Getting an 03 tahoe, opinions on mods and ?'s about tune up.

[Gmoney_2010]

I meant the front ss bumper cover and rear roll pan.. And yeah I like the escalade boards and racks on the tahoes, but where would be the best place to get em? Most of the list after the intake, exhaust and tune are wants and can wait till the end of summer when I'll get paid from summer job.

 

[fatnlowtahoe504]

get the SS wheels and exhaust first IMO, are you going to lower it or lift it??

 

[Timmy]

don't put ss badges... it's not an ss.

 

[Gmoney_2010]

fatnlow, I'm just wondering, but why would you do those two first? And it depends on what my parents will pay for.. Cause those first things will help with gas mileage. And I don't plan on raising it or lowering it but it will depend on what it looks like after the wheels get put on.
Timmy, yeah that's true. I'll just be happy if I get most of those mods done at all.

 

[road1will]

Do the magnaflow muffler. thats the muffler i have on my tahoe and absolutely love it. best mod i've done besides my DNX5120

 

[tybardy]

you can get your gas milage up considerably by simply replacing that ****** air filter with a high flow filter like a drop in K&N... under $80

Then add the Magnaflo muffler, its a straght through designe and sounds GREAT! should be able to get the part and have it welded up for around $150 if you do the leg work and shopping yourself. (got mine 100% done for $135)

i would also recomend getting the e-fan kit done, this dissconects the clutch driven fan and frees up some power.... I have seen this mod done for around $120 but thats you doing some serious deal hunting and labor yourself... otherwise you are looking at around $300

after all that is done GET A CUSTOM TUNE!!! this is the KEY element here... if you get those top three done up there and get a custom 91 octain tune, you can see a solid 3-4mpg increase.... when i bought my truck i was struggling to get over 14mpgs... i now stay stead around 17.5 and if i baby the shit out of it, i get between 19-20.... (i actually dont have the e-fans yet, but i want them and expect the gas milage to go up at least .5 to 1 mpg)

i also replaced my spark pluggs, fuel filter, plug wires and got a gold top battery... those things probably didnt hurt the truck either

 

[Gmoney_2010]

Thanks. Yeah I know a guy that owns a big O tire and muffler shop so I will probably have him do it.. And I'll have to look into the fan kits. Where would I start looking?

 

[tybardy]

Thanks. Yeah I know a guy that owns a big O tire and muffler shop so I will probably have him do it.. And I'll have to look into the fan kits. Where would I start looking?

ebay, online stores is always where i start looking... here is the deal... they make a direct swap setup which comes with all the BS you need... however you can also get the LS1 fans and do some semi-custom fabrication and make them work on your truck, i have seen more then one person do this and it is the cheaper way to go. i will look around for the write up on this, i know its somewhere saved on my computer

 

[HitandRunDriver]

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you with that list, good luck

 

[Gmoney_2010]

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you with that list, good luck

Ha yeah! But most of the stuff after the mpg increasers and tuneup things are my wishlist and probably won't happen very soon.. But I've been waiting just to get the tahoe for so long that I have had plenty of time to plan everything I want to do to it.
Oh and another question, is the hitch part of the bumper? So like when I remove the bumper to put a roll pan on will that be removing the hitch too?