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  1. mike diesel

    That gasser life

    Sold my Duramax a few months ago and have since moved over to the LS gas world. Here's what I have been up to. Picked up this 03, 4x4, 1500, 5.3/4l60e end of July. Had 209k on it and got it for $5,000. Body has some dings but interior is basically mint. Truck runs great. Wasted no...
  2. mike diesel

    Jeep Liberty burning oil

    I posted about this over on some jeep forums, but am having no luck over there. I purchased a 2003.5 Liberty 3.7 limited about a year and a half ago for the wife. It has been a great vehicle. It runs excellent, very quiet and it drives great. Recently we took it on a 1500 mile trip and...
  3. mike diesel

    Suspension setups...shocks, overloads, ladder bars

    Decided it is time to spend a little money on the suspension side of things rather than trying to compensate by adding more hp. Current setup: 175,000 mile oem shocks up front 15,000 mile cheapest autozone shocks in the rear 2" drop shackles and torsion bar bolts removed Standard type ladder...
  4. mike diesel

    BD tap shifter issues

    Installed a BD tap shifter yesterday in my truck. Upon first start up, I clicked it through the gears while idling and it had 4th and 5th gear reveresed, click it all the way up and it locks out overdrive, tap it down one and it goes into overdrive. I read in the instructions that clicking gears...
  5. mike diesel

    Converter with pump bushing failure

    I've got a converter here that had a pump bushing failure. As you can see it got very hot and discolored the metal, even on the inside of the hub. I cleaned it up with a scotch brite pad by hand but I still have some concerns about it. Measuring the hub, it is about .006" "shrunken"...
  6. mike diesel

    Lincoln mig welders

    I've been browsing around lately, looking for a new welder. Currently have a HF dinosaur welder that has honestly treated me extremely well. It's what I have used to fab up all my turbos kits amd every other thing I've ever built at my house. Has never once let me down. Only issue with it is...
  7. mike diesel

    2 race trucks? Maybe...

    My '89 s10 daily driver has been a great truck but I have been getting tired of it. Been browsing the local classifieds for a single cab shortbed silverado with no luck. Friday night, the wife and I were headed out to dinner and saw this little beauty on the side of the road with a for sale...
  8. mike diesel

    5 speed planetaries vs 6 speed

    From what I've seen, you can't use a 6 speed p2 planet in a 5 speed, and vice versa. But will an entire 5 speed planet set work in a 6 speed trans? Long story short....have a buddy who stripped the p2 splines off in his 6 speed, he's in a pinch and needs it fixed asap. Only problem is, I...
  9. mike diesel

    Larger compressor pumps (garage)

    I had a 60 gallon, 20 year old, Campbell Hausfeld compressor that I picked up off the local classifieds 2 years ago for $200. It was slightly underpowered with 10.0CFM @ 90psi. I resold it this past Wednesday for $300. I went to Lowes and picked up a Kobalt 60 gallon compressor rated at 11.5CFM...
  10. mike diesel

    Pinion bearing failed

    Went to Vegas this weekend to hit their drag strip. Truck was trailered down, but I ended up driving it home 420 miles. 5 miles from the house I heard a very faint whine when I'd let off the pedal. Noise didn't get louder or anything....a mile from the house I hit a red light. I proceed again to...
  11. mike diesel

    Powder coating, finally!

    Finally tweaked my twin kit how I want it. Had some ugly bends like at the y-bridge with the boot. Shortened the bridge and went v-band. Also built a new 3.5" hot pipe. Then spent a few hours yesterday sand blasting all the piping. And spent several hour trying to get the original...
  12. mike diesel

    Jeep liberty O2 sensor help

    My wife has a 2003 jeep liberty. It is the late 2003 model so it has the 42RLE trans. Issue I am having is that it is throwing a p0420 code "Catalyst efficiency below threshold bank 1". This has California emissions so it has a cat in each down pipe with an O2 sensor before and after each...
  13. mike diesel

    Dual feed line kit for dual cp3's.

    Got setup with a dual feed line kit last week and was curious what others had seen for improvements by running their cp3's this way. Kit consists of a rail fitting and flexible high pressure line. So instead of feeding the driver side rail with both cp3's and then having 1 line split off to...
  14. mike diesel

    Heads are lifting...what are my options?

    Long story short, truck pushed coolant twice over the summer. Couldn't get it to do it again so I ignored it. Recently swapped the gt5541r on in place of my borg 98mm and now if I go WOT for an extended period of time, it will spit coolant almost every time. Truck is making 85psi boost...
  15. mike diesel

    New rape whistle

    I got the truck up and running last night after installing the gt5541r in place on my old borg 98mm. Took it for a test drive and WOW. It needs some MAF rescaling since this new intake is 6" but even with fuel limiting, It spools better than the 98mm borg did. The whistle is insane. I still...
  16. mike diesel

    Dialing in wastegates

    I am building a new set of compounds utilizing my current s475/87/1.0 in the valley with a gt5541r 106mm as the primary. I want this setup to be dialed in as perfect as I can get it. It will have 2 gates. 1 to gate around the s475 and 1 to gate around the gt55. I didn't have much luck...
  17. mike diesel

    Retaining steering wheel controls/door chimes

    I've about had enough with my current interface module I've been using for 4 years now. It doesn't retain factory chimes and steering wheel controls don't work. It came with a "buzz box" that makes a god aweful scream to simulate door chimes, and it's rediculously loud. What interfaces are...
  18. mike diesel

    Spruced up the old girl

    Finally wore out my falkens and I told myself I'd be switching to 20's and 305's. Bit the bullet and ordered some Kumho ecsta stx 305/50/20's and some Vision 420 locker wheels. Wheels showed up yesterday and tires showed up today. Had them mounted, balanced and installed this...
  19. mike diesel

    Niama-Reisser LLC compressor wheels

    Does anyone have any experience with their compressor wheels? They have some pretty steep claims as well as prices....they want upwards of $2800 for just their wheels. They claim their wheels can't be machine the same way a standard wheel can and that theirs take 70% longer to machine. These...
  20. mike diesel

    P0089--truck runs fine

    Installed my new injectors last wednesday night, took it for a drive and it runs great. Dynoed the truck thursday on tune 3 while taking a log of the run, made 980hp on 1850us and holds rail all day long. While reviewing the log, I checked for DTC's and saw a P0089. Check engine light never set...
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