The Family Truckster (my mod/build thread - 2012 Yukon Denali)

[about20ninj45]

Super truck saturday! http://milandragway.com/home

 

[FamilyTruckster]

Yeah, stock radio... was occupied with the family etc etc, left the damn sunroof open, it rained a bit, everything was surprisingly fine... except the radio...
Running MAF, stock magnuson tune, stock magnuson boost level... if I go to 8 lbs I can replace the magnuson pink injectors with my stock e85 ones and be good to go with a solid tune. But if I go 10 lbs (where I kinda want to be) I'll need injectors on top of needing the HD tensioner and crank pin kit... so, basically... $1600 into a radio, $1600 into ck375s and rubber, or $1600 into injectors/tune/supporting strength parts etc....
Hopefully I can find a used radio for cheap... sucks...

 

[FamilyTruckster]

And family is doing great (thanks for asking). Little guy is up every 3 hrs still (used to broken sleep as a full time firefighter, but it definitely takes a toll!) Other than that everyone is healthy and happy!

 

[about20ninj45]

Whats the radio doing exactly? before you go blowing all that money, we can troubleshoot the radio to see if we can get it going. 1600 for ck375 is a high price, someone on here just had a set sell for 1200 with rims and tires.

you can get your injectors reflowed at fiz for about 200 bucks with flow data. Hd tensioner, you can get the fti balancer and tensioner from ebay for about 400 bucks. Tune will be 650 if you go whre i told you to go lol. Im all about helping...see, thats all less that 1600 right there lol

 

[FamilyTruckster]

Bad dood! You are on it! Radio isn't doing anything (blank screen) but every 6 seconds ish you can hear it trying to boot up... kinda sounds like a hard drive ticking or trying to fire up... specmo has it on their bench right now, but it's tricky since its a denso unit, not very serviceable I guess?? They are supposed to call me back today to confirm if they can do anything or not before we go down replacement road... miserable without a radio!!!!
I still have that BB efi live unit, just need to pay the 300 for a tune... could always sell that or whatever, lot of tuning options thankfully.
Currently waiting for a reply from a buddy of mine to see if he wants to go to Milan Saturday, I'm all for it!

 

[gat0r]

just read the whole thread... bitchin build

& congrats on the new rug rat

 

[FamilyTruckster]

Thanks man! Really appreciate it! Hope to knock a few key goals out soonish then kick back and enjoy it thoroughly, less a few set backs (broken stuff etc etc), but hell, life does not care about your plans!

 

[sumo]

I'm getting Ideas from you. I'd love to do the door pillar pod

 

[FamilyTruckster]

Thanks man, took a LOT of work (mostly trial/error, quite a few prototypes and wasted trim pieces and tons of sanding) but totally worth it in the end, in my opinion the fitment, position, access and clean look are perfect. The steering column location was great really, and a lot less hassle, but just not quite my cup of tea... I really wish the dude that was making those corner pods was still doing them, because for the price he was charging it was a no brainer especially if you're only adding one gauge... I like knowing that if I absolutely must add another gauge and pod, I can just use the column one and avoid the A pillar completely (on my SS I first had 2 autometer C2s in the pillar, which looked fine, but I also had tinted windows, so at night the bright ass blue leds from the gauges reflected off the tint and straight blinded me). But thankfully the aeroforce gauge does SO MUCH, and best of all displays 2 fields at once making it a perfect, clean choice for my application, especially with all the changeable options for the bezel and color etc etc... if you take on that project keep in touch, I'd be glad to help.

 

[FamilyTruckster]

Oh, also, the only other pain in the ass with the door corner pod wasn't routing the wires, but rather getting the rubber accordion style door grommet back in place and in tact properly... took a lot of patience...