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04-07-2020, 12:32 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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Melting_pistons build thread
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here, but I’m not necessarily new to the forum. I’ve used it as a go to source for info over the last 5 years or so...so thanks in advance to all of those unnamed heroes lol.
Anyways, I figured I’d make a build thread for my truck...this isn’t really the start of a build...as I’m actually about a year and a half into it. But maybe there will be some useful info in here for someone else, or maybe you guys will have some advice for me going forward. All criticism is welcome, as long as it’s not trolling. I’ll try to update as time allows.
Well I guess to start it off, about 7 years ago I bought my 2006. It was the first diesel I ever owned that I actually “played with”...over the following 5-6 years, it got repainted, color matched, and went through gosh knows how many tire and wheel setups. Eventually, I wanted to start going to the track, so things started to progress. It got tuning from Anarchy, Flux 1.8 (26% over) injectors, AirDog 165 4g, PPE Dual Fuelers, ARP 2000s, and Hamilton valve springs and pushrods, and a WC Fab Stock/475 compound kit. The trans is from Tim Barber at TRE Diesel. I’m estimating it makes around 720-750, as it runs consistent low 7.5s at 91mph.
This is it below.
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 12:37 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 12:40 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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About 2 years ago, I decided that wasn’t enough. I wanted to build a 6.70 truck. The issue, is that nothing with my current setup would work for the power needed to run those times. It would need a complete overhaul. So after much deliberation, I decided to leave my truck alone as a fun, reliable, DD/tow rig and buy it’s twin!
So here is what I got... a 2007 Laramie that had a pieced together 2nd gen swap with a 72, Industrial Injection dual stock pumps, and a “built” trans with fmvb.
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:21 PM
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Name: RMJ_LB7
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Welcome to the forum! I really like that purple powdercoat!
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01 LB7 Duramax Single Cab Short Bed Project Truck - SOLD before finished.
02 CCSB LB7 Duramax - Tuned, lift pump, trans build coming shortly.
Instagram: rmj_lb7
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04-07-2020, 01:25 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RMJ_LB7
Welcome to the forum! I really like that purple powdercoat!
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Thanks man! It’s my favorite color I’ve used to date!!
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:25 PM
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Name: RacinDuallie
Title: Black Sheep Racing
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Did you pay to the Compd info giving slush fund??
And welcome!
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04-07-2020, 01:27 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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Here are some pics from the trip going to pick up the 07. Was a 13 hour round trip, and the 06 towed flawlessly as always!
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:30 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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The next week I loaded up the regular cab project and shipped it off to its new owner, to help fund the new truck... the wife said one of the 3 has to go lol
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:30 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RacinDuallie
Did you pay to the Compd info giving slush fund??
And welcome!
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Hahahaha nah, I’ll have to look into that lol
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:32 PM
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Name: Marq92
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How do you like the WC fab compound setup?
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2001.0 QCLB 3500 4x4 3.55 Toyo M-55 255/85R16 Brown's/Goerend 48RE sonnax shafts/maxed count Alto clutches Carli/Deaver 3.0 EMF BJ's PSC 6 bolt box Synergy steering TheRetroShop HID projector retrofit VLED's DC Power 180A alternator W-T ground mod ISSPRO EV2's
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04-07-2020, 01:33 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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I’m not going to name the tuning company, but the tune on the 07 was definitely sub par. So 2 weeks after getting the truck I had Ryan write me a tune file. It drove a whole lot better... two days later the “built” trans said no more. The truck sat for a couple of months while I saved for another trans.
Of course this time I took it to my guys at TRE Diesel Performance to get the works. This time, it got all the bells and whistles...including a 2200 stall DPC Converter paired with a Santjer Performance Development solid input setup, and Muldoon’s FMVB. To say it drove like a whole different truck is an understatement!!
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:35 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marq92
How do you like the WC fab compound setup?
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I’m not going to knock them too much. The kit definitely performs well. Install wasn’t bad. I had a couple of questions going into it, and their customer service wasn’t up to par with the pricing of the product...not to sound rude. But I got it all figured out. A couple weeks after installing it, I didn’t realize that the downpipe was rubbing the ac line and had cracked it...
But like I said, I don’t want to knock them too bad. Other than the ac issue, I’ve been running the kit for years now with no other problems to date.
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 01:37 PM
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Name: Marq92
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Cool thanks.
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2001.0 QCLB 3500 4x4 3.55 Toyo M-55 255/85R16 Brown's/Goerend 48RE sonnax shafts/maxed count Alto clutches Carli/Deaver 3.0 EMF BJ's PSC 6 bolt box Synergy steering TheRetroShop HID projector retrofit VLED's DC Power 180A alternator W-T ground mod ISSPRO EV2's
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04-07-2020, 01:57 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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Some big boy parts arrived!
Santjer Performance Development solid input setup...
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 02:02 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 02:07 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 02:13 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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Im not a fan of a ton of stickers being plastered all over the windows, so I decided to wrap the tailgate with a 3m carbon fiber pattern, and use it to put all of my stickers on. Got the idea from @mopar1darrell on Instagram.
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 02:18 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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After talking with Miles Barringer for a while, I settled on a set of Mickey Thompson ET Streets to go on these welds. They turned out pretty sweet for the time being.
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 02:19 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
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I knew I wanted to do rear mount shocks on the rear axle so I got firepunks rear shock bracket kit... very good quality
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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04-07-2020, 02:24 PM
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Name: Melting_pistons
Title: Too Much Time
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06- Wehrli Stock/S475, Flux 1.8, dual pumps, TRE Trans
07- Sloshfab FI 76/96 T6 setup, exergy 250%s, dual pumps, TRE Trans with Santjer solid input
Instagram- @melting_pistons
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