NW-99SS

I didn't mind the red in my 14 since it was Diamond White Metallic, but now with a Blue truck, I like the way everything matches. I overlaid my emblems with blue carbon vinyl, so I don't have any red GMC on my truck anymore.

I went from red in my '14 Denali to blue in my current '17. Being an Ocean Blue Metallic truck, I prefer the blue gauges. Then again, I have been converting anything red to blue on my '17 as well...not a red fan I guess.

Yeah definitely new here so no I don't know all the details. Owned a 4th gen for 16 years though, and very familiar with what works and doesn't. I'm just trying to figure out what bolt is holding you up and what you are trying to accomplish in an effort to help you out - sorry for being a newbie here

Can you get a pick of the problem? There are other ways to work around this, but it's labour intensive and involves dropping the struts, K-member, and subframe from the car with the engine attached (sounds a lot worse than it is - this is the way most guys do H/C installs, and definitely the only way to do a motor swap.

I assumed this, or hammer those idiots who refuse to dim their high-beams when following you

Mine is a '99 so it didn't come with it. Not sure it's a mod when it comes stock. I will likely go Fast or MSD once I get the car sorted on the current setup. Tough to justify it in reality for just a stock bottom end LS1 though.

That's a good pass at Castrol for sure - makes me want to try mine out once I get the exhaust and intake done + tune. What is the setup on the truck you ran the low 14 with? My last truck was a 650hp Forged 408 and supercharged all built by Davenport - 2003 Silverado SS AWD. Built 4L80E and built front diff. I didn't run it, but the previous owner ran 12.1 @113 with heavy 22's. I was sure it could crack an 11 with lighter wheels.

I'm in the Fort Kent area, what trucks are you running?

Agreed, I would never run a turn down exhaust on any street driven car. Much too loud to take anywhere!

My exhaust is the full Kooks system. It is the best TD system with Long Tubes you can buy, but it is costly. No bending, or modifying parts, but you will need to remove the "wavy" plate by the trans and the upper panhard bar needs to be a UMI or BMR to clear both 3" pipes. I've owned and worked on this car for 16 years - here's the mod list: Engine: Patriot Stage 2 Heads (only purchased and installed as I got them very cheap) BTR Custom grind cam, upgraded larger injectors. 1.85 Jesel shaft roller rockers Meziere Electric Water Pump Katech belt tensioner ASP underdrive pully Billet timing set, Hinson C7R Timing chain LS6 Intake, ported TB, SLP lid, bellow, and MAF Kooks 1 3/4" - 1 7/8" stepped long tube headers, no cats, full Kooks 3" true dual exhaust. NGK TR6 plugs, MSD wires and coil packs. Stock bottom end. Trans: Spec Stage 3 Clutch and billet steel flywheel. McLoed master cylinder Carbon Fiber driveshaft TA girdle for stock rear (will upgrade to 12 bolt when it goes) Suspension: UMI adjustable Torque arm, Lower control arms, upper and lower panhard bars, 3 point sub-frame connectors, trans tunnel relocation bracket, lower control arm relocation brackets (welded and bolted in). Eibach springs, Bilstein shocks (SLP kit, will upgrade to a full Strano setup in the near future). Brakes: Wilwood 6 piston SL-Aluminum fronts, 4 piston rears - Wilwood drilled and slotted rotors. Tuning: Custom HP Tuners A bunch of other cosmetic/interior upgrades (custom gauges, line lock switch in ashtray, whistler headlights, ZL1 grill, etc). C6Z06 18" wheels for the street. Finishing my BTR custom grind install currently - here is a previous video of an off-the-shelf Lunati grind - skip to 1:50

Just a heads up that most Auto-Xer's and Road course guys do not run aftermarket K-members as they tend to break welds due to the stresses of cornering. UMI has a road course K-member that I think is released now, but I have been waiting to pull the trigger on it and see if other guys have success with them. What exhaust are you thinking of going with? Here is my 99 SS w/UMI suspension components and Kooks LTs & True Duals:

What K member are you running - stock?

Discovered my GrandSport has a pinhole leak in the rad