Gmc 2500hd!!

[TandM]

well I get my liscense in march and have been driving my old dodge for quite sometime now but I broke the flywheel in the dodge so my dad said hed give me his diesel! I just can't wait to start modifying this thing!

1. what kind of programmer?
2. what kind of dual exhaust?
3. Air intake?
4. Cobra cb with whip
5.maybe a 4 inch lift and 35 inch mud terrains??...
6. tell me what ya think

[LawnTamer]

I think you'd be better off saving your money, and driving the truck stock.:laugh: It's just a tool.

[TandM]

nah! I got some money to play with and its way to slow haha My friends f 250 will blow away mustangs and camaros with ease with a programmer. and I think Im getting the diablo sport predator for 369 bucks!

[Junior M]

If you plan on working out of it dont put 35's and a lift on it, keep your old dodge and put the lift on it. I think it looks really unprofessional, jmo.

[Petr51488]

You'll just tear the truck apart with all the mods. Invest the money into your business, or put it away incase you need to repair something on the truck. Must be nice to get a free truck.

[Green Team Landscaping]

Go big or go home.

[Dirt Digger2]

just remember the faster your vehicle and the younger you are the more likely you are to get in a fatal wreck...i don't want to be a buzz kill but its the truth...

[TandM]

Well Im sorry but its way to slow haha that thing goes 0 to 60 in like 13 seconds or something. so Im ordering the diablo sport and its not entirely free as Im working it off from my dad. Im working at his paving company as well. and I reallly need a lift and some bigger meats some of the job sites are swamps and Ive almost gotten stuck a few times with my 285 dueler all terrains so 35 are the next step up and a 4 inch lift isnt that much higher and is a pretty normal thing around here keep in mind I live in southeast georgia haha

[nnj18]

lol I wish my dad would've cosigned on a truck for me........luckily I knew someone that would

[TXNSLighting]

Well Im sorry but its way to slow haha that thing goes 0 to 60 in like 13 seconds or something. so Im ordering the diablo sport and its not entirely free as Im working it off from my dad. Im working at his paving company as well. and I reallly need a lift and some bigger meats some of the job sites are swamps and Ive almost gotten stuck a few times with my 285 dueler all terrains so 35 are the next step up and a 4 inch lift isnt that much higher and is a pretty normal thing around here keep in mind I live in southeast georgia haha

33's would be fine. Just get aggressive tires. You dont need a lift. Keep this stuff professional if you want a good biz rep.

Is your biz name going to be on this truck?

[TXNSLighting]

lol I wish my dad would've cosigned on a truck for me........luckily I knew someone that would

His dad didnt cosign...

[nnj18]

His dad didnt cosign...

i realise that, his dad GAVE him the truck; my dad wouldn't even COSIGN.....thats all sorry if it didn't make sense to you. lol

[Dirt Digger2]

hell im not saying don't do it...just be careful...
first some cheap mods...take off the muffler, makes it sound badass too

33's will be fine...i highly recommend All Terrains from BFGoodrich...i find they get roughly the same traction in most conditions as the mud tires, but make a lot less noise and wear a lot less then mud tires

a programmer will be fine, but the more you program the more negative affects it might cause (too much boost, too hot temps, etc...)

i am sure there is a Duramax forum somewhere online and they will have all the help you need

[TandM]

Im using bridgestone duelers and I was gonna go to something like bf goodrich km2 mud terrains. and Im only programming 100 hp and 220lbs of torque on the performance tune will be runnin in tow mode most of the time. and I want a muffler I dont like the straight pipe sound of the d max. not deep enough.

[TXNSLighting]

Im using bridgestone duelers and I was gonna go to something like bf goodrich km2 mud terrains. and Im only programming 100 hp and 220lbs of torque on the performance tune will be runnin in tow mode most of the time. and I want a muffler I dont like the straight pipe sound of the d max. not deep enough.

Put a 6 inch tip on it, and it will be very deep. If you get that tune, dont run it on that 100 horse setting alot, or else your allison will be toast fast. What Dmax is it? LLY, LB7, or LBZ?

[TandM]

its an 05 just like yours. and I guess I might try a straight pipe haha. and no it wont have my name on it my trailer will. and can I at least put a 2.5 inch revtek lift on it and look proffesional. It sits to low in the front and even when Im towing it barely barely sits like maybe a half inch. and I want it higher a bit. it has the tendecy to hit the front bumper cover when goin through ditches and such. and 35's???

