Ron's SS
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The black chrome is
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I had this "slipping" happen once. I stopped at a light (in drive the entire time) and when I went to pull out, I had the 1 second hesitation. This was about 1,000 miles ago and hasn't happened since. I am going to check the fluid today though cause I just had it flushed by the dealer, maybe it's low. I thought it was odd that the truck was already in drive and did this...
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mines always quiet in a straightline, sometimes turning it gets a little noisy... solid so far though
Except I had mine rebuilt about 1,000 miles ago and it already makes noise. I had the dealer tear into it again, but they said it is fine and GM says no fix 
. I drove about 400 miles of highway between 70-90 mph two weeks ago and that shut it up pretty well. So I am gonna flush the fluid once more just to check. The dealer did say if it starts to whine between 30-70 mph (like before the rebuild) to bring it back. -
this is just like when my girl friend told me she wasnt wearin any underwear...
Now this constitutes pics, the hell with the roll pan
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Be prepared for a lot of damaging door dings ... instead of hitting the molding ... they are hitting metal
Thats not good, nobody better be hittin it in the first place though
I agree ... but I am just giving you full disclosure about what people bitch about after taking them off.
I say take em off if you can, cause either way your gonna get dings and if not in your doors, then in your bed like me
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Wrong that it's dirty, or wrong that you said something? lol. What outlaw intake is that, never seen before? I think the location and design of the intake tube "extra or sac" is interesting.
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In the past I've had pretty good luck with the Taylor wires too.
Good to hear. They're my first set of Taylors. Must say, the throttle response is quite better (but my plugs were stock at 54K miles and were pretty well cooked...)
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Thought I would post my recent wire change. I went with the Taylor Thundervolt 8.2 mm wires (and NGK TR55 plugs). The Taylor wires fit excellently and also fit the stock heat shields. Plus the blue matches the truck
. The throttle response is much better and I am getting 1 MPG or so better. Got them from Summit Racing for around $45, free shipping. I left the plugs at .060 gap (stock gap for the truck), is there any benefit going to .050 or .055 for a slightly modded truck? -
I agree that hopefully they lower the production cost on the E85, then people will switch over and maybe gasoline will stabilize. But I was shocked to see the difference in MPG from gas to E85. gas mileage
Titan: Gas= 14/18 E85= 10/13
Dodge: Gas= 12/15 E85= 9/11
Silverado: Gas= 15/19 E85= 11/14
I still think the E85 is a good idea (remove some foreign dependancy) but they better find a way to make it real cheap or it will only raise our operating costs...
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Chase hit it on the head, AWD was a big selling point, and I live in the snow belt.
and now since they dont make AWD anymore it makes my truck special
Now that they don't make AWD or Arrival Blue, I guess mine is really special
The AWD, sport truck was the appeal to me as well, plus the styling which definitely turns heads.
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*** And finally make sure to fill up early in the morning or late at night .... becuase .... fuel pumps measure by volume instead of density ... fuel is more dense when cold ... therefore giving you more bang for the buck !!!
Additionally, when you do fill up, pump slowly... gas is highly volatile, so if you pump fast then you are just adding more air to the fuel going into your tank. I don't wanna pay for air...
wouldnt the air escape out of the tank as you fill? Since the gas hose isnt exactly air tight when your filling up?
absolutely, but your payin for it as it escapes... This is what I have been told from a gas broker, so it is word of mouth, but makes sense
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*** And finally make sure to fill up early in the morning or late at night .... becuase .... fuel pumps measure by volume instead of density ... fuel is more dense when cold ... therefore giving you more bang for the buck !!!
Additionally, when you do fill up, pump slowly... gas is highly volatile, so if you pump fast then you are just adding more air to the fuel going into your tank. I don't wanna pay for air...
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I have noticed the same problem. I drive the truck like a sissy and get worse mileage than when I run regularly (with frequent WOT runs.) Judging by watching in Instant Calculations, the truck gets terrible mileage (no matter how hard you run it) until the tranny gets to OD. So I devised that I am better off getting my speed up quickly and then backing out of the throttle, than I am if a just lightly accelerating from everywhere, because the trucks doesn't go into OD nearly as quickly if it take a mile to get up to speed. That's my thoughts on your situation.
Question: I run WOT often, let the truck warm up and idle everytime I run it, and only drive about 5 miles city, to and from work; I get 13.1 to 13.4 depending, I figure that is as good as I'm gonna do with my driving conditions. Anyone think this is right... or to low?
Oh, and winter gas is the bad gas, at least in Ohio. (I only get 11.7 or so all winter on the same drive.)
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There are 2 6.0L lq9 and lq4 we have lq9
We do have the LQ9? I was getting confussed since "ChevySSandChevy8.1" said we do have the LQ9
but then stated that the LQ9 was not available in 03.The 03 comes with the LQ9, it is the same as the LQ4, just higher compression. I thought the LQ4 made 315 HP?
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they were just saying on my local news that if your off by 3psi from your max it can help you lose gas mileage, thats seems a little off but who knows
Wow, 3 psi from max? Yeah your mileage will be better, but you'll be buyin tires twice as often. Plus you'd feel like your riding directly on the rims
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I always thought that you set the pressure when they're hot so that you won't over pressure your tires when they do get hot...
I run my stockers at 34 lbs cold... I've always heard that a hot tire will add 4-6 lbs to the cold number... So 34 would keep you under 40 lbs, worst case. Also got to consider for every 10 degrees outside temp increase, your tires increase 1 psi. Can anyone confirm this? I'm just stating what I've been told...
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Any of you guys notice a difference running 87 octane instead of 91? I've only had my truck for like 6 weeks and the dealer filled up my tank w/ 87 ... for bringing back GM's dealer quality survey or whatever it was with good marks.... It doesnt detonate on 87...I cant see it making a difference, but I guess these trucks have knock sensors and if it was detonating It would pull timing before I even heard it?
BINGO!! We have determined the problem.
Yes.. you can run the truck on 87 but it goes to a lower octane table... I say you get that 87 out of the tank and race him again once you've got some 91 in there... with the compression of these being so high its a must you run 91 or better to be competitive on the street.
I'd also venture to guess you're a California guy if you're talking 91 octane instead of 93.
Doesn't this revert back to the "91 only" topics on the site. I thought it was premium or nothing else. The manual states you can run lower octane but yeild the chance of detonation= bad things... I would bitch at the dealer for putting cheap gas in my $40K truck for sure...
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