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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

ours has an auto mode. 2high, auto, 4high, 4low

 

Auto is terrible though. Idk why anyone would use it. everytime you turn and go at a stop sign it makes it hesitate.

 

We never use 4wd though xD but we didn't choose it when we got the car. was just a used suburban to haul the family around lol The 3 times we used it, we had some fun though lol

Yeah I'm not 100% sure on that though. I don't see any point in auto. Your front diff is gonna be engaged constantly. Waste of fuel. 

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4 minutes ago, vetali said:

Yeah I'm not 100% sure on that though. I don't see any point in auto. Your front diff is gonna be engaged constantly. Waste of fuel. 

yeah we keep it in 2WD 99.9% of the time.

 

this site is only somewhat helpful...: http://www.provenforce.com/transfer_case/TC_suburban_1500.html 

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Im thinking it's the NVG 246-NP8. Im seeing "GM246" everywhere. 

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Has everyone just forgotten how to drive this weekend? IMSA yesterday, ELMS and WEC today with several Porsche crashes, now also a major crash of a brand new Mercedes AMG GT3 at the qualifying for 24H of Nurburgring.

 

 

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I hate living in London, car insurance is sky high, like almost quadruple the price of the cars I'm looking at, why can't we just insure the car and let anyone drive it like most countries, instead companies get gready and want to insure every single driver

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Well, got my first car. Saturn L100. My dads a mechanic and this guy came in wanting to get his car fixed, but wasn't wanting to pay the ~1500 to get it fixed so he effectively sold it to us for $150 (about equal to scrap value).

 

 

All it needed was rear brakes and a new fuel pump for $300 and some soldiered wires to fix the ac. Not a bad 1st car for $450.

 

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@vinyldash303 no I dont have it (and im too lazy to go find it LOL) but im pretty certain I need the auto trac II fluid now. thanks.

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23 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

You using gastkets or rtv on the diffs?

Wasn't aware that was needed for a fluid change... Thought it was just a plug

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Trying to find which transfer case our suburban has.

 

The haynes manual says:

 

NVG 261-NP2 (manual shift) -> Manual transmission fluid

NVG 246-NP8 -> Auto Trac II fluid

All others -> Dexron VI

 

We do not have the manual shift so it has to be one of the other two. But which one?

 

2007 Chevy Suburban 1500 w/5.3 vortech and 4WD (4 speed auto transmission)

 

We never changed any of the diff/transfer case/ or ATF. So im about to do it all in one go. The ATF was slightly dark but not too far gone so I dont feel so bad.

 

@vinyldash303 I know your familiar with GM stuff, help me out here? lol

Check the dipstick for the transmission, I know for our vehicles it says the fluid type you need on the handle.

 

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2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Wasn't aware that was needed for a fluid change... Thought it was just a plug

Nah gotta pull the cover off. I noticed the new Colorados have drain plugs in the bottom of the diff though. 

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yea or nay on side exhaust for a tvr Griffith? (note i know this is a terrible Photoshop just try to not notice:P)

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1 hour ago, vetali said:

Nah gotta pull the cover off. I noticed the new Colorados have drain plugs in the bottom of the diff though. 

in the haynes manual it pointed out plugs... maybe only for one of them? i cant remember.. how are you supposed to fill it with the cover halfway on?? Don't tell me there is a fill plug but no drain plug. I call that laziness. lol

 

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1 hour ago, Maybach123 said:

yea or nay on side exhaust for a tvr Griffith? (note i know this is a terrible Photoshop just try to not notice:P)

-snip-

nay. Trying to imagine it and it's just not working....

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13 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

in the haynes manual it pointed out plugs... maybe only for one of them? i cant remember.. how are you supposed to fill it with the cover halfway on?? Don't tell me there is a fill plug but no drain plug. I call that laziness. lol

 

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Front probably has a fill and drain. Rear one for sure doesn't have a drain. It has a fill plug.

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man some of these cars just sound flat out nasty.

and there are some on the list that you probably didn't know would sound good straight piped.

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Just now, vetali said:

Front probably has a fill and drain. Rear one for sure doesn't have a drain. It has a fill plug.

so stupid... lol

 

guess ill buy a gasket and a tube of RTV if I cant find the one tube of permatex black I have somewhere..

We have a bunch of (not even joking) 30 year old sealed (well except one) tubes of all-purpose RTV at the shop. It's a clear color. We found it when we cleaned out the place.

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Just now, vinyldash303 said:

AutoZone will be able to get a gasket. They're so much better than RTV (imo) 

apparently you need a little RTV on the gasket. Not much. Just a bit. It's probably optional imo but i might put a little to make it "stick" when I put it on anyway.

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1 minute ago, terrytek said:

man some of these cars just sound flat out nasty.

and there are some on the list that you probably didn't know would sound good straight piped.

i really dont like viso racer i mean he does none of his own content its just montage of stuff he has ripped from other people 

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2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

so stupid... lol

 

guess ill buy a gasket and a tube of RTV if I cant find the one tube of permatex black I have somewhere..

We have a bunch of (not even joking) 30 year old sealed (well except one) tubes of all-purpose RTV at the shop. It's a clear color. We found it when we cleaned out the place.

I'd use black or grey on that stuff. With grey it has to be completely clean. 

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7 minutes ago, terrytek said:

and there are some on the list that you probably didn't know would sound good straight piped.

The s600 is deffinitly a car that falls into that catagory. If you're not familiar with the motor that is :P. Seriously, the sound that come out of this thong is insane!

 

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18 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

nay. Trying to imagine it and it's just not working....

ya its probably not the best idea. But what ever car i am getting soon (still cant decide) I am putting some muffler bypass valves so i can have it straight piped when i want and quite most of the time. 

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3 minutes ago, bob345 said:

The s600 is deffinitly a car that falls into that catagory. If you're not familiar with the motor that is :P. Seriously, the sound that come out of this thong is insane!

 

love amg v12s they sound amazing 

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