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My pulleys a 100mm pulleys made by Billetflow. I will have to check on the belt size.
or just the Part # ... I can do the criss cross.. thx.
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im not supercharged (yet) but im running some pretty big and heavy wheels, maybe porterfield can be my solution do they also make rotors and drums?
Drums.. I'm pretty sure they do.. from their catalog they sent I found out that they do have performance rotors .. they can also have them cryogenically treated. they can slot them and drill them.. You have to call for the price.. me personally - slotting rotors is good.. drilling on a truck rotors - I don't know.. I have a few friends with Corvettes and drilled rotors .. I understand they can crack at about 20,000 miles. They don't seem to mind.. I don't have that kind of money.. so I stick to just slotting and don't have the cracking problem. Drilled rotors have been around a long time.. such as with motorcycles and Porsches. might have to research that with those forums.
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do you have stock sized wheels? and how much did this setup run you? i am also a crew cab owner that is unhappy with the brakes
all stock sized 17" wheels.. I need to go bigger though.. It's a sleeper. RWD and I can't get it to stick off the line . It's 5.3 s/c with other mods. Those OEM pads and shoes bite.. I actually thought my calipers were froze up once.. but they were just over heated .. they were grinding and making a bunch of noise.. the Porterfields did not give me any issues. If you order just tell them you are looking for a high performance brake pad/shoe for a large vehicle making lots of horsepower and that's it for a street application. They will make them .. they know pretty much what u want. My brother has some he put on his GTO .. he's also happy with them.
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so you they did make a big improvement over stocks huh?
Yes definetly.
I rotate my tires regularly. and always take off the rear drums and clean inside. The best thing to clean with is straight water and a soft bristle brush.. I don't recommend the brake cleaner solvent. That stuff will eat up any rubber such as the dust covers and the caliper seals. water is all you need. And get some sand paper and sand off the lip on the edge so they will go back on easier.
The porterfields are a nice set up they have the parking brake spring and cable like the OEM. They do not get all glazed up like the OEM. They are set in with the brass anchors. They grab well, and don't get stressed and start making overheated grinding noise. On the front I went with cryogenically treated powerslots and Porterfield pads.. I don't have any problems braking when coming down from high speeds. The OEMs I did.
I did a lot of research.. Porterfield was the only company that I found that actually makes and has been producing Performance Brake shoes.. They do a lot of Race car set ups. from the new to the very old.
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Well I can't speak for the guys with rear disc brakes, but my rear drums are still on the factory shoes and are still in great shape. I upgraded my fronts to Power Slot Rotors and Raybestos Professional Grade Severe Duty Pads. They stop great with minimal fade and dust, the only downside is that the pads tend to get a little noisy when they get hot in traffic.....
I also have the RWD, Crew Cab. Get rid of the factory brake shoes.. they heat up and feel lousy.
I searched long and hard and found Porterfield Brakes ( I think the guy I spoke to was named Angel) they will custom manufacture some shoes for high performance applications. $100.00 ...good product. they are a very reputable company and discovered they have been around a little while. They make all kinds of crazy super high performance brakes with different surface material. I think they are big with the track and race circuit.
. My truck is making about 417 rwhp. I can make fast stops now without the heat and grind issues later. I also bought some for the front pads.. No issues.
they also sale the Hawks and Raybestos performance brakes. But they do too. Ask them to mail you a company catalog.
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im wondering if i have to order these, or if a local parts store would have them in stock? i have no plans for this weekend for once, and id like to change out my shocks.. they are 66,000 miles and counting on the stockers.
Nice.. good instructions and pics.
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ya i think ima go there this weekend and see what their price is to do the same,,, so your saying buy the servos and shift kit off e bay and take it to the toy shop or just have the toy shop do every thing encluding buyin the parts from them/
Mr. P - good tranny info..
you got me wondering. I have a Crew Cab with the 4L60E on a 5.3 supercharged set up.. I have a 9 1/2" 3000 stall T/C ; with 3.73 gear. GVWR of 6850 lbs.
Currently running the stock trans cooler. I run Royal Purple in the tranny . My trans temperature averages 180 degrees. Is this too high or about average and Ok. ..was thinking of adding a small pusher fan in the area in front of the s/c intercooler and stock trans cooler.
I just recently went through one of the $4500 headache tranny rebuilds and that's because the guy was a well recommended LS7 corvette & drag car trans builder.
I'm Living in Houston, Tx. With the current hot weather of 102 degrees. I have the 160 thermostat on the engine.
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comes in the HD's. i believe you can get it in the silverados, suburbans, and avalanches. i drove my buddies avalanche that has the engine and the thing is just pure torque, u tap the gas and the sucker just roars
Avalanches??? Had no Idea.
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That's one nice truck and very detailed set up.. sad to see you have to part with it. ..
I would like to ask you . Where did you find the metco pulleys.. and what size belt did you use.
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i dunno if they are actually going to do it. i mean dont get me wrong it would definitely be awsome, but theyve been talking about this for over a year, and thats all its been, just talk. i would definitely consider tradin in my truck for one though, and slappin on a banks kit, no one would ever expect it.
