Damn new truck fever

B Gillespie · Aug 25, 2011

My beater needs a complete front end overhaul, but it's pretty low on my to do list.

Cole · Aug 26, 2011

All you guys with Duramaxs if you don't have EFI live you are missing out. I have had several programmers and just got EFI live and wow it's like driving a new truck. It runs so much smoother and makes good power. I even have a turbo break in my tow tune. I highly recommend it.

Travis · Aug 26, 2011

I had new truck fever. Then I found a Dodge dealer and took home a 3500 drw crew cab laramie with the 800ft lb motor, no doubt the nicest truck I've ever been in.

InDaShop · Aug 26, 2011

Travis said:
I had new truck fever. Then I found a Dodge dealer and took home a 3500 drw crew cab laramie with the 800ft lb motor, no doubt the nicest truck I've ever been in.

i saw the money burnign a hole in your pocket, knew it was going to escape quick like :flipoff1:

Congrats on the new ride.

Cole, yes absolutely. A buddy of ours from KC did my '06 when we were all out at KOH '10. Talk about a different truck! And we used my then dash mounted Lowrance to calibrate my speedo, and then it really set everything up nicely on the shifts, the break for turbo, etc... I couldnt believe how it livened up what I thought was a fast truck.

J.A.B · Aug 26, 2011

Cole said:
All you guys with Duramaxs if you don't have EFI live you are missing out. I have had several programmers and just got EFI live and wow it's like driving a new truck. It runs so much smoother and makes good power. I even have a turbo break in my tow tune. I highly recommend it.

Man I just swish I could get it for mine - only thing out there really is the H & S tuner. It will delete DPF and DEF but I hate to void my warranty with 9,000 miles on the truck.

I hear the EFI Live guys just wont touch the computer int eh 11 models

WHIZARD · Aug 26, 2011

Cole said:
All you guys with Duramaxs if you don't have EFI live you are missing out. I have had several programmers and just got EFI live and wow it's like driving a new truck. It runs so much smoother and makes good power. I even have a turbo break in my tow tune. I highly recommend it.

Cole, what kinda fuel mileage are you getting with EFI Live? :dunno:

1TONZR2 · Aug 26, 2011

cant wait to find myself and 06 DMAX when I get home!!! :****:

Cole · Aug 28, 2011

WHIZARD said:
Cole, what kinda fuel mileage are you getting with EFI Live?

Not really sure because I can't keep it off the 550 RWHP TUNE ;D
The truck is so much smoother its pretty crazy. It really is like driving a new truck.

This is from the other night. It ran an 8.93 and I am pretty sure I can get it lower. This was my first time running in almost 2 years.
Duramax runs 8.93 in 1/8th mile, EFI LIVE, Suncoast Transmission

xjkrawler · Aug 29, 2011

damn cole you launched hard! good thing youve got that ifs beefed.

id like to upgrade to a lower mileage 06dmax with efilive

Cole · Aug 29, 2011

xjkrawler said:
damn cole you launched hard! good thing youve got that ifs beefed.

id like to upgrade to a lower mileage 06dmax with efilive

Yeah if I didn't have the kryptonite steering I wouldn't have launched it like that. The bigger center link and tie rods make it launch good and straight

CHASMAN9 · Aug 29, 2011

Are you running in 2wd or 4wd? I ask because of traction. :dunno:

Cole · Aug 29, 2011

CHASMAN9 said:
Are you running in 2wd or 4wd? I ask because of traction.

4wd

CHASMAN9 · Aug 29, 2011

Cole said:
4wd

That is what I thought. Awesome hookup. :dblthumb:

B Gillespie · Aug 29, 2011

After driving Wyatt's dmax plumbing truck, pulling a big enclosed, I am CONVINCED.

InDaShop · Aug 29, 2011

B Gillespie said:
After driving Wyatt's dmax plumbing truck, pulling a big enclosed, I am CONVINCED.

for only having a K&N filter, 4" Edlebrock Catback, and a low level EFIlive tune, that '06 flat hauls.

wontwork · Aug 29, 2011

Cole what model is your truck?

Cole · Aug 29, 2011

wontwork said:
Cole what model is your truck?

04.5 lly

pheany · Aug 29, 2011

Picked up a Dmax myself and would never look back. I am sitting on 37 inch tires and get around 16-18 MPG. Between that and the towing ability, I am completely sold. It gets better gas mileage than the little 4.2 liter inline 6 that my trailblazer had and has double the HP and almost quadruple the torque.

xjkrawler · Aug 29, 2011

pheany said:
Picked up a Dmax myself and would never look back. I am sitting on 37 inch tires and get around 16-18 MPG. Between that and the towing ability, I am completely sold. It gets better gas mileage than the little 4.2 liter inline 6 that my trailblazer had and has double the HP and almost quadruple the torque.

How's that 07 workin out for you? Seems like most on here didn't care much for there 07.

B Gillespie · Aug 29, 2011

InDaShop said:
a K&N filter

We haven't had good luck with K&N's on the diesel work trucks. I switched to giant Donaldson filters (14L Cummins application, same 4" inlet dia. as the K&N's & 12-14" long) a while back with much better performance, longevity, and lower EGT's. The big dumb dually would suck the K&N inside out, and we were having to clean them at least every ~5k mi. Getting about 25-40k out of the Donaldson stuff, depending on location/dust. Tons of idle time on our rigs too since all the buckets run clutch pumps.