2007 Yukon Denali Build (This got outta hand really quick...)

[992dr]

Wowza, nice work Matt.

I'm drooling over both shots of the abrasive store as well as the Michigan LS swap guys storage garage. I got a little chubby when I saw those.
Do you have info on them that you can share?

 

[67RS427]

Wowza, nice work Matt.

I'm drooling over both shots of the abrasive store as well as the Michigan LS swap guys storage garage. I got a little chubby when I saw those.
Do you have info on them that you can share?

For sure... The LS Swap guy is Lance Draeger. His company is R&D Performance Fabrication. He was a GM engineer for awhile and now works for Chrysler. He is pretty big in the LS swap world. He has worked with all the guys currently making the LSA accessory drive kits and actually knew about the bad laser cut plates that Murphy tried to salvage. He used to sell the LSSimple kit and didn't see the quality control so he helped LSX Innovations develop their kit. He's a distributor for them, Brian Tooley Racing, Eaton (hence the 200+ blowers in his garage) and a few others. Shoot me a PM and I'll give you his cell. If you are in South East Michigan and need an LS part on short notice, chances are he has it. He's surprised me a few times... I just grabbed a Lingenfelter 9.1" 10% overdrive damper ring from him last night and he's the one that I got the CX Racing ice box and 8 Rib accessory drive kit from. Smart guy, knows his shit...

The abrasive store is called Abrasive Brokers... They literally have isles and isles of all sorts of abrasives stacked up 10ft tall. I went in for some of those nice orange "Flame" brand cartidge rolls and ended up walking around and buying all sorts of crap lol. Was pretty awesome to see a place with that much inventory. Info below...

http://abrasivebrokers.com
1695 Rochester Rd, Troy, MI 48083

 

[67RS427]

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been so busy lately with my kids and tuning this damn truck. I've been driving it for a few weeks now (900 miles or so) and I can say all the long hours and late nights paid off. This thing is a freaking beast and pulls like a freight train!

Who wants to guess how fast a 5,800 LB +/- 2007 Supercharged Yukon Denali does 0 - 60mph on the street with 22" wheels? These tires weigh in at 45lbs each also lmao... Can't wait to throw on some drag radials and some light weight wheels and really break some shit and some peoples feelings.

 

[67RS427]

Before the answer to the 0-60 on the Yukon, heres a great video of my buddy doing burnouts in his Chevelle you guys always ask about...

*He got pissed after driving my Supercharged Yukon Denali so he stole my battery from the Camaro and threw it in his Chevelle. It has been sitting for almost 2 years and it fired right up. It's a .060 over 454" BBC with a pretty decent CAM. He proceeded to do burnouts in the shop and then went outside and did a few on the driveway LMAO...

 

[67RS427]

First start of the new 402" engine build... Shockingly it fired right up on the first tune I threw at it. Not bad considering the airflow and torque modeling was way the **** off with the new 5" MAF and blower setup.

 

[67RS427]

First Cold Start (2nd day I had it back on the road)... Sounds ok, video doesn't do it justice, this thing is LOUD!

 

[67RS427]

Here's another cold start video that shows my nGauge and HP Tuners setup. Short walk around the truck/engine... More to come, gotta make some AWD burnout videos and some 0-150mph pulls. Yes, it absolutely does AWD burnouts off idle. It will leave with 6psi of boost at 1,900 RPM if I want too...

 

[67RS427]

Don't recall if I mentioned this but I had to tear off the front accessory drive and timing chain to replace my CAM sprocket... Some ******* sent the wrong part and no one noticed when we assembled the motor. I have a 1 sensor 3 bolt sprocket installed, needed a 4 sensor 3 bolt... Such a pain in the ass but I ended up swapping out my lower 5% overdrive pulley for a 9.1"/10% overdrive. Gotta love more boost ;-)

 

[67RS427]

Cleaned up the Camaro...

 

[67RS427]

And also cleaned the Denali today...