Easiest/Least Expensive ways to add power/performance?
#32
Read ALLLLLL about the plenum repair in the sticky at the top of the main pages. The absolute basics are plenum plate and gasket, intake manifold gaskets, and probably a few other doo-dads; you can make a weekend of it and also do the "kegger mod" (cutting down the runners in the inside of the intake manifold), injector o-rings, timing gears and chain, water pump, belts, hoses, radiator flush, cap, wires ... and you might as well add that turbo while you're in there.
"I wonder if you can get the stuck bolt out by shooting them..... "
What, that's not how you guys do it? lol
#33
Oddly enough, it's called a plenum plate
Read ALLLLLL about the plenum repair in the sticky at the top of the main pages. The absolute basics are plenum plate and gasket, intake manifold gaskets, and probably a few other doo-dads; you can make a weekend of it and also do the "kegger mod" (cutting down the runners in the inside of the intake manifold), injector o-rings, timing gears and chain, water pump, belts, hoses, radiator flush, cap, wires ... and you might as well add that turbo while you're in there.
"I wonder if you can get the stuck bolt out by shooting them..... "
What, that's not how you guys do it? lol
Read ALLLLLL about the plenum repair in the sticky at the top of the main pages. The absolute basics are plenum plate and gasket, intake manifold gaskets, and probably a few other doo-dads; you can make a weekend of it and also do the "kegger mod" (cutting down the runners in the inside of the intake manifold), injector o-rings, timing gears and chain, water pump, belts, hoses, radiator flush, cap, wires ... and you might as well add that turbo while you're in there.
"I wonder if you can get the stuck bolt out by shooting them..... "
What, that's not how you guys do it? lol
#35
Try that with anything besides a standalone setup.
#37
Crawl under your truck and have a look. There really isn't that much too it. Well, aside from being exhaust work, which always sucks, unless all the parts on there are brand new, so the bolts come off easy...... If you have emissions testing in your area, should check what the local laws are like, to see if you even CAN do anything other than stock to it. (I know california is rather picky about such things.)
#38
To check remove your air cleaner, shine a flashlight in the throttlebody and take a look, if there is oil inside(not supposed to be any in there). If there's oil in it you have a blown plenum,and if it aint been fixed it's blown. It causes pinging, poor performance, hard on O2's and cats.
Hughes engines makes a popular kit with everything you need for $120, seems to be the most popular on this forum.
http://www.hughesengines.com/Index/p...p?partid=26190
For the SCT you want what is called the 'Can Tune', get it from Hemifever. Let him know you have a 180 t-stat and anything else you have done. The can tune is good for all the bolt on mods so you don't have to retune with every mod. You only need custom tune if you change heads or cam.
For more power the first thing I would do is replace the factory muffler with a high-flow 3". Made all the difference in the world on my truck and gave me 1 mpg more.
#39