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  1. skyhighsami

    06 Yukon 5.3 to LQ9 swap

    Swapping the tired 5.3 for a LQ9 I'll have freshened. Swapping the 317 heads out for 243s and s Fast 102 truck I'll likely have port matched or optimized together. So I increase the compression more than a 243 equipped LQ9? Exhaust will be 1 3/4" primary long tubes with 3" piping off the...
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    06 Yukon dropped spindles, shocks, 5305, adjustable Panhard bar, shocks...what's next

    I still have air bags to install in the rear coils but haven't gotten to it yet. I have 305/40/24 tires that I'd like to go shorter and maybe a little more narrow. I have a Trailblazer SS and would like to do what I can with either swap bars and upgraded bushings to sharpen the handling as much...
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    Want to buy F&R BBK, upgraded sway bars, and Esky D pillars

    I am looking to upgrade my brakes without breaking the bzck both front and rear. Sway bars since my truck is lowered 5" already, I'd like to improve handling. Finally I would like the smooth Escalade D pillars for my 2006 GMC Yukon. Color doesn't matter since I will respray it. Thanks Skyhighsami
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    Corvette C6 z06 front conversion brackets, calipers for a Nbs/Nnbs Silverado

    So for the front you have the Baer rotors and upgraded calipers, the rear just the SSBC larger rotors and brackets to move the stock calipers out correct? Any stainless still lines and how much for the front rotors, calipers, rear rotors, brackets, and calipers if you have them shipped to 36064...
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    07+ Brake upgrade on a 00-06 NBS, is it worth it?

    They are their Tri Power. They used a stock C5 brake pad and we were really happy with them. The biggest thing I like about SSBC is the way they do alot of their calipers fit under stock wheels. They offer either 6 or 8 piston calipers that bolt on under a Ford F350 wheel. That and they aren't...
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    I thought I would share my performance 06 Yukon build

    My goal is some high 13s low 14s. With a drag pack I would hope to get deeper in the 13s. So compression on a LS2 is 10.9 but I'm going to have the heads milled to up the CR to in the 11.4 range and with the stout cam and Tony Mamo ports Fast 102 I think I'll be very satisfied. I'm just not sure...
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    Corvette C6 z06 front conversion brackets, calipers for a Nbs/Nnbs Silverado

    So what would be needed to install this on 06 Yukon? Would I be able to use any of these brackets on the back to upgrade them as well?
  8. skyhighsami

    07+ Brake upgrade on a 00-06 NBS, is it worth it?

    On my past Yukon XL I ra: 14" rotors front and back then their 3 piston calipers in the front and their brackets to relocate the rear rotors. Can anyone compare this upgrade to that?
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    I thought I would share my performance 06 Yukon build

    With the kind of power I hope to make which is around 400 whp with a SS3600 stall, 4.10 gears and an aftermarket diff should I consider an aftermarket driveshaft? The wheels and tires will be whats on there unless I don't 5 lug swap my turbo truck and run the drag pack and try for a hero time...
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    I thought I would share my performance 06 Yukon build

    I hope so, I have enough parts for the performance side. I lowered the truck and had some 24s to toss on there to clear the spindles. The Yukon is white and the wheels black so I am going to have them refinished in a medium grey with a light metal flake maybe i hope the truck meets my goals...
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    Braking upgrade for 06 Yukon

    I have been reading aboujt that. Are there any vendors that are offering the RST Brembo brakes at a discount or any type of price break? Through my job I get a GM supplier discount, I might stop be and see how much they are before I get the 07+ brakes. When you swap to the 07+ brakes is it all...
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    Braking upgrade for 06 Yukon

    This is my 2nd 06 Yukon. My first was lowered on 22s with 14" rotors and 3 piston SSBC calipers. This time around I am 4.5" and 5" lower with 24x10 and 305/40/24. I was curious if the Tahoe RST, Camaro, Corvette, any other vehicles with performance oriented brakes
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    I thought I would share my performance 06 Yukon build

