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Ochoasilverado

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I'm in the process of building my 2015 Silverado 5.3 and I'm trying to figure out what parts I should get as far as preformence I'm limited on money but I want to start on it

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How far are you thinking of going with the mods? Upgraded exhaust? True Dual exhaust? Cold Air intake? Blower? Turbo? Your end result is a big determining factor on where you start. right now the most complete balls to the wall kit i have seen is the Armageddon Turbo kit. Comes with everything you need is included. Including install! $9k. On the other hand, my max mod will be Airaid MIT, Borla exhaust and a BB tune. So, like i said where do you want it to end up?

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The sky is the limit! But as Willshire said, what your end goal is determines what would be the best path for you to take in regards to mods. Being limited on budget, as you said I would suggest starting with a cold air intake and tuning. We have our Winstorm line of intakes that there is a 5.3L one available, along with a mail-order tune to go with that. As you add mods down the road we can update your tune. Then add longtube headers later, or if you have it in your budget now. A catback will not gain you on the power side only improve the sound, but the headers will also improve the sound also while gaining power.

 

For "balls to the wall" I think this truck covers that!

 

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Thanks for the input guys I'm saving up for headers at the moment and surprisingly I was pulled on by a guy in my club and all he had at the moment was a catback exhausts , even tho I had launched on him. We both have dropped 2015 silverados only difference was that mine was the exhaust

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..., along with a mail-order tune to go with that.

You guys do mail order tunes on the new LT series? What mechanism do you use to accomplish this? AutoCal?

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LTZ07

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What long tube headers do you recommend?

ARH

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snowman44

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I love the sound of borla exhaust but would rather have performance of arh headers with 5.3 denali but dont have the funds for exhaust and headers. Could i do electronic cutout or something else to get the sound?

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Livernois Motorsports

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You guys do mail order tunes on the new LT series? What mechanism do you use to accomplish this? AutoCal?

 

We sure do! We have our own device called the Mycalibrator and our own software which allows us to create a much more in depth tune.

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The sky is the limit! But as Willshire said, what your end goal is determines what would be the best path for you to take in regards to mods. Being limited on budget, as you said I would suggest starting with a cold air intake and tuning. We have our Winstorm line of intakes that there is a 5.3L one available, along with a mail-order tune to go with that. As you add mods down the road we can update your tune. Then add longtube headers later, or if you have it in your budget now. A catback will not gain you on the power side only improve the sound, but the headers will also improve the sound also while gaining power.

 

For "balls to the wall" I think this truck covers that!

 

Good job fellas. In the video, I noticed the truck surging off the line in first gear. My truck sometimes does that but only if I try to do a boosted launch. I believe that is the trq mgmnt kivking in. Have you guys revised the tune to eliminate the rocky launch.

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Livernois Motorsports

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Good job fellas. In the video, I noticed the truck surging off the line in first gear. My truck sometimes does that but only if I try to do a boosted launch. I believe that is the trq mgmnt kivking in. Have you guys revised the tune to eliminate the rocky launch.

 

Thanks! That is actually more of the stability control as you cannot turn it off completely, the truck was gaining and losing traction. Kind of like a 4WD wheel hop. Our calibrator worked a long time on dialing in the adjustment for the torque management to keep the drivetrain happy while still being able to put it down when you hammer on it!

 

BTW... Stay tuned for more from this truck this summer :flag:

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How far are you thinking of going with the mods? Upgraded exhaust? True Dual exhaust? Cold Air intake? Blower? Turbo? Your end result is a big determining factor on where you start. right now the most complete balls to the wall kit i have seen is the Armageddon Turbo kit. Comes with everything you need is included. Including install! $9k. On the other hand, my max mod will be Airaid MIT, Borla exhaust and a BB tune. So, like i said where do you want it to end up?

 

 

 

I don't think the 9k price includes install, just for the kit

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