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[mikeyss]

Listen to the whole clip -- wait for it....

Yes!! I forgot to mention to wait till the Tahoe disappears, the good part is when I leave the complex

 

[Rocket Man]

Sounds awesome and f the neighbors. Who doesn’t love the sound of a badass v8? There’s 2 of us on my block with loud ass trucks. Gotta love it.

 

[Sam Harris]

I wasn't able to get videos today, work swamped the shit out of me. But... Hubby got a video of me leaving for work. Keep in mind she only had 30 or less miles on it, so the valvetrain is still a bit noisy and I'm still on break in oil. But this is wicked loud with my stock exhaust. I love this thing and I can't wait till I hit 500 miles. Oh.. I got a CEL for rear cat codes with my ARH catted system on my way home from work at 40 miles on it. I knew it most likely would happen. Enjoy the video, more will be coming

Hell yeah brother! Sounds ******’ great!!

 

[adventurenali92]

You guys are the best...btw!! All of your posts made me really laugh out loud.

So I made my hubby drove the Sierra Denali home, I told him to follow me home in case of bad luck. I got stuck behind a old Ram truck that wouldn't do the speed limit... Since this new motor needs broken in, you can't JUST keep it at one RPM range... So I waited to a passing zone and... Well that Ram got left in the dust. Somehow I ended up home 5 mins sooner than the hubby... All he said is... You're gonna get a ******* ticket. Apparantely the old LQ9 couldn't keep up with my new beast of a 6.3. I think I did the math right with the overbore pistons making it a 6.3 now

She sounds like a beast! Glad you got her back together and home!!

 

[RyanPDX]

Man I just went through this whole thread. What a wild ride. Super pumped for you to get the thing back on the road!

 

[mikeyss]

I am close to 100 miles on it now, and it's been awesome. My hubby has been stealing it a lot this week, but that's ok because he works 20 miles away vs my 5 mile drive. Tomorrow I'm gonna take it on a mountain drive, get it up to Estes or somewhere to get more miles and different driving conditions. I plan to use hubby's phone to get some videos for you all. I still haven't done WOT due to mileage, but I've used manual mode and I can't believe how much faster it is now. The only issue I'm having is the cat. efficiency codes, but once I'm broke in, I'll do a data log for blackbear for any tune change and I'll have the rear O2 sensors dealt with.

 

[mikeyss]

Oh... And I seem to be battling traction control... Even as I'm around 40mph and I get on it a bit, if it kicks down a gear, it hesitates a split second and
the traction light is blinking when it happens. I guess I'll have to turn that off, lol

 

[mikeyss]

I still have a broken camera, but all is well with the Tahoe. I have almost 300 miles on it now, and I've taken it up into the mountains and around Estes Park. I love it so much, it was almost impossible to keep it under 60 MPH going up the mountain. I will get videos soon, this has been a busy week at work. Oh and we have 12-20 inches of snow coming this weekend....

 

[Rocket Man]

I still have a broken camera, but all is well with the Tahoe. I have almost 300 miles on it now, and I've taken it up into the mountains and around Estes Park. I love it so much, it was almost impossible to keep it under 60 MPH going up the mountain. I will get videos soon, this has been a busy week at work. Oh and we have 12-20 inches of snow coming this weekend....

I got pulled over by the popo today on my way back from Oreilly’s after picking up some parts for a buddy’s car I’m working on. I did my usual exit from their parking lot with a short hammer time across 3 lanes and merged into traffic, didn’t even notice the car I whipped in front of was a cop. Then I guess I followed that up with 2 quick lane changes without signaling. I was sitting in a left turn lane waiting for the signal before I noticed him behind me and was thinking hmmm wonder how long he’s been behind me. I headed down the street which was a 25 zone ( he said I was doing 31) and on came the lights. When he told me he was behind me the whole time I kinda thought oh shit but at the same time I noticed he wasn’t asking for my dL. He mentioned how my loud exhaust didn’t help which I acknowledged but then he said “which is fine, it just draws attention”. He said “ I just want you to slow down, that’s all I’m asking” and left it at that. I admit I get to 5-10 over the limit almost immediately every time but I also try to watch for cops so I don’t get caught. Still no tickets on my record for at least 20 years, not that I haven’t been written up. They just haven’t stuck. Having a fast truck makes it real hard to drive slow. I just can’t do it.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I got pulled over by the popo today on my way back from Oreilly’s after picking up some parts for a buddy’s car I’m working on. I did my usual exit from their parking lot with a short hammer time across 3 lanes and merged into traffic, didn’t even notice the car I whipped in front of was a cop. Then I guess I followed that up with 2 quick lane changes without signaling. I was sitting in a left turn lane waiting for the signal before I noticed him behind me and was thinking hmmm wonder how long he’s been behind me. I headed down the street which was a 25 zone ( he said I was doing 31) and on came the lights. When he told me he was behind me the whole time I kinda thought oh shit but at the same time I noticed he wasn’t asking for my dL. He mentioned how my loud exhaust didn’t help which I acknowledged but then he said “which is fine, it just draws attention”. He said “ I just want you to slow down, that’s all I’m asking” and left it at that. I admit I get to 5-10 over the limit almost immediately every time but I also try to watch for cops so I don’t get caught. Still no tickets on my record for at least 20 years, not that I haven’t been written up. They just haven’t stuck. Having a fast truck makes it real hard to drive slow. I just can’t do it.

Lol--lucky ass! I'm sure it helps that you're a little older too. U'm sure you would've got a ticket if you were a yungin'.