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  3. Is This Sss A Member Here?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    Hi Guys

     

    Was just checking in reading the new posts and saw this one. Thanks for all the kind words, and yup that's my truck alright. Nice pic from that other G2G 12'sRock! Still have it, of course, and will have to see about making to the next local G2G. I'm located in the Culver West/Marina del Rey area, near Bartels' Harley-Davidson at the west end of the 90 Marina fwy :thumbs:

     

    James

  5. Efan Question

    in General SS

    Posted

    Hi All

     

    It's been a while since I've posted, but I've got an issue. I installed '05 efans earlier this year with a Nelson harness, and something I noticed pretty early on is that the lights (dash and exterior) dim slightly when the fans turn on high when the AC cycles. The truck doesn't shut down or anything, but it's annoying and looks bad. It is mostly noticable when sitting at idle, at a stoplight or parked - but is also present when driving but not as much. I can't be sure, but I think it's gotten worse over the months. The alt is charging the battery, and everything else works fine.

     

    So what should I do? Bigger alternator? Install the "big 3" grounding cables, and if so where do they go exactly? Install a new battery, possibly an Optima? (The orig battery from '03 is still in there!) Install a big capacitor inline with the fans? Something else?

     

    Thanks for any input!

    James

  11. Just ordered new shocks

    in Suspension & Brakes

    Posted

    Good, since I just changed my stockers out for the Belltech ones and if these were available for the lowered guys, I'd be pissed. Although, I can't see why these wouldn't work for the lowered crowd since I and alot of other people were using the stockers after we lowered.

     

    I believe the answer to that is because the stockers are a twin tube and the Bilsteins are a single tube, or vise-versa. The mono tube is designed to be at a certain (stock) static length when installed, and if the truck is lowered then that length is altered.

     

    Alex: Which Belltech shocks did you get, the new Street Performance ones or the Nitro Actives?

  13. Just ordered new shocks

    in Suspension & Brakes

    Posted

    For the people that are going to ask will the Bilsteins work on your lowered SSS; I called Bilstein and the answer is, for the most part, NO. However, if you only lowered the front end with spindles, which doesn't change the static ride height as far as the shock is concerned, then you can run them in front. If you lowered the rear more than 3/4" (.75"), then you can't. If I can't run the matching shock F&R, I would hesitate to use them only in front.

  15. So whats next for me?

    in Forced Induction and Nitrous

    Posted · Edited by pnblwzd (see edit history)

    There's an interesting article in this month's Hot Rod Magazine about a Dotweiler 11 sec 6.0 GTO that made over 500hp at the tires. The mods consisted of, from what I recall:

     

    122 Radix

    Cam very similar to the GT2-3

    Custom Heads/rockers

    Dynatech Long Tubes/cats/pipes plus a cat back exh

    Meth Injection

    Tuning

     

    Interesting read...

  16. So whats next for me?

    in Forced Induction and Nitrous

    Posted

    A 2.9 pulley plus tuning will make a big difference, and will get the boost in the 8-9 range. After that, a GT2-3 cam, 90mm TB, tuning, and efans will make it even better.

     

    Beefing up the trans is a good idea, at least a shift kit and billet/Vette servos.

     

    I have not messed with the crank pinning kit, and did not see any evidence of it slipping when I had the balancer off to swap my cam so I'm not concerned about it.

     

    The next step after all that's listed above is meth inj, or a 122, and/or maybe some head work.

  18. What to do about front bump stops?

    in Suspension & Brakes

    Posted

    On mine, to get the height/stance that I was looking for, I had to trim 1 rib off the front bump stops because it was riding on them and wouldn't go any lower with torsion bar turns (in addition to the 2" spindles). The end result is 33" rear (leaf packs) and 32.5" front (2" spindles and torsion relaxing) ride heights, measured at the center of the wheel openings :thumbs:

     

    J

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