Ok guys, as my introduction stated earlier in the week, i am brand new to diesels. I have been doing tons and tons of research on the duramax and the many different mods and options to choose for it. So that being said, should i start with a CAI, or should i save my money and look into EFI live? Truck and engine are stock. Im just looking into and getting input on what i could and should start with.
What should be my first mod?
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Id work backwards If I did it all over again with any kind of "build"..transmission, then steering, then start to play with power...just me tho..
If you want to push any kind of power over 430hp. Build trans then lift pump then tune it. Trans is a big coat but once its done you can really push the truck
And what exactly are you talking about when you talk building the transmission? Are you referring to a shift kit or going with a whole new built tough trans?
We mean take it to someone who knows what they are doing. Give them money and drive home happy. Don't buy any pre-built units unless it's done by a known quality builder. No purple.
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The 2011-newer trucks have pretty strong transmissions.. I dont know a ton about lml's, but from what people have told me and from what ive seen and read. They can hold a good amount of power on the stock trans, if I was you, I would look into a cp3 conversion, then tune.
First mod should be to your bank account... Get a separate savings account because your checking is about to be dried up
Treed me by 3 hrs lol. I have seen many lmls into the 650 hp range on stock trans. Actually see one almost 750. That's about the limit to them.
As for the cp4 pump. If you have relatively low miles like 50k or so you can get by with it for now. Once they hit 100k or higher it's best to swap.
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I am on a stock trans with everything in sig @ 130k miles with no issues, i do have tuning for higher line pressure.
If i had to do it all again I would have did the trans first, however. Reason I didn't is because my stock turbo took a dump so I had to drop the change on a new setup and wasn't about to put a stock one back in.
If i had to do it all again I would have did the trans first, however. Reason I didn't is because my stock turbo took a dump so I had to drop the change on a new setup and wasn't about to put a stock one back in.
I would suggest to get efi live tuning now and then if you still want some more power you can build transmission.. Stock transmission will hold just fine if your on stock cp4 and stock charger.. Unless there is something wrong with it I should add.. And when you get ecm tunes get the tcm tune also.. That will help it to hold better.. Just my thoughts though
Just finished going through a 15 with 23k mi a few weeks ago. CP4 put metal powder through everything.., return lines, tank, hard lines, filter head, every fuel line was a mess, it sucked. That stuff is rediculous to get out with as fine as it is. Went back together with a WCF delete, sportsman CP3 kit & PPEI tunes.
My tricks running Korys tunes everything in my sig. I to have his trans tuning an his guys there have done multiple pulls making close to the 750 range on a stock trans with trans tuning an doing great.