New guy in PA

[TonySS]

Hi all. Wanted to drop in and sign up. HI ALL! My name is Tony and i live in PA. I own a sign and decal shop here and am also going back to school for my teaching degree. I just got a Silverado SS on Sunday And wanted to get into a good forum. I am not new to the "SS" family. I have had a 06 MonteCarlo SS, 07 Trailblazer SS, and now my 04 Silverado SS. Traded a 08 Mustang GT since I needed something to raise a family in. Getting married in spring of 2010 and she wants to have kids bad so had to grow up some. She wants kids soon after the wedding so I had to get on the ball. lol.. Got a screamin deal on the SS, payment went down like $100 and the insurance will go WAY down. I am NOT a ford guy and have no idea why I got one of those. I really love the truck and waste no time to get into mods. The 4 doors are great and it is LOADED with everything option you can get. The only thing I am missing is the sun roof. I have many questions and i know you guys will know the anwsers right off the bat. "God i love forums". again, sorry for the load of questions, but here they are.....


- There was a Bullet Exhaust on the truck when i got it, dual rear exit. Any good? not that loud tho.. I am thinking of side exit exhaust, in front of the rear wheels, both sides. Anyone make these? or is it a custom install?? pics??

- I am really leaning towards the "murdered out" look. I did this to my M109R and love it. My wheels will need some paint or powder coat. I know there are many that have done this. What is the best way??

- There is a K&N in the stock airbox, and that will be tore off since I hate stock airbox crap. What is a good "Cheaper" CAI? not much $$ to throw around right now. I will do all or most of the mods myself. Making custom parts is all the fun.

- my MPG right now is 16 average. Tuners always help, what is a good one for the SS V8?? Tho right now i have a heavy right foot. miss burnouts tho, love AWD, but not as much fun..

Ya ya yaaa. I know, i have a ton of questions and some of you guys will be like.. search is your friend.. lol.. sorry about that. But wanted to get it all in one post. I am going to design up some stripes. Don't know if I want hockey stripes or 12" racing stripes with accent pinstripes. Either one will most likely be flat black or some other very "low Key" color. I like the ghosted look. I am thinking flat black wheels and flat black stripes..

well. I have typed too much.. thanks in advance for all your help.. ! urgent.gif !

[BHB]

Welcome to

[TonySS]

Sorry for the BAD pic.. taken with my BlackBerry on a rainy day. This was the day i picked it up.

[WildChevys]

welcome, very nice truck. i would take off the bud deflector and replace the emblem with a billet one.

as for the loudest exhaust i would just run a y-pipe, thats what my 6.0 has.

have the wheels powdercoated

if you go to autoanything.com you can get some pretty good deals on CAI's, even K&N. other good ones are volant, airaid

for the tune, the best tune you can get is either EFI Live or HP Tuners. those are hands down the 2 best.

[JWolfe75]

Any pics of the TBSS?

How do you like the pioneer D-3? I thought about getting one for our TBSS



**oh, and welcome to

[WildChevys]

i have it in my truck. i love it, it's great, but Pioneer doesn't make that model anymore, they have new ones.

[TonySS]

love the D3. the new ones have no bypass for the DVD. So you can't watch while in motion. not that you should anyway. But it's a cool feature.

[jay_man81]

Hey I see your from Punxsutawney. I'm live between kermore and Bellslanding about 20min away. welcome to the site. Enjoy your SS

[fortplainman]

welcome to FSC!!! nice truck though, i can see you blacking it out and adding the s/c on it. check out blackbear tuning, they are a vendor on here and a lot of people love what they do, its the efi live tuning. i think you should get some headers and run a flow through exhaust like MBRP, magnaflow, but there are a lot more louder applications. make sure you look for in the spring for the CARLISLE ALL TRUCK NATIONALS thread because FSC is there every year.

[TonySS]

thanks all. not really looking for the loudest exhaust there is, but soemthing a bit better than what I have. something deep and low in tone, not too much drone.

[5.3Ranger]

welcome, glad i'm not the only newbie today lol, can't say the same for vehicle choices, i'm with you i'm not a Ford guy but with what has happened to my truck, no one would buy it lol

[fortplainman]

Originally Posted by TonySS

thanks all. not really looking for the loudest exhaust there is, but soemthing a bit better than what I have. something deep and low in tone, not too much drone.

you will probably want magnaflow. listen to video's on youtube, that might help. click the link in my signature, i have the 5.3 in my truck with the MBRP pro series exhaust. sounds good, nice tone, and louder than the magnaflow. to me magnaflow sounds almost like stock, maybe a deeper rumble.