OR VietVet Is Still Throwing $$$ at 2005 Z71

[OR VietVet]

Luckily I have a large box of those clips for the panels and I did forget that my friend was bragging about the road noise cancellation from this. He has done a few of them and since he thinks he is getting this rig when I decide to sell or pass, I think he will get very detailed as to where he puts the material. He did mention Dynamat.

 

[iamdub]

I am not looking for that "feel" all the time, just when I mash pedal and had that feel with the 3.73 gears. Hopefully someone here gets what I am trying to say.

Most of the improvements are derived from cleaning up the factory transmission and throttle tables. The engine isn't making more power, it's just the power that it is making is getting to the ground more efficiently and more in time with the input from the pedal (reduced "lag"). Also, the shift firmness and quickness varies based on throttle input and load. If you're just casually cruising with minimal throttle input, the trans has no reason to bang its gears. A proper tune would retain this but would have the "ramp rate" of the firmness and quickness exaggerated so that it starts its "performance/sporty" shifting at a little less throttle input.

 

[OR VietVet]

Most of the improvements are derived from cleaning up the factory transmission and throttle tables. The engine isn't making more power, it's just the power that it is making is getting to the ground more efficiently and more in time with the input from the pedal (reduced "lag"). Also, the shift firmness and quickness varies based on throttle input and load. If you're just casually cruising with minimal throttle input, the trans has no reason to bang its gears. A proper tune would retain this but would have the "ramp rate" of the firmness and quickness exaggerated so that it starts its "performance/sporty" shifting at a little less throttle input.

Yes, for lack of a better term or being just the right term that I could not think of earlier, "reduce the lag" and I can be happy. I remember thinking the same thing when I owned my Duramax Diesel. I could stomp on that pedal and it would accel, with hardly any lag, like a gas engine rig. The beauty of my friend doing the tune is that a slight tweak here or there is accomplished much easier, hopefully.

 

[OR VietVet]

I talked to my friend and he is going to call Shannon at BBP. Shannon had responded back to me and wants to talk to my friend about the tune. This is what Shannon emailed me.

"Thanks for the kind words, nice talking with you as well. With the other tuner question, I thought you meant working with another tuner on a tune letting them know what we would do tuning wise, collaborating something like that, we do not offer that. Of course we can go over tune options with him and what we can offer, talk to you soon."

That tune may happen, hopefully, within the next 2 months.

Now on to the rest of it: Picked up my rig after the alignment. WOW! Steering response is quick, smooth and effortless. I can steer down a straight road and climb in the back to get a soda and come back and the rig would still be on the road. This thing now acts like it is daring me for quick moves and hard driving. After work today, I am off to the coast for the night and back tomorrow. Big goings on at the American Legion with today being Armed Forces Day and the upcoming Memorial Day.

 

[OR VietVet]

I just added up all my receipts that I have for my Tahoe for parts I have bought for it since I bought it. So far, thanks to discounts at RA, I have spent $5914.37 on all parts. That includes the Hellwig Bars and the new wheels and tires I bought from the owner here. I know that I have spent more than that because I have bought parts from members here and am not counting oil and filter changes but am including all the other fluids I bought for a full fluid swap out. Plus, stand by, there is more to come with the tune work coming up and I plan to, within the next 6 months, do the battery cables and battery. Plus, whatever else strikes my fancy as I move forward.

The cost includes the two rear Escalade vents but does not include the paint work on them and does not include the paint work on the front bumper and the mirror caps.

Thankfully, I still work and get paid well and am collecting full Social security and use only that money.

One of my bucket list things is a trip to Ireland and Scotland. I have blood lines there. For what I spent on this rig so far, I could have had a nice trip and back.

Who cares, the Tahoe is money well spent. I would not trade it for any new rig.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

I talked to my friend and he is going to call Shannon at BBP. Shannon had responded back to me and wants to talk to my friend about the tune. This is what Shannon emailed me.

"Thanks for the kind words, nice talking with you as well. With the other tuner question, I thought you meant working with another tuner on a tune letting them know what we would do tuning wise, collaborating something like that, we do not offer that. Of course we can go over tune options with him and what we can offer, talk to you soon."

That tune may happen, hopefully, within the next 2 months.

Now on to the rest of it: Picked up my rig after the alignment. WOW! Steering response is quick, smooth and effortless. I can steer down a straight road and climb in the back to get a soda and come back and the rig would still be on the road. This thing now acts like it is daring me for quick moves and hard driving. After work today, I am off to the coast for the night and back tomorrow. Big goings on at the American Legion with today being Armed Forces Day and the upcoming Memorial Day.

"This thing now acts like it is daring me for quick moves and hard driving."

 

[pwtr02ss]

Most of the improvements are derived from cleaning up the factory transmission and throttle tables. The engine isn't making more power, it's just the power that it is making is getting to the ground more efficiently and more in time with the input from the pedal (reduced "lag"). Also, the shift firmness and quickness varies based on throttle input and load. If you're just casually cruising with minimal throttle input, the trans has no reason to bang its gears. A proper tune would retain this but would have the "ramp rate" of the firmness and quickness exaggerated so that it starts its "performance/sporty" shifting at a little less throttle input.

This man knows what's up. Spot on

 

[OR VietVet]

This man knows what's up. Spot on

I agree and that is the same thing my friend was basically saying but I did not put it in his words. I did talk to him today, my friend, and he will be contacting Shannon at BBP on Monday and if all goes according to plan, I see the tune work being done within the next 2-4 weeks.

 

[pwtr02ss]

I agree and that is the same thing my friend was basically saying but I did not put it in his words. I did talk to him today, my friend, and he will be contacting Shannon at BBP on Monday and if all goes according to plan, I see the tune work being done within the next 2-4 weeks.

IMO, have Bbp do the tune or have you buddy, one or the other. Buddy seems to have too many questions for people that do it for a living. IIRC, bbp use efilive, your buddy has hpt. They aren't interchangeable as far as he makes changes, they make changes.

Bbp seems to be the "go to" for these trucks and seems very simple. Not expensive either.

for me, I have hpt so I'm trying to learn my tool. Not very successful so far, but learning. If I had no desire to learn the tuning software, bbp all the way

 

[OR VietVet]

My buddy is a lot like me. I ask a lot of questions and so does he. He has the credentials, knowledge, experience and know how to do it. I shared with you what he has. That does not mean between the two of us that we can't get what is needed. He has done tunes out of that shop for over 5 years now and he has nothing but praise and 5 star reviews from his customers. If he can't do it, he will tell me but he says he can and I know he will.

As was said in another thread by @grouch after he was stolen from and he did his research to go after the guy who did it, mechanic's have a vast network of connections. My friend will reach out to them if needed. You know I ran shops for years. I had a customer come up to me one time and say he did not want a tech I assigned to his car to work on it because he saw the tech refer to a manual at one time. He said he did not want a tech working on his car that had to look in a manual. I told the guy that I did not want techs working for me that did not refer to information sources if need be. The guy did a double take and I explained that doctors have it easy. They work on two models and they talk to them. Techs work on thousands of models and years of constantly changing designs. Doctors have it way easier than techs do. By the way, my tech was looking up a torque spec.