Cammed and lifted 06 silverado stall converter
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Appreciate the recommendation and that makes sense, but I’m not super worried about gas mileage, I already know lifting a vehicle will make it need more power to get faster than a stock vehicle, I want a lifted truck but all the performance mods are extra, I’m just trying to find out what would be best to make what I have work
I ran a 14ff rear diff with 5.38 gears, air locker, very built 4l80e, billet multi disk converter, custom 5" aluminum driveshaft etc....
get used to breaking stuff, I was trying to go 10s being lifted and finally said screw it, took all the lift off and lowered it down.
my truck was lifted for 230k, if you dont wrench on your own stuff you better learn how to in a hurry. Front end parts alone will keep you busy.
I get it, lifted trucks are cool, you want to make it a little faster, i did it for many many years and yes it was awsome when I would throw my 33x10.5w slicks on the back and beat up on sports cars, but those sports cars had half the money and half the hp I had to put into mine.
IMO, put some gears in it, take the cam out and just enjoy having a lifted truck.
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@06WTCE Do you really "need" a lifted truck with giant wheels?
You already know you need a regear ($2000 for both axles for a shop to do), aftermarket torque converters are expensive and you have to pay someone to install it (ain't going to be cheap), then you need a tune. And still truck probably is not going to be fun to drive and you will have a much greater chance of blowing up your transmission and rear end (neither are known for strength.) A transmission rebuild alone is like $4,000. Probably $2000 if you blow your rear axle. Since it's regeared with super high gears, you be able to simply swap a part-out special from the wrecking yard. Basically, you need a lot of cash at your disposal.
Have you considered simply removing the lift kit and going back to stock-ish wheels/tires? Regear problem and cost goes away. Sell the lift kit and the tires and get some money back.
Remove the cam and go with a much milder cam for better driveability. This make the aftermarket torque converter problem go away too.
...just a thought.
You already know you need a regear ($2000 for both axles for a shop to do), aftermarket torque converters are expensive and you have to pay someone to install it (ain't going to be cheap), then you need a tune. And still truck probably is not going to be fun to drive and you will have a much greater chance of blowing up your transmission and rear end (neither are known for strength.) A transmission rebuild alone is like $4,000. Probably $2000 if you blow your rear axle. Since it's regeared with super high gears, you be able to simply swap a part-out special from the wrecking yard. Basically, you need a lot of cash at your disposal.
Have you considered simply removing the lift kit and going back to stock-ish wheels/tires? Regear problem and cost goes away. Sell the lift kit and the tires and get some money back.
Remove the cam and go with a much milder cam for better driveability. This make the aftermarket torque converter problem go away too.
...just a thought.
As to the last part I would much rather have a stock performance wise lifted truck than a stock lift semi upgraded truck, I just like the look of lifted trucks and and am looking for what is needed to make what I have work and get outsiders opinion
I do understand what your saying though and if I didn’t care about it being lifted, I would definitely do what your saying
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you need very deep pockets, everything has to be over built due to the weight of the truck and rotating mass.
I ran a 14ff rear diff with 5.38 gears, air locker, very built 4l80e, billet multi disk converter, custom 5" aluminum driveshaft etc....
get used to breaking stuff, I was trying to go 10s being lifted and finally said screw it, took all the lift off and lowered it down.
my truck was lifted for 230k, if you dont wrench on your own stuff you better learn how to in a hurry. Front end parts alone will keep you busy.
I get it, lifted trucks are cool, you want to make it a little faster, i did it for many many years and yes it was awsome when I would throw my 33x10.5w slicks on the back and beat up on sports cars, but those sports cars had half the money and half the hp I had to put into mine.
IMO, put some gears in it, take the cam out and just enjoy having a lifted truck.
I ran a 14ff rear diff with 5.38 gears, air locker, very built 4l80e, billet multi disk converter, custom 5" aluminum driveshaft etc....
get used to breaking stuff, I was trying to go 10s being lifted and finally said screw it, took all the lift off and lowered it down.
my truck was lifted for 230k, if you dont wrench on your own stuff you better learn how to in a hurry. Front end parts alone will keep you busy.
I get it, lifted trucks are cool, you want to make it a little faster, i did it for many many years and yes it was awsome when I would throw my 33x10.5w slicks on the back and beat up on sports cars, but those sports cars had half the money and half the hp I had to put into mine.
IMO, put some gears in it, take the cam out and just enjoy having a lifted truck.
I might take out the cam in the future for a smaller one when I want the truck to be only mudding and stuff like that but right now I’d like to keep it in if possible
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The kryptonite will definitely help slow down the front end wear.
To bad you dont know which cam you have forsure, if you did then I could help out more .
definitely look into doing gears sooner then later, the 3.73s and 37"s will definitely make the trans have a shorter life span.
my wife daily drove what I think is pretty close to a perfect lifted vehicle for 12 years.
05 tahoe z71, 5" lift, 35s, 4.56, i put a L33 in it, btr stage 2 cam, nnbs intake, 90mm throttle body and a tune. Stock converter even tho a 3200 would make it alot more fun It is now only used for towing our 32' camper, doesn't get horrible fuel mileage, tows amazing and still looks good.
To bad you dont know which cam you have forsure, if you did then I could help out more .
definitely look into doing gears sooner then later, the 3.73s and 37"s will definitely make the trans have a shorter life span.
my wife daily drove what I think is pretty close to a perfect lifted vehicle for 12 years.
05 tahoe z71, 5" lift, 35s, 4.56, i put a L33 in it, btr stage 2 cam, nnbs intake, 90mm throttle body and a tune. Stock converter even tho a 3200 would make it alot more fun It is now only used for towing our 32' camper, doesn't get horrible fuel mileage, tows amazing and still looks good.
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The kryptonite will definitely help slow down the front end wear.
To bad you dont know which cam you have forsure, if you did then I could help out more .
definitely look into doing gears sooner then later, the 3.73s and 37"s will definitely make the trans have a shorter life span.
my wife daily drove what I think is pretty close to a perfect lifted vehicle for 12 years.
05 tahoe z71, 5" lift, 35s, 4.56, i put a L33 in it, btr stage 2 cam, nnbs intake, 90mm throttle body and a tune. Stock converter even tho a 3200 would make it alot more fun It is now only used for towing our 32' camper, doesn't get horrible fuel mileage, tows amazing and still looks good.
To bad you dont know which cam you have forsure, if you did then I could help out more .
definitely look into doing gears sooner then later, the 3.73s and 37"s will definitely make the trans have a shorter life span.
my wife daily drove what I think is pretty close to a perfect lifted vehicle for 12 years.
05 tahoe z71, 5" lift, 35s, 4.56, i put a L33 in it, btr stage 2 cam, nnbs intake, 90mm throttle body and a tune. Stock converter even tho a 3200 would make it alot more fun It is now only used for towing our 32' camper, doesn't get horrible fuel mileage, tows amazing and still looks good.
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