Travieso Official Build Thread 2006 Chevy Tahoe (LA GUERA)

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Under Construction I'll upload pics soon and more information

The way i picked her up from the Dealership December of 2005

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To now well change suspension a bit

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Exterior
2000-2002 Chevy Silverado 2500/3500 HD Hood
Cadillac Escalade Chrome Roof Luggage Rack
Cadillac Escalade Rear Vent Caps
Cadillac Escalade Third Brake Light
Color Matched (Front Valance, Lower Valance, Rear Bumper and vent caps)
Clear Corner Parking Lights
HID’S 6K and 3K Fog Lights
24” MOZ Wheels 305/35/24’s
De-Badged / De-Mold / Removed Center Rook rack
LED Tail lights
Painted Ferrari red Calipers
Tinted Windows
Custom cut Lower Valance for Volant Ram Air Scoop

Interior Mods:
20% over Tint On The 2 Front Doors
Denali Dash Bezel
Replaced ALL Inside Lights With "Cool White" LEDs
A Pillar Pod Gauge
Boost Gauge Autometer #4301
Fuel Pressure Gauge Autometer #4363
AFR Gauge (PLX Wideband AFR)
07 Silverado 3500 Speedometer Instrument Cluster W/ Transmission Temperature Gauge
Custom LED Cluster


Suspension Mods:
McGaughy's 2" Drop Spindles
KYB Steering Stabilizer shock
3/4 Ton Chevy Stock Torsion Keys in Front 1" to 3" Lower
Belltech Street Performance Front Shocks
Eibach Front Sway Bars
Z71 Front Bump Stops
Belltech Street Performance Rear Shocks
DJM 5" TB Rear Coil Springs
DJM Rear 3/4" Urethane Rear Bump Stops
DJM Free Travel Mod
DJM Rear Hardware kit
Eibach Rear Sway Bars


Performance Mods:
LPP Headers No Cats
22" Magnaflow exhaust
3" inch Custom Exhaust
Black Bear Performance Tune
Magnuson SuperCharger Radix W/ ARP Bolts
Magnuson HD tensioner
Metco Double Bearing Idler Pulley's 100mm
Magnuson 90 mm Inlet Tube
Torque Rush Performance X-Link
90 mm LS2 Throttle Body
60lb/h Bosch Injectors
Camshaft (DUR @ .004" 278*/ 286*DUR @ .050" 216*/ 224*LIFT .551/.551LSA 115*)
Comp Cam 7.4 pushrods
8mm Supercharger Connection Spark Plug Wires
NGK TR6 plugs
Hypertech 160* t-stat
Lunati Voodoo Beehive Valve Springs
Pinned The Crank
Outlaw Radix Intake
Volant Ram Air Scoop



4L80E Transmission Build:
4L80e
TransGo Performance Shift Kits 4L80E-HD2
Hughes deep transmission pan
Yank PT Series 3000 RPM 4L80 Converter
Tru cool 40k Transmission Cooler
Custom Transmission Cross Member



Built Rear End:
4.30 Gears USA Standard
Detroit TrueTrac
Master install kit with timken Bearings and Rear Axle Seals


Custom Aluminum Built Drive shaft: Rated for 1,000 HP
Speed Balanced to 9000 RPM
Full 1350 u joints (Heavy Duty U-Joints)
1350 Yokes


Future Mods:
EFI Nitrous System
Methanol Injection Kit
Spohn panhard bar
Helper bags
(Never ends)
 
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Is that snow on the ground?? In California??? :)
 
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One of the First set of wheels i had for it truck got stolen on these wheels

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HID's 6K Low 3K Fogs

Bought some Fog lights on ebay with Yellow housing

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After recovered theft

i bought some MOZ 24's 305/35/24

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24's on stock Height

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3" Custom Exhaust

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First drop was 2/3

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Second Drop

3/4

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Painted Red Calipers and Rotors black

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KYB Stabilizer Shock (custom)

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HD HOOD

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3/4 Drop

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LED tail lights

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Getting ready for color matching

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Color matched
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Escalade Vent caps

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Escalade Rails

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LPP Headers

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Y pipe

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Eibach Sway bars

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Mc Gaughys Spindles

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Street Performance Shocks

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Cold Air Intake

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Driver and Passenger seat mod

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Escalade 3rd Brake Light

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Billet Grille

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Radix Super Charger

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Just Ordered.Camshaft (DUR @ .004" 278*/ 286*DUR @ .050" 216*/ 224*LIFT .551/.551LSA 115*)pushrods, valve springs

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The day i took her to the track she ran a best 9.9
Vs a 2008 Silverado Vortec Max 6.0
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Your truck looks awesome man, nothing beats a clean white truck in my opinion!!
 

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