Tow Report - 2004 3/4 8.1 Suburban
Hey Folks, Some of you may remember me going back and forth here about a year ago on whether or not to trade in my 2005 Denali XL on my now 2004 3/4 Suburban. Well I did. I wanted to post a qu...
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Yes, amazing what these small blocks can pump out...but not fair comparing
my 19 year old big block with them...
Would love to have a big block with current technology and why am noodling
for when am ready to spend some money on my Sub. I'll keep it till the wheels
fall off and can't/won't fix it anymore. Dislike the current offerings. Too
many bells and whistles and the gouging in $$$$
Forced fed and will have to design/make my own inter cooler
Rebuild the 7.4L. Must keep the OEM heads, as all the after market I like
are labeled 'off road' only. For sure either SS or maybe sodium valves. Another
for sure is a big cam of some sort
No headers
Diff's will go to something in the 4.88's or lower
GearVendors seems to be the only choice found to date. 0.7 or 0.5 ratio
and love the thought of their electronics allowing splitting all the gears
of the 4L80E to become an EIGHT speed setup
That should allow cruising at 75 MPH at about 1,800 RPM or so with torque
north of 500 ft/lbs (hoping). For my trucks, I drive to torque more than HP
For my 2 seater, I drive to HP
and a bunch of other stuff
Back to the OP's point...
Owning a tool bigger than needed (for now) allows tremendous numbers
of options
Also know that the rear GAWR is going to allow even more options
in trailer.
Main issue is the OEM receiver. Recommend changing it to a traditional
design, if the previous owner(s) have not. Just do a search here
on 'POS receiver' and that will lead to many hours of reading...
my 19 year old big block with them...
Would love to have a big block with current technology and why am noodling
for when am ready to spend some money on my Sub. I'll keep it till the wheels
fall off and can't/won't fix it anymore. Dislike the current offerings. Too
many bells and whistles and the gouging in $$$$
Forced fed and will have to design/make my own inter cooler
Rebuild the 7.4L. Must keep the OEM heads, as all the after market I like
are labeled 'off road' only. For sure either SS or maybe sodium valves. Another
for sure is a big cam of some sort
No headers
Diff's will go to something in the 4.88's or lower
GearVendors seems to be the only choice found to date. 0.7 or 0.5 ratio
and love the thought of their electronics allowing splitting all the gears
of the 4L80E to become an EIGHT speed setup
That should allow cruising at 75 MPH at about 1,800 RPM or so with torque
north of 500 ft/lbs (hoping). For my trucks, I drive to torque more than HP
For my 2 seater, I drive to HP
and a bunch of other stuff
Back to the OP's point...
Owning a tool bigger than needed (for now) allows tremendous numbers
of options
Also know that the rear GAWR is going to allow even more options
in trailer.
Main issue is the OEM receiver. Recommend changing it to a traditional
design, if the previous owner(s) have not. Just do a search here
on 'POS receiver' and that will lead to many hours of reading...
