They said it'll start and idle for a minute or two but once the cam kicks in it dies is how dude explained it to me. They said they don't have a tuner program or software to put the cam specs in it.
So now i gotta get dude up here to tune it to the cam specs and try and tune for economy which probably won't go good with the stage 3 cam but I guess we'll see
I tried to tell them all this (my dad and his mechanic) before but no one listened.
I sent the build paperwork along with it.
They got all the rust out of the motor and said it cleaned up super nice. I told them while it was out to take out the stage 3 btr cam and put in a truck Norris or...
Apparently my dad must have been drunk or misunderstood cuz i called dude today and he said it needed a tune and I said I'm aware of that and he said well I can't tune it. So, I either gotta let him find someone to tune it or I gotta go get it and bring it back here and have it tuned. I'm...
So i discussed things with my mechanic.
1. Order a new motor with like 5 year warranty and replace it. (If the ecm is bad though then this wouldn't work anyways
.2. Buy a new computer and have it installed and tune. (I think would be the cheapest way to go labor wise).
3. Scrap the whole piece...
Well gentlemen I am happy to report the Tahoe is alive. The dude that put the motor in drove it down from the mountain where he lives into town to get a new oil pressure sending unit as it still wasn't reading right. He said it runs good.
He's gonna drop it off at a shop in the valley and he's...
From where the motor had been sitting for 4 years it developed light surface rust in the internals and the cylinder walls. He is taking his time to flex hone the rust out and polish the internals to remove rust.
Well,
A regular repaint was 4 grand quoted by the two shops that do it around here. Spent 850 got it raptor lined with 3 coats of the liner. It was sanded and prepped then sprayed. Mine was done right. We live out in the boonies, there is alot of mud when it rains, lots of trees, and snowy...
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