    If I could do the front end on the black truck here and paint it all white, then the Escalade smooth D pillars because on my last Yukon XL I built I used street scene pillars and they were awful. For a rear bumper the Z71 rear bumper, Denali rear bumper, or roll pan are all options. Although if...
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    I thought I would share my performance 06 Yukon build

    My DD a 2006 GMC Yukon has a 217k mile 5.3. I have an iron LY6 iron block, good crank, LS2 rods and pistons left over from my LS2 in my Trailblazer SS, 243 casting heads milled to bring me to 11.3-11.5 CR, 1 3/4" headers, 3.5" exhaust left over my Duramax with a Borla muffler SI/SO, Yank SS3600...
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    Air Intake Upgrades

    For the new body style trucks Air Raid makes a molded intake tube. The belief is the air box on the trucks from the factory are very good and a replacement is not needed. So for $100 or so you get the MIT tube and retain your stock ditching the factory intake tube and resonators. Is there a...
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    Got my 96 4wd Tahoe lowered and need more drop

    I was 3" of lift, but I took the lift blocks off and rear shackles, pull out the stock keys and swapped in drop keys. I think I remember if you swap stock body mounts for S 10 mounts it lowers the body over the frame 1" or so. Any one with first hand experience have some before and after...
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    Benefits of 411 ecu swap to run 5.7 now and LQ9 later

    I have been thinking about the 411 ecu swap in my 1996 Tahoe. Now it is a 100% stock except for the upgraded injectors. Once I get my other items done on the truck I plan to drop in a worked over LQ9. Now I'm just interested in swapping to an electric fan (so what's ideal and can it be...
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    GMT800 rear axle with disc brakes under a GMT400 truck??

    I have a friend if mine that has an axle that was under a GMT800 or NBS truck. He bought the axle for the drum brakes to put on his truck so he could run a 15" rear wheel. Once he pulls off the drums he will swap out the complete disc setup. Will I be able to put that axle in place of the axle...
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    Lowering My Lifted Hoe

    Are the body mounts any different for a 4wd than a 2wd? Do you need to replace the cups and bushings or just the bushings alone? And where did you get what you used for your swap? Did you used the graphite impregnated bushings, polyurethane bushings or stock rubber? I know it's a lot of...
  20. skyhighsami

    Lowering My Lifted Hoe

    You mentioned using Blazer body mounts, is that applicable on all Tables or just 2wd?
  21. skyhighsami

    Lowering a 96 Tahoe 4wd

    I am going get shackles on the back with one of the leaf springs pulled out. Then set the front about a 1/2 to 3/4" lower. I have some Eagle Alloy 219s that are 18x9.5 with 295/45/18s. I have had good luck with a Yukon XL on Bilstein HD shocks so I will put them on the front and Gabriel Air...
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    Lowering a 96 Tahoe 4wd

    I've had several lowered Tahoes, Suburbans, Yukons, a Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. But never a 4wd. Right now it's lifted 3" on 32" BFG mud terrians. I have some keys that were on my 04 GMC Yukon XL that I was going to put in this truck, along with a shackle and possibly pull a leaf out to...
  23. skyhighsami

    Ford green keys for lift?

    Maybe I should clearify my question, seeing as how most 6" kits claim to only clear 33s and I am wanting to run 35s would I be able to clear them with a 6" lift and turning the factory keys for clearance or would swapping to a different key to reindex the bars be necessary? I don't really want...
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    Ford green keys for lift?

    I think I remember people talking about running Ford green keys on a Chevrolet to get lift. Is that true? I have a 96 Tahoe that now has 3" block and turned torsion bars with 32" BFG Mud Terrians. I have a friend who wants to buy the tires and I am thinking about getting either 33" Tokyo Open...
  25. skyhighsami

    Solid axle swap and gearing question

    I think I have decided to just go with a 6" lift adjusted to about 7" and get some 17" Fuel Trophy wheels with 37" Toyo Open Country MT. I was wanting to do a solid axle to keep from regearing the axles and rebuilding the wear items on the IFS. But considering how much my wife still drives it...

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