What mods have you made to improve towing?

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  1. PermanentMarker

    PermanentMarker TRC Staff Moderator

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    What have you done to your rig to purely improve it's towing performance?

    I'll go first. This is all on a 2004 Chevy 2500HD LB7 Duramax/Allison LT CC/SB.

    I added airbags because I don't like the butt-heavy look, nor do I like bouncing off the overloads.

    Changed the stock shocks to Bilsteins. Highly recoommend this for the GM crowd.

    Added a Banks Six-Gun tuner. I never turn it up past 3 unless my brother is in the truck and I want to make him realize he should have bought a GM. :D

    Added EGT and Boost gauges of course.

    Changed out the tank to a Supertanks 60 gallon unit. What a difference. Anyone with an LB7 shortbed, you can get this tank for $500 from Supertanks right now. It is an $850 tank.

    4" Summit Racing turbo-back exhaust (I never was a cat person). :D

    Back seat DVD system. How does this help towing, you ask? You put two toddlers in your back seat on an 800 mile trip just once, and tell me it doesn't help YOU out.

    That's all I can think of right now.

    Marc
     
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    '02 Chevy 2500HD LB7 Duramax/Allison LT CC/SB

    30k Reese rails and goose neck adapter.

    Edge Juice with Attitude (EGT/Boost).

    Supertank, and yes, I love it.

    My kids watch DVDs on a laptop.

    Been thinking about 4" muffler, but afraid it will make it louder than I want. But it would lower EGT letting me tow at Lvl 3 instead of 2... But I get in enough trouble with lvl 2; passing everything going up the grades with trailer/truggy in tow. :pimp:
     
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    Exhaust brake hands down best mod.
     
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    Oops, forgot about the exhaust! Original post edited.

    Marc
     
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    AirRade Cold Air Intake
    Banks Big Head Waste Gate
    Bully Dog 4" Exhaust
    Banks Six Gun Tuner
    60HP Chip on top of tuner
    Custom Bed

     
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    Tymar intake, TS flip chip, Hellwig Airbags in the rear, full assortment of guages, 5" exhaust, 19.5s for cooler running tires and better wear rotfl Actually they make the truck look a hell of alot better too. :D
     
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    Hmmmm I got me a Tiatan Class 5 2.5" hitch.

    I am bran new to this towrig world so my rig is totaly stock still, besides the hitch and sprayin bed liner. I will probly keep everyting stcok until I start towing my K5 then if needed I will change things.
    Things that have my intreset now are:
    airbags - I plan to carry ALLOT
    supertank - I have a 34gal but 60 would be SWEET!
     
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