[Lawnworks]

From my research, you have to be careful w/ the chip... it looks like anything over 90hp will trash the tranny... and these allison are not cheap. As far as exhaust... I have to say the duramax straightpiped or even w/ a aftermarket muffler sounds like dogcrap. My truck came w/ a 4" ansa exhaust and I traded it straight up for a stock system. Air intake is great and all... but I think it is really just bullcrap... you get like 5-6hp on the dyno...

I wish my duramax sat a little higher, but I just don't want to sacrifice the ride.

[TandM]

ya but I like the way the dmax sounds. personally. and I wont be runnin it in top tune. thats just there when I need it haha. I will have it on the 60hp and 100 something torque setting for daily driving.

[TXNSLighting]

its an 05 just like yours. and I guess I might try a straight pipe haha. and no it wont have my name on it my trailer will. and can I at least put a 2.5 inch revtek lift on it and look proffesional. It sits to low in the front and even when Im towing it barely barely sits like maybe a half inch. and I want it higher a bit. it has the tendecy to hit the front bumper cover when goin through ditches and such. and 35's???

Mines not an 05...its an 07. Thats why yours is slow. 2.5 is better than 4"...You dont need 35's...but if you must, ive seen them on factory trucks.

[Jerry Lee]

dude take it from me. at work we have 05 duramaxes with Edge juice chips and the transmissions have been ready to drop out of the thing since 30,000 miles. now at over 50,000 miles the torque converter finally went out in one of them. that kind of power is rough on a duramax. but if u must id get a superchips tuner. and straight 5 inch exhaust with whatever brand intake u prefer. and i hope ur not going to tow a goose neck with that lift because u better lift ur trailer too lol. as far as tires go id go with the nitto terra grappler there a great set of tires and there not noisy on the highway.

[Lawnworks]

I think most of us learn the hard way. I know I did. So in your case... stack a tuner and a chip, put 38's on it and launch it at the red light in 4wd high and get your education under way!

[Jerry Lee]

I think most of us learn the hard way. I know I did. So in your case... stack a tuner and a chip, put 38's on it and launch it at the red light in 4wd high and get your education under way!

WELL PUT!!:clapping::clapping:

[TXNSLighting]

I think most of us learn the hard way. I know I did. So in your case... stack a tuner and a chip, put 38's on it and launch it at the red light in 4wd high and get your education under way!

Ha!! :clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:

[TXNSLighting]

dude take it from me. at work we have 05 duramaxes with Edge juice chips and the transmissions have been ready to drop out of the thing since 30,000 miles. now at over 50,000 miles the torque converter finally went out in one of them. that kind of power is rough on a duramax. but if u must id get a superchips tuner. and straight 5 inch exhaust with whatever brand intake u prefer. and i hope ur not going to tow a goose neck with that lift because u better lift ur trailer too lol. as far as tires go id go with the nitto terra grappler there a great set of tires and there not noisy on the highway.

You wont have to lift a gooseneck up with a 4 inch on a chevy. A 4 inch brings them up to height with fords and dodges...:laugh:

[dura to the max]

i have a 3" lift on mine and dont think its unprofessional, but it does make it a pain to work out of...i have a 2wd for work though...

southeast ga? naw 4" aint gonna look bad, your gonna look about normal, just get some spit stains down the side too....

[Jerry Lee]

You wont have to lift a gooseneck up with a 4 inch on a chevy. A 4 inch brings them up to height with fords and dodges...:laugh:

i must not know my lift sizes lol. last time i saw a guy driving a dodge that was lifted he had a goose neck and the front axle of the tandom was at full suspension travel. with the rears taking most the load lol.

[TXNSLighting]

i must not know my lift sizes lol. last time i saw a guy driving a dodge that was lifted he had a goose neck and the front axle of the tandom was at full suspension travel. with the rears taking most the load lol.

On a dodge yeh! Those things are tall from the factory. I strictly mean gm. They are low to the ground trucks.

[Jerry Lee]

A 4 inch brings them up to height with fords and dodges...:laugh:

:confused: i guess u didnt mean to say dodge?

[dura to the max]

:confused: i guess u didnt mean to say dodge?

a 4" lift on a gm brings it to level with a ford or dodge truck that is factory...

