2002 LT Music Daily - One Story Ends and Another Begins...

[Galandorian]

All finished up, they look pretty good, and seem to be solid as far as hanging on in a 150dB + vehicle.

 

[Galandorian]

I grabbed a $20 craigslist box for two 18s, threw some paint on it, and started hooking everything up last minute in order to make it to Slamology in Indianapolis.

 

[Galandorian]

And here's what I ran with to Slamology for the day.

 

[Galandorian]

For one night, I tried dual alternators, (CES 370A + OEM 140A), but didn't feel that it yielded enough of a gain to be worth it, so I ended up pulling the OEM one out the next day.
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I went out and bought a different box from a friend, reconfigured everything, and added another extra battery, expecting to see a 151+, but it didn't happen.

retired the Tahoe to more of a daily driver.

 

[Galandorian]

I finally got around to installing new headlights which were recommended by this forum's own Reedal!

 

[Galandorian]

At this point, I'd been driving with that cracked windshield for about 2 months, and decided enough was enough.

It really improves the aesthetic in my opinion, and makes driving much more pleasant in both nighttime scenarios (reduces glare from oncoming headlights) and bright days (reduces glare from the sun).

 

[Galandorian]

In an attempt to gain back some of my trunk space, I built another center console, this time doing around 139 dB.

After about a month though, I decided I missed my real OEM center console. So soon I'll be reinstalling that.

 

[Fosscore]

Welcome. Clean looking truck and skills on the audio front. Tune will definitely wake up the truck and the other performance bits and pieces within the budget will give you some change, but unless you go full on, touch to match that 6.0/6.2L engine.

 

[Galandorian]

Welcome. Clean looking truck and skills on the audio front. Tune will definitely wake up the truck and the other performance bits and pieces within the budget will give you some change, but unless you go full on, touch to match that 6.0/6.2L engine.

Yep. From the little research I've done it seems like matching a 6L isn't possible in my budget, but I can do some little things to make it at least more enjoyable to drive.

Right now I'm trying to focus on researching exhausts, to find one I like and figure out if any of them actually do anything for performance, and then I'm eyeballing the Spectre 9900 CAI, and a BlackBear tune.

I've thought about headers or swapping to 4.11 rear ends, but am not sold on those ideas yet.

 

[Fosscore]

Corsa Sport catback always gets good marks, but close to $1k it is pricey plus BB tune will eat up budget. But one and done with exhaust without getting too crazy plus CAI.

Just options having seen what others have done.

The tune without getting too crazy under the hood will give you the best bang for the buck and a change in performance. I love having mine.