Bdt115's Tahoe Build

[tgui]

Hmmm pretty straight forward swap?

Ehhhh kinda. In short you need.

- 6.0 flex plate, spacer, bolts
- ECU segment swap to know how to use the 4l80e. HPtuners, Nelson etc can do this.
- A bit of harness modding to deal with the extra speed sensor

The 4l80e is a bit longer so moves things about. So......

- HD front drive shaft if 4x4, its longer
- Shortened rear drive shaft
- Modded trans cross member
- HD trans fluid dipstick and tube
- Modded coolant lines.

I'm sure I'm forgetting things but its not killer. Plenty of threads out there for this.

$1500 if you play you cards right. You end up with a killer trans though. When I'm done I'll then move on to the 14bolt rear end.

THEN TURBO TIME!!!!

 

[bdt115]

Ehhhh kinda. In short you need.

- 6.0 flex plate, spacer, bolts
- ECU segment swap to know how to use the 4l80e. HPtuners, Nelson etc can do this.
- A bit of harness modding to deal with the extra speed sensor

The 4l80e is a bit longer so moves things about. So......

- HD front drive shaft if 4x4, its longer
- Shortened rear drive shaft
- Modded trans cross member
- HD trans fluid dipstick and tube
- Modded coolant lines.

I'm sure I'm forgetting things but its not killer. Plenty of threads out there for this.

$1500 if you play you cards right. You end up with a killer trans though. When I'm done I'll then move on to the 14bolt rear end.

THEN TURBO TIME!!!!

Maybe I'll just do a built trans swap and call it a day. Would definitely be nice to not have to worry about it. But the $1500ish price tag doesn't sound too bad to me. Definitely considering this now. Thanks for the input

 

[bdt115]

Got some powder coating equipment and all supporting tools needed to powder coat in my garage. So I tried my hand at it tonight with some D-rings I'm considering putting on the tahoe. Did one so far and here's how it turned out. I think it looks great.


And here it is in my hand as a reference to size

 

[tgui]

Wow! Impressive! Looks professional.

 

[bdt115]

Wow! Impressive! Looks professional.

Thanks! Looking forward to powder coating more when I pick up the new Tahoe

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35s on order! That's about it for parts and such for a month or two. Now time to wait...

 

[bdt115]

Well about to board a plane to fly across the country to finally pickup my new tahoe! So excited. Owned for about 2 months now and not seen or driven it, it's killing me!!!! But finally in the morning when I get off the plane I will get my new tahoe! Also, these showed up today at my grandparents house! Thank god for they shipped in time so I can get them put on for the trip back!

 

[bdt115]

Ok, quick update here. Made it across country safe and sound a few days ago. Had the new tires put on in NC before I left and today before I went back to work I had the new wheels put on. Crappy cell phone pic and a short update for now. Have a few pictures from the trip and some other upgrades I did already to come. Trucks dirty but it's something to look at until I have more time!

 

[bdt115]

Ok, here are some pictures from the trip. Wish I wasn't on a time restriction or would have made more stops. All in all a good trip. Stopped at a lot of cool places, not all of them, but got in a good amount.

New tires going on

New tires on, getting ready to drive to off for the first time.

And of course had to grill out a little with some Carolina Packers hot dogs

And some beer pong with old friends

Pretty much just me and the little guy up rockin out most of the trip..the other two couldn't hang



Second night of the trip and the snow and ice begins

More snow at one of the many stops

Third night got down to about -20 at some point. Had frost on the windows and walls of the hotel room



Found this thing....I want

worlds largest buffalo


210 to a tank allllllll the way across country

Worlds largest cow


Driving through some pretty thick stuff when all of a sudden. Another Tahoe!

Day 4....pretty good snowfall going on. Highways were pretty sloppy the next morning for a while.

Finally some decent roads

And last night in a hotel, pushed throw until we hit Spokane, WA.

Some random scenery

And we're home...kind of. Had to stop at one of our houses to renovate a little before heading home.

And that is all for the trip...enjoy

 

[bdt115]

Ok, so while I had my Tahoe a little apart today in the garage while I was swapping tires onto the dodge (build thread in the other vehicles section) I noticed that at some point in time some genius stacked leveling kits up front and of course the already known no lift out back. Scored some spacers for the rear from a buddy for free and tomorrow one of the leveling kits is coming off. Time to get this Tahoe looking better than ever. As some know, I took off my 35s and put them on my dodge and the Tahoe now has 33s. Well, it doesn't look the best right now, hence why i'm taking the lift off tomorrow morning before the super bowl. Don't really want to drive it like it is, looks too goofy. Pics tomorrow.

 

[bdt115]

Ok so changed thing up a bit here and been working on my toyota build, among other things. Ordered a lift for the rear of the tahoe, some new 2 inch spacers all around, a new k&n CAI system and then some parts for the toyota. I'm wanting to start swapping the interior to all black...anyone Parting out?


Also, tow mirrors.