[Jerry Lee]

a 4" lift on a gm brings it to level with a ford or dodge truck that is factory...

ohhh! ok i understand what ur saying now. dodge factory 4x4 is at same ride height as a GM with 4" lift.

[TXNSLighting]

:confused: i guess u didnt mean to say dodge?

yeh i did...

[TXNSLighting]

ohhh! ok i understand what ur saying now. dodge factory 4x4 is at same ride height as a GM with 4" lift.

There ya go. I just saw you were from OK :laugh:

[SouthernLandworks]

Im a diesel mechanic. When you talk about putting programmers on your truck along with any other performance mod, the first thing you need is a good set of gauages to monitor your egt's and engine at all times. And as far as a diesel exhaust I would probrably stay with a single. When your talking about how fast you want it to go, sure you can make it do it, but I would watch it with a lift and bigger tires, much easier to tear a rear end out or drop a driveshaft. In other words be carefull what you do because you can simply demolish a good truck with certain mods if your not carefull, Believe me some programmers and chips put more power there than the truck can handle.

[PlatinumLandCon]

I think most of us learn the hard way. I know I did. So in your case... stack a tuner and a chip, put 38's on it and launch it at the red light in 4wd high and get your education under way!

I assume you leave the t-case at the light scattered across the road?

[Jerry Lee]

There ya go. I just saw you were from OK :laugh:

yea it doesnt help when ur teachers r under paid

[Jerry Lee]

I assume you leave the t-case at the light scattered across the road?

:laugh: that, and explaining to dad what he did.

[W.L.M.]

I dont disagree with an exhaust and programmer to give you a little more towing power and better fuel economy but you add the lift and big tires to that combined with working the truck and you will tear it up. The allison trans is the best there is but it can't handle the impossible.

[POPO4995]

Let him blow it up...he has his mind made up on everything he wants to do so let him. Gotta love being young and throwing your money into the programmers and everything and then when something does break.....no money to fix it!:hammerhead:

[TXNSLighting]

yea it doesnt help when ur teachers r under paid

HAHA! Same here...:cry:

[All_Toro_4ME]

Let him blow it up...he has his mind made up on everything he wants to do so let him. Gotta love being young and throwing your money into the programmers and everything and then when something does break.....no money to fix it!:hammerhead:

yea or go to dad and said its broken and then come on here and say chevy's and gmc's are junk pos etc etc..... one more bashing thread to add to the bone pile.

[ProCutLawnCare10]

Haha, exactly! I guess that's what happens when you get a $25,000 dollar truck for free.. You just want to be young and dumb, because hey! i don't have any payments on it. I'll just put my money towards a programmer then the new tranny, torque converter, and driveshaft, but at least it looks cool with those 35's man!

[Jerry Lee]

HAHA! Same here...:cry:

im with ya. i dont know how they do it on $30,000 or less a year. I guess Obama will just give us money though.

[Jerry Lee]

Im working at his paving company as well. and I reallly need a lift and some bigger meats some of the job sites are swamps and Ive almost gotten stuck a few times with my 285 dueler all terrains so 35 are the next step up and a 4 inch lift isnt that much higher and is a pretty normal thing around here keep in mind I live in southeast georgia haha


so if this was ur dads truck, im guessing that he used it for the same job sites.. did he ever get stuck with how the truck is stock??

[TXNSLighting]

im with ya. i dont know how they do it on $30,000 or less a year. I guess Obama will just give us money though.

Yeh they are way under paid. I think here theyre atleast paid 40k ish.

[Lawnworks]

I don't know... 8 hour days... 3 months off... not to mention a degree in education is pretty much what all the slackers tend to do since it is the easiest one to get. And public school salary here is more like 50k.

[TXNSLighting]

Concidering the crap they have to put up with...

[TandM]

ok ok stop the bashing. haha Its not for free. I work for it. Ive worked for him for 2 years for 0 I mean 0 pay. and this is not a 25000 dollar truck it has 100k on the clock. I am putting the tuner on their just for the extra towing power for pulling my tractor and such. Ive worked hard for everything all my equipment was paid by ME! and as you can see Ive got around 10 k in equipment and I own another truck I bought myself! So don't bash unless ya know!

