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Old 03-13-2011 | 03:32 PM
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Hey iv been reading the fourm for 2 years and said time to sign up.
I am about to buy a SCT for my truck for some more power.
My question is how much power can i expect to see and any better MPGs.

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Old 03-13-2011 | 09:54 PM
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Hope you are going through Hemifever, since he does programming for them and gives you one heck of a discount over the traditional SCT pricing.

It will be almost a night and day difference from stock programming. However, you won't see a whole lot of extra MPGs, mainly because you'll be using the gas pedal more (you'll really like those extra, freed up ponies).

Did you fix your plenum gasket yet?
 
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Old 03-14-2011 | 02:15 AM
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i hope if hes been reading for 2 years he would have known about the PLENUM GASKET FAILURE,

theres only a question about it at least twice a week for the last ?-thing months lol
 
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Old 03-14-2011 | 12:36 PM
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Iv heard of the PLENUM GASKET FAILURE,but never read on it mainly read the custom fab stuff alot on hear. Can you tell me more about the gasket
 
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Old 03-14-2011 | 12:40 PM
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Manifold on these trucks is two-piece. There is a steel plate, with a gasket... on the bottom of the manifold. Gotta pull the intake to fix it. The bolts that hold the plate in place were too long from the factory, so, after a boatload of heating/cooling cycles, the less-than-stellar gasket would fail, introducing a serious vacuum leak into the intake, from the valley of the engine. Excessive oil consumption, fouled plugs, clogged cat, trashed O2 sensors, were the general result. (along with a corresponding loss in fuel economy.)

There are a BUNCH of threads on here dealing with it, including a DIY or two on fixing it.
 
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Old 03-15-2011 | 12:13 PM
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oh ill have Headers before o get the programmer if that will take care of the problem.
 
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Old 03-15-2011 | 12:27 PM
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That will not fix the problem.The plenum is on the intake manifold.
 



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