That would be pretty neat. How they would keep the engine light enough for a 1/2 ton suspension .. would be interesting.
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thanks man he was stock.when are you runing your beast truck
Glad to know you smoked him.
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You may want to try new front CV axles first. Worn out inner CV joints will vibrate during decelleration.
It did not look like you mentioned hitting your brakes. But if your hitting your brakes warped rotors or even a caliper that may be sticking can cause bad vibration problems.
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Oh, sorry I cant be of any help to you on the PCM swap. On my 2000 and my 03, its a simple as I stated above. Do some searches on here, performancetrucks.net, gmfullsize.com and fullsizechevy.com and I'm sure there will be an answer to your questions. Good luck.
There are always simple handheld programmers like the Diablo Sport or the Hypertech you can get.. and they too will remove the speed limiter along with some other programming modifications. This may be all your really looking for.
And from what I understand. There is always a speed limiter in place. no matter who does your programming. Some will shut down at 120, 145, or even higher if someone personally programs it for you.
You should check your areas and see if there are any chevy speed shops in your area that will dyno and program your truck at the some time. Every vehicle is different.
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Price sounds too good to be true.
what vehicle does that come stock in?
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Just to be clear, this is for the 2229 set. I know the front bar is no match for an SS or a 4x4. The rear bar works with the SS to the best of my knowledge. As for mileage, maybe a couple hundred miles. I drive my truck to and from work only, 4 miles a day max, 5 days a week.
I'm getting rid of them as a set as I thought I'd have more luck that way... otherwise, I'd use the rear bar myself. Thanks for your interest!
Curious what are you replacing it with.
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Sweet
I'm a fan of zaino. I need to get mine out and shine her up. Maybe if the temps drop from the 90's and 100's lol 
Too freakin' hot latleyNice truck....
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i dont get it i cant see any of the videos on youtube... only street fire
That is going to be nice.
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Welcome, truck sounds awesome
Your truck set up sounds nice.. welcome.
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Could you shoot me a PM of a price on those LED taillights.
Anyways as an update on my truck. I painted my taillights so they are red now. Look much better. I'll have to post a picture up. I also got rid of the blue low beam bulbs. I couldn't see for shit at night, so I for now just put some stockers back in. & I recieved my SS emblems today & they will be going back on the truck. I will be looking for some new rims soon, when I round up some more cash...
Well the truck is getting closer to how I want it to look.
Hope to meet some of you local guys soon.
Here's something I did for my lights.. I got the bulbzilla conversion wire kit .. and used the sylvania ultra .. high beam bulb instead of low beam bulb. very white light and it does not mess up your headlight housing.. I did the same for the wife's driving lights on her lexus and it works fine there too.
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Impressive I cant wait to see some pics and get you Some MandH drag radials
MandHtires.com
Cool I'd like that. I think you need 100 posts before you can put a picture on geez. kinda new to this.. want to try and figure the site out.. I have a couple of questions to ask about driveshafts, and harmonic pulley..
the tires?? are they street cheater slicks..I can put on with the stock 17" wheels.. ( I doubt it) or would I have to get new wheels.. If that's the case I am probably going to upgrade to SS 20 " knock off wheels and tires.. What's the widest street size tire you can can put on the 8.5" stock SS 20" wheels.
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Welcome to the site and with those #'s I'd say your more than slightly modded
It is I'm pretty happy with it. Considering the numbers and I'm still able to get 14.8 in the city and close to 17 on the highway.. If I get on it, which I do often . it drops to about 14.1... It's a 2005 model, I have the original 5.3 block stock cam, Ls1 stage II MTI heads, magnacharger. 2.9 Pulley, MSD coils, MTI tune, and modified tranny, headers and hi flo cats, corsa cat back, with a 9 1/2 Tor conv. The head work and dyno was done at MTI.. was really surprised the the numbers and the way it all came together pretty easy.. It's never been to the track. One day - Not just yet.
Now if I could only get the rear tires to stick.. She's a sleeper now. stock 17" wheels, running boards (I've got young children that sometimes ride with dad) and slipped on a simple single exhaust tip - instead of the pretty one corsa supplied. It's nice to mess with people head's (GTOs, Mustangs, Porsches, Lightnings) when I get on it and blow by them and all they think they see is a big ole stock truck pulling away..
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I thought I would start a member introduction thread, since the site owner has changed the site policies and now requires new forum logins to post ten replies before starting a thread these new folks don't get the chance to use this sub-forum and say hello.
So if you are a new SilveradoSS.com member please feel welcome to reply and introduce yourself here, and we'll see what we can do to help get your post count high enough so you can start your own forum threads.
Mr. P.
I want to say thanks for the post. I am a new member.. trying to get my posts up so because I have a few questions to ask..
I am not an SS owner, I needed a bit extra room, so I went for the Crew Cab. 5.3. I wish I had the AWD 6.0. The 6.0 will come in the near future.. Right now it's slightly modified. It's currently making 417 rwhp / 470 rwt.
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nice wheels