[TandM]

and yea dad has gotten stuck quite a few times ripped the bumper off quite a few times. but he owns about 20 pieces of cat equipment to get him out so ya. me personally I don't like being stuck. and ya down here 4 inches is lame. 8's about normal then you got the guys runnin on ag tires down the road haha

[Jerry Lee]

and yea dad has gotten stuck quite a few times ripped the bumper off quite a few times. but he owns about 20 pieces of cat equipment to get him out so ya. me personally I don't like being stuck. and ya down here 4 inches is lame. 8's about normal then you got the guys runnin on ag tires down the road haha

well if some dude is runnin on ag tires than i guess u should get the bigger tires.

[TandM]

thankyou see theres one for big tires and I know texan likes those tires he had on his old cummins. come on you know you want me to lift it haha

[TXNSLighting]

thankyou see theres one for big tires and I know texan likes those tires he had on his old cummins. come on you know you want me to lift it haha

Did i ever say i didnt want you to? hmmm i like lifts hell yeh. But if it is soley for work then no...Yeh i loved those tires. I got 40k out of em...aw nw i miss them..How dare you..:laugh:

[TandM]

ya I mean Its a dual purpose truck its not gonna be hooked to the trailer all the time and did you have mickey thompson claws ?

[TandM]

what abotu a custom solid axle swap with 2 and a half ton rockwells and 44 inch boggers in the rear and tsl's in the front hahahaha

[dura to the max]

i want it lifted!

[TandM]

thats 3 votes!

[TandM]

I am gonna try and post some pics one of these days if I could ever figure it out

[TXNSLighting]

ya I mean Its a dual purpose truck its not gonna be hooked to the trailer all the time and did you have mickey thompson claws ?

um yeh baja claws. Very aggressive tires. They were a little noisy tho. Not as bad as my buck shots tho.

[nosparkplugs]

well I get my liscense in march and have been driving my old dodge for quite sometime now but I broke the flywheel in the dodge so my dad said hed give me his diesel! I just can't wait to start modifying this thing!

1. what kind of programmer?
2. what kind of dual exhaust?
3. Air intake?
4. Cobra cb with whip
5.maybe a 4 inch lift and 35 inch mud terrains??...
6. tell me what ya think


I think your a young spoiled little kid, who does not have a clue about trucks let alone diesels. Your lack of common sense, and sense of entitlement will ruin a good diesel truck, Leave it stock. What did you do to deserve this truck? did you get a drivers license:laugh::laugh: Good luck keeping diesel in the truck when you Mod it out. Sure daddy will bail you out

Their is more than just "slapping" a programmer on these diesels, With the Auto industry on the verge of total failure it would be wise to save your money for simple maintenance; since parts for these trucks will become more expensive.

[TandM]

um.... lets see here nosparkplugs. lets try Ive mowed 3 yards for him for the past 6 years or so FOR FREE! and I have been doing quickbooks and estimating jobs for his road work company for about the past year for free! and I Run a hoe or a loader for him on weekends doin extra jobs for him for free! of course I love doing all of this for FREE! but he does pay for my clothes a roof over my head running water and food. I have paid for all my equipment so far. And he wanted a new truck so Im getting his old one. And sure I have no common knowledge about diesels when I work on them with our mechanic 4 days out of the week I probobly know more about diesels then you do. have you ever rebuilt a Mack ch 613 427 before? or lets try putting new heads on a wheel loader? Ive rebuilt about 5 different engines in my life all of them diesels.. And yes I know I can tear up the truck. which is why Im just putting a programmer on it and a small lift with a trans shift kit to keep the allison in good shape.

[TandM]

but I do agree that parts will become more expensive if gm fails.

[nosparkplugs]

Leave it stock;especially if your going to work it, raising the trucks center of gravity may look cool, but does nothing to help you while towing a trailer.

I can tell you from years of lifting trucks, and modifying diesels, their is NO END with diesels you just keep adding fuel & air.

Get a head start on saving some money, save all the unessary modifications.

Here is My order of mods to keep a diesel working, without tearing it up

1.)Amsoil Synthetic Lubricant/Bypass filter
2.)Gauge's EGT, fuel pressure, boost, tranny temp
3.)FASS fuel systems
4.) cold air intake
5.) 4" exhaust
6.) Programmer

If you go with a Programmer first without the others, IMO your asking for nothing but trouble down the road.

