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Just bouht today 2007 2500HD Duramax Alison

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I have owned 5 GMC yukons bought one every year from my dealership. Today I bought a 2500HD which is bad 5year 100,000 mile warranty. any way enough of the B.S. what do you experts think I need to do to this truck first. I all ready had the dealer change the tires to LTX m/s 275/70/16 for now I will be going with a 4" lift and 18x9 with 325/60/18 but I want info on the engine mods exaust should I go cat back can you get turbo back. programers thinking of edge juice with attitude. What I need to know is what is the best for my truck I do want better fuel milage and a want to blow the d**n doors off a new bs mustang. who makes the best exaust I dont want it to sound to loud please help this is my first Duramax also what programers this is my daily driver also what about cold air intakes.

 

 

Thank You so much

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Do you have a budget? You will need trans work once you get in the 400-450 RWHP range. Do you want to make it a full blown racer in the sub 12 sec range? Need lots of info. Shaners has forgotten more about diesels than most will ever know. There are also other forums dedicated to the Duramax with lots of great info.

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Do you have a budget? You will need trans work once you get in the 400-450 RWHP range. Do you want to make it a full blown racer in the sub 12 sec range? Need lots of info. Shaners has forgotten more about diesels than most will ever know. There are also other forums dedicated to the Duramax with lots of great info.

 

 

No I will not want to change any trasmission work at first. I just want a good exaust sysytem and computer I also want a cold air intake

my budget is about 3000.00 to start off

 

thank you for you time

ctfan Enthusiast

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also could you give me some of the other websites that I might be able to get information from

 

 

Thank you so much

 

www.dieselplace.com By far the best GM diesel site that I have come across.

Pics as well!!!

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For sure check out the Diesel Place. I was familiar with diesels as I've been around tractors and semis all my life but I knew little specifically about the Duramax and modding it. After a couple months on the Diesel Place I know more than I ever wanted too :thumbs: . You won't be blowing the doors off any V8 mustang without making some serious power. As mentioned before this will require a trans upgrade. Since you don't want to persue that beating that mustang will have to wait. But you can certainly wake up your truck. There are tons of exhuast to choose from and you will be happy with any you pick. I have Banks and it is fairly quiet. Its louder than stock but isn't excessive. With tuners again there are many choices. I have an Edge w/ attitude monitor. It gives the ability to change power on the fly. Its a quality product that many use. If you want big power there are better choices but again this will require a trans upgrade. The Edge has five power levels and running 4 or 5 will eventually burn the trans up. Your stock intake is actually really good. There is no reason to swap it out as power gains will be minimal. About the only "gain" you will see is more turbo whistle.

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Did you say you want better mileage......and your lifting it and putting very large tires on it?

 

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Haulin is right. Killing Stangs will have to wait. FYI a Suncoast Trans setup runs about $3500, I've read. I have a Superchips Flashpaq on mine and am planning on a MBRP exhaust. There are tons of wild things you can do, but the Ally is the limiting factor because it is smart enough to not let you kill it. I also agree DieselPlace is the best site I have found. Enormous amounts of information available, and great vendors too. They will help you tailor your mods to get what you want. BTW I really like this site too, I was here first.

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also could you give me some of the other websites that I might be able to get information from

 

 

Thank you so much

 

www.dieselplace.com By far the best GM diesel site that I have come across.

Pics as well!!!

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the time that you took to reply to my questions. I gues that I should have not said anything about blowing the doors off cars I was really kidding. I want to just get into the un tapped performace of the duramax I am going to use the Edge with the attitude mabye there is a new model out I want to change the exaust did your kit make a difference? is it run from the cat back or the turbo back or can you do that my friend has a 7.3 Ford with a exaust from the turbo back. I am not wanting to run monster tires now I think I will do a key swap any recomendatons.

 

thank you

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