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2017 Silverado  5.3. 6speed. Afe Cai, range afm delete, borla s-type cat back split sides.i have 23000 kms on my baby. On 20s w 33.5 nittos rg.  I have gone thru 6 injectors in last 3 months. If I shift to low d1. N 2 foot it to try n light them up. I  get a choked out bog when floored let go of break an truck barely rolls away like it's dead or mega limp mode. Used to lay rubber any time anywhere or gear or 2 footing or not. Now f+*+ all ??? Any ideas why? Torque converter  ? I'm lost. Dealer ship say it's fine but a 2017 w 23000 k that can't do a burn out ? Wtf not to mention I couldn't pull a 19ft bayliner up a boat launch in summer with out having to 4 low it when 2wdr in past was never an issue.. ?? Pls. Lmk ur opinions and possible  directions  I shud take do or look for. Thanks in advance.. 

Snowcamo Senior Enthusiast

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I say get your engine rebuilt. Cam afm dod delete, headers, trans rebuild w/sonnax upgrades if you wanna dog the dang thing. You should be able to lite tires and have no worries then. Stop waisting money at the dealer on a stock engine. Its clearly not what you need.

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

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Are you getting the flashing traction control lights and messaging when it falls on its face?

 

They take over very quickly when you mash the gas.

CamGTP Senior Enthusiast

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If traction control and stabilitrak are still on, it won't just do a standing burnout.

M1ck3y Senior Enthusiast

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Injector issue is what gets me... Bad fuel?

 

Personally I think gm has something in the programming the govern's operation based on mileage and what they would call abuse of the truck. AT 10000 kms my 6.2 woke up, then at 20000 it started to go back to sleep. Could it all be in my head, absolutely it could. But for me, those short 10000 kms the truck flat out moved.

 

Plus the tune update from gm that was supposed to fix the shifting issues (which didn't) definitely killed some of that quickness.

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