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Looks like it! I'm shocked that front valance made it through this adventure, it looks like it was close!

I'll be doing an Edelbrock or Whipple unit at some point this summer. Stock headers most likely. I don't really have any interest in the centrifugal units, just not my cup of tea.

I understand the mechanics behind it all. I'm just saying I've never found a single case of a motor blowing up due to carbon in my years of research. To me that means it doesn't happen. If all this carbon was really causing blown motors they would have revised the design for all of the millions of cars a year sold with this technology. Exactly. The only real fix (at this time) is adding an auxiliary injector. Many manufacturers have started doing this already. I don't think I've ever seen one report of "sticking". They might not have a full ROM but again that's not going to "blow your engine". IMO a catch can is a "half assed", as you say, preventative measure. It's doing something (maybe), but its definitely not a solution to the design flaw and I've spent hours and hours of research on this issue 'my friend'. I'm not trying to start arguments here, I'm simply saying that carbon build up isn't the end of the world and your truck is going to be fine, catch can or not.

Problems such as? Please elaborate. Reduce build up. Reduce being the key word. This isn't a SOLUTION its a band-aid. There are many DI platforms how ever where these catch cans do catch oil but do not affect the amount of build up on the valves at all. Its been proven over and over again for many years. You cant argue the data, lol.

Has it been proven that this is actually happening? People have claimed this for years and I have still never seen any proof. The other one I hear is "a chunk of carbon could fall off the valve and score your cylinder walls". Again... Never ever seen it. The worst I have seen with the euro cars that have been running this tech for years and years is the valves gum up to the point that they don't fully open and close. At that point you obviously get a service engine code usually paired with rough idle. I've seen more then a few cars show these symptoms and then be manually cleaned with great results and zero issues post cleaning.

I'm not denying carbon build up. I'm saying carbon build up isnt that big a deal. It robs power for sure but like I said its part of the package with all these direct injection motors. They have had this issue for 7-8 years. Trust me, I know. Ive had my Audi "carbon cleaned" 3 times in 4 years and it costs about 800$ each time. I consider it cost of ownership. The only way to do it is open the motor up and scrub the valves manually or with a walnut blaster. Catch can does nothing, cleaners do nothing, its been proven over and over and over. Its just now that the domestic companies are starting to use this technology more frequently these debates are starting to come back up again. My Audi at its first carbon cleaning, just for reference:

How did you mount that light bar? That location looks pretty slick.

Lots of interesting info in here. IMO adding a catch can obviously wont hurt anything but long term I really don't think its all that much benefit. If you search around the internet all these new direct injection motors (foreign and domestic) have this carbon build up and oil blow by, its just the nature of the beast. I think the hype is a bit over blown.

Ask and you shall receive. These test results were on a 2008 5.3 but you get the idea. Results should be very similar with the new body 5.3 as well. Air flow is air flow after all. http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5045477#post5045477

Those look fantastic

This is absolutely awesome. I'd love more details and photos of this in action!

I'm going to quote this and bump it to the later pages as I just spent a good 10 minutes digging back through this to find it, haha. Maybe we can get this put on page one for the time being? While its not a permanent fix IMO it will help owners who are trying to resolve this annoyance.

not all the time but any tight corner situation that was close to full lock or full lock

Stock All-Terrains. It was in the back inside corner of the wheel well liner. It was an easy trim. About 4"x4" did it.

Even at full lock? Mine rubbed horridly on flat pavement in parking lots before trimming.

That looks fantastic. It has to rub alittle though? No? My 285/60s rubbed with a 2" level.

285/60r20 will fit with a 2" level and minor fender liner trimming in the back. Just the liner needs trimming, no metal.

ah... the 5.3 is out. The 6.2 still isnt. My bad, should have specified. Thanks for the link though, hah.

Are these for sale now? They aren't listed on the website yet?

I have multiple cars so I don't usually need a loaner. I've also never had a 'proprietary computer chip' problem in any car and every car I've ever owned has had some sort of programmer or chip tune done to it. Some 'warranty claims' I've had over the years would include. 99' Audi A4 - Battery died and also killed the alternator. Towed it to my buddies indy shop, repaired, sent Audi the bill and was reimbursed. (40k miles on chip tune no issues) '05 VW Jetta - HVAC lights went out. Took the car to the dealer, showed them what was going on, got a new HVAC unit free of charge and replaced it myself. (70k miles on a chip tune, no issues) '07 Acura TL-S - Alternator went on me. Towed it to my buddies indy shop to diagnose, sent the bill to my dealer and they covered it. Also had a starter go bad on this car. Same process. (90k miles on programer, no issues) '09 Jeep Commander - Starter went bad, towed it to the dealer and they agreed it was a starter. They gave me the part and I replaced it in the parking lot and drove home. (30k miles chip tune no issues) '07 Trailblazer SS - Tire pressure sensors went bad. Given free replacements by the dealer, replaced at my indy shop. (50k miles chip tuned, no issues) '07 Audi RS4 - 3rd gear syncro went bad. Had it replaced at my buddies shop, reimbursed by Audi. Power steering line was leaking, diagnosed by my buddies shop, parts provided free by the dealer, replaced them myself. (25k miles chip tune, 10k miles supercharged, no issues) So no, I'm not worried about the programmer for my larger tires on this truck (to bring this back around to the topic at hand, sorry)

Nope. I don't use dealers for anything ever. Never had a good experience with a dealer of any brand (GM, VW, Acura, Audi, Jeep of Mazda). I won't even take my truck in for the 'free' oil changes, I'd rather pay for the oil and do it myself then have a dealer get their hands on my truck. I take all my vehicles to one mechanic thats a personal friend that I've known for 15 plus years when I'm really in a bind.

I used the Diablo Intune to fix my speedo

It would be close. Also depends on the tire. The Duratracs are pretty knobby. Either way it was just the inside corner of the liner. Its an easy trim, no metal.

oh boy... looks like this might be in my future after all, haha