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  1. JKaechler

    Rear spoiler backup lights

    Lets continue the old thread! Here is the solution I eventually came up with. I have a 6 button relay control panel from Auxbeam installed, and the rear facing lights are on of those buttons. Next up, i have a set of 4 small dome lights that will be mounted inside the rear hatch door panel such...
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    use the OEM backup cam with a new head unit

    I have a 2011 Tahoe LT, it has the factory backup cam in the mirror, and it has Onstar (which does not work anymore) I have successfully installed an android radio head unit, it talks to the canbus and gets signals for going into reverse, for the doors opening. And it works for all the usual...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    trans adapts? How does one reset this?
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    I sent an email request to make a few adjustments to the transmission tune, along with a set of log files. Basically I am hoping to get the shifts to not hit so hard. I love the shift points change, but especially the 2-3 shift seems to hit hard, and pause in between gears? this is when i am...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Fun fact: After loading the tune files from BlackBear, I could immediately see that the shift patterns made more sense. Much improved. What I did not expect was to gain 2 MPG! This is on the normal 89 octane mid grade pump gas. :D Experiementally, on Thursday afternoon I filled up with...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Indeed this is a whole pile of usefull information. Answered a lot of questions about rocker arms that i had not yet gotten around to asking as well. In other news, I went ahead and got the BlackBear AutoCal. Did the initial scan and datalogging to have it tuned in its current form, and to...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Amusingly I actually feel exactly opposite! I would rather tear down to the heads than deal with the stupid transmission removal, and its worse with the transfer case involved. Pulling off the inner fender liners allows pretty free access to the heads from each side. The Trans was rebuilt...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Hallelujah! Reference material. Added to this coming payday's shopping list.
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    See, this is why i am asking a billion questions... I didnt know that lobe separation angle had so much to do with vacuum, and that has led me down yet another rabbit hole. Leads me to this article https://www.hotrodders.com/threads/lobe-separation-and-idle-characteristics.444889/ valves...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Rolling back around to one of the original points. I am looking at the kit from AMS racing Link This is using the 'Truck Norris NSR' cam, and includes lifters and trays. It is a 3-bolt cam, so VVT deletion would be involved here. One common theme in other reviews, including the one that the...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    I am leaning towards doing the whole cam swap thing, and then getting black bear involved. In theory i should be able to drive immediately after all the installs, just on the factory programming.. do the logging and send the data off to black bear and they will do the difficult part. cost...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    Am I understanding correctly that the VVT has its impact up in the high rev ranges, and its absence would not really affect my general usage? mostly driving in the 1200-2500 RPM range, and getting higher mostly when getting on the freeway..... or the occasions when i stomp on the gas because...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    it was a 2001 Suburban. Im not sure about the WOT upshift, as i dont often go to full throttle. And I only did a tune in the DIY sense with a small Accel Supertuner handheld. I used it to change the gear ratio setting, the tire size setting, and install what they call the '87 octane' tune...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    now that is good information. thank you!
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    This is all good input. especially the whole long thread from Geotrash. Re: gears - its a 4x4, and regearing would be a huge pain in the neck.. and i geared my old suburban down to a 4.11 and did not like the way it ran. granted, that truck had a 4l60e but im hesitant to go there. re...
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    DOD / AFM delete parts

    I am planning to do the AFM delete camshaft swap in the near future. I have looked at a number of kits that include cam, gaskets, lifters, springs, etc.. But what I have been trying to find is some kind of a refernece guide that will show me a listing of exactly which parts I am likely to...
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    Diff swap and a traction control issue?

    I am using Eaton 913A481 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DN44QO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 its funny that Amazon says it does not fit this vehicle, when it clearly does. Runs good. The TrueTrac does have slip. Its not a locker, but a limited slip. The two biggest...
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    Looking for advise on ANCEL V6 PRO+ Bidirectional Scan Tool

    I would also like to get my hands on a Tech2 or a clone if such a thing actually works. But I am still trying to learn exactly what the Tech2 is. It seems like the go-to tool for a lot of things that I and others in my family with the same general year range of GM trucks and SUV's could use.
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    Diff swap and a traction control issue?

    I did. A teeny bit of adjusting had it at 7 thousandths... Chevy says between 6 and 10 is the acceptable range
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    Diff swap and a traction control issue?

    ok. I know you said "dont ask" but I HAVE TO! How can a truck be a lathe?!?!?!?! :shocked:
  21. JKaechler

    What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

    Took out the G80 locker and put an Eaton TrueTrac in its place. Had a glitch, but i think all is well. I posted about it over here if someone wants to put in an opinion. I think i need the group's input. https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/diff-swap-and-a-traction-control-issue.142871/
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    Diff swap and a traction control issue?

    This weekend i took the G80 locker out from under my 2011 Tahoe LT 4x4! Hooray no more gov-bomb! Now it has an Eaton TrueTrac. I hit one snag. When I did my test startup and spin the wheels with the rear end still up on jackstands, I suddenly had a Traction Control light and the system hit...
  23. JKaechler

    Roof Rack Rattle

    thats interesting. i think its in the farthest forward postion. as a temporary solution i actually have it latched crooked. one side farther forward than the other. it is then in a bit of a bind and does not rattle. tommorow i have a road trip to go see a client. i will see how far back...
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    Roof Rack Rattle

    My 2011 Tahoe has a stock roof rack of the type where there is a lever latch that allows it to slide between a few preset points, and then you close the lever and latch it in that position. The problem is that it rattles in the wind in the highway. I have been looking at it to see if there is...
  25. JKaechler

    12v outlets always on

    I have a bluetooth adapter connected to my Aux jack. I would like it to go off, so that my Audible audiobooks dont keep playing silently as I walk away from the car... that has happened. I had a bluetooth head unit in the old car, and I will be swapping to a newer head unit on this tahoe...

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