Towing ability of 2004 Suburban 5.3L, 4.10, 4WD
Can anyone give first hand knowledge of the towing abilities of a 2004 Suburban 4WD with 5.3L engine and 4.10 axles? It is 7200 MVGW and has Z82 hd towing rpo. Thanks!
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Thanks to all for your time, replies and honest opinions.
And BenK, many thanks for the 400 vs 800 platform info. We have cars for our commuting and nice rides and the '98 burb is for working and towing.
After doing a lot of soul searching between my wife and me and also talking with others and with the expert opinions here, we have politely told the party with the 2004 burb that we won't be taking it. We think it makes more sense for us to replace the engine and transmission, so now I'll be looking to finalize the purchase and installation. JEGS has a little better price than SummitRacing for their new (not rebuilt/remanufactured) GM crate engines. The '98 K1500 calls for GM crate engine "12530282" but I've contacted their tech folks to see if the "12530283 L31-R" (4-bolt main with 1.94" intakes) will be a direct replacement without any modifications or reprogramming and they say yes, definitely a direct replacement. This engine can be had from Jegs, delivered, for slightly less than $2k. I asked Jegs about a towing transmission and one from them is over $3k so I'm not sure what to do about a transmission yet but that might be a good one as it is built specially for towing and is said to be able to handle 500 hp. It looks like I can replace the engine and transmission in the '98 burb for about what I was going to put as a down payment on the 2004 burb.
Many thanks again to all, and any opingions about the engine/trans swap greatly appreciated also.
MartyW
And BenK, many thanks for the 400 vs 800 platform info. We have cars for our commuting and nice rides and the '98 burb is for working and towing.
After doing a lot of soul searching between my wife and me and also talking with others and with the expert opinions here, we have politely told the party with the 2004 burb that we won't be taking it. We think it makes more sense for us to replace the engine and transmission, so now I'll be looking to finalize the purchase and installation. JEGS has a little better price than SummitRacing for their new (not rebuilt/remanufactured) GM crate engines. The '98 K1500 calls for GM crate engine "12530282" but I've contacted their tech folks to see if the "12530283 L31-R" (4-bolt main with 1.94" intakes) will be a direct replacement without any modifications or reprogramming and they say yes, definitely a direct replacement. This engine can be had from Jegs, delivered, for slightly less than $2k. I asked Jegs about a towing transmission and one from them is over $3k so I'm not sure what to do about a transmission yet but that might be a good one as it is built specially for towing and is said to be able to handle 500 hp. It looks like I can replace the engine and transmission in the '98 burb for about what I was going to put as a down payment on the 2004 burb.
Many thanks again to all, and any opingions about the engine/trans swap greatly appreciated also.
MartyW