Good luck, I would save your money KID

[TandM]

Im using the amsoil and I am LOVING IT!! I made my dad use it in all of our trucks. I am goin to put the bypass filter on it soon. how do you like it? And I know it doesn't help with towing but the heaviest thing I will tow with this truck it two asphalt rollers which are about 6-7000 a piece but thats only every once and a while mainly just my little 6x14 with the scag. and a dual axle trailer with my tractor

[nosparkplugs]

The Amsoil By-pass filter will virtually elminate oil changes, and filters down to 1.5 microns your oil is analytically clean, I'm going on 74,550 miles WITHOUT a oil change I do UOA at 20,000 mile intervals.

I see lots of "jacked" up diesel trucks with 2" drop balls towing lawn trailers, non are really competative in this market. I does not look professional, and how many sucessful business can truly afford to operate like your wanting too. Like I said invest in some good commercial lawn care equipment.

[TandM]

all of my equipment is commercial. I have been doing it competitively for the past 3-4 years. Im not "jacking" it up alot Maybe a 2.5 inch or a 4inch.tops! I do here you on the it doesn't look professional but where I live we have about 3 big businesses in the lawn idustry that take pride in how they look and I am hoping to be the 4th. I keep everything shiny! I get pretty anul

[GreeneScape Inc.]

Lift it, stack on some programmers, slap on the meatiest tires you can find, pick up women with the truck and live the good life.
When you get the age of all of us on here telling you not to do all the mods then you will realize that you were foolish but you will have some great memories and my memories were worth all the foolish money I spent.
Hope you can post some photos when you get the truck all done. Happy upcoming 16th birthday and as an old guy it is my job to say be careful.

[TXNSLighting]

Thats a good point. screw it, live life to the fullest! you will at least be happy.

[TandM]

now thats an answer to consider haha. But I will be building this truck to withstand the power and tires I am getting. so Im not gonna tear it all to pieces haha. I will take some pics asap and try to figure out how to downsize them to put them on here.

[dura to the max]

4" is NOT going to look unprofessional in this part of the country...

[topsites]

I tell you from my own experience, modifications that can be SEEN or HEARD
raise a vehicle's profiling factor, that is, it can attract unwanted attention.
Police included, and it's not a matter of doing anything wrong it is a matter of
I don't want the police getting but so close of a look at my car, for any or no
reason I just don't need that right now.

I seen a guy in court the other day, fighting a case concerning oversize tires.
The young fellow won I think, but had he not insisted on sticking a thousand dollars
worth of the wrong rubber on the car the whole issue could have been avoided.
My point...

Come time to sell it, the more mods have been done the more it becomes yours.
By this I mean that past a point you may never be able to sell it, and while I am sure there might
exist someone with your exact eccentricity I am also sure it considerably leans the market of potential buyers,
so to be blunt nobody wants it.

The best vehicle in all aspects is purely Stock, plain jane rules.
A nice stereo, maybe some new tires fine...

But beyond that it's an issue of money, I would rather the owner have kept up on the basic maintenance
than having blown it all out on a bunch of bs that doesn't really DO anything for the car.

So they can keep their ricers, fart pipes too.
Good luck with the cops.
Y'all keep'm busy now, hear? :p

[stroker51]

I remember when i bought my first diesel....I was 16 years old and bought the 96 in my signature. I wanted to turn it all up, maybe go to a few truck pulls.... All I have on it is an edge evolution, 80 horse setting, k&n intake, straight pipe, 285 75/16 BFG's, and now 220K miles and still running everyday. If there is nothing else to spend money on, then by all means dump it into the truck, and then into fixin what you break. I chose to A)pay off my truck, B) pay off a bunch of equipment, and C) invest a bunch back into the business. But that's how I did it, as was said, you're only young once, so have fun, but know what might happen.

[TandM]

Thanks for all of yalls advice I take it all seriously I appreaciate yall looking out for me. and to tell you the truth I want the truck to be sort of personalized this truck is what I will be driving for years to come so I want it to be "mine" ya know but not to crazy. I got a new job today for a bunch of landscaping! so it should not be a problem stickin some money into this I should make a good bit of money on this job! and I have a bunch of money saved up for repairs about 25k or so. And trust me Topsites ill keep those cops busy for ya. hahaha I def know how the profiling thing goes my moms 03 tundra has dual glasspacks on it and when you step on it it sounds like you are screaming! she gets lots of attention haha.