been great. When I did the control arm bushings the other week I put some napa ones on because the kybs were shot and the new ones ride terrible compared to when the kybs were new. I don’t necessarily care if it rides like a truck but with towing a 4500# camper would the “heavy duty” be worth it?
9. 60/40 seat. It has a bench seat right now which gets uncomfortable on long rides but it rarely sees long rides.
10.mirrors I need a better solution for mirrors. I have the chrome older style ones on it because I think they look better but some nicer tow mirrors are in order what ones are suggested
There are probably more I have thought about that are slipping my mind right now.
Some things that have already been done
Helper springs
Trailer brakes
Updated spider injectors
Electric fans
Metal skid plate
Torsion bars leveled
2.25 dual exhaust with h-pipe manifolds back
Tinted windows (horrible for backing trailers at night)
Whole truck is done in durabak bed liner.
Some ideas might be great and some maybe not so much. I’m kinda spitballing some of my ideas what are your thoughts? Thanks