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Hello,
First post here. I joined because I just bought my wife a 2001 suburban so now I get to ditch the mini-van and take the 1995 suburban my wife has been driving for several years.
For some background, I have owned a number of chevy trucks in my time and I have done a couple of engine replacements along with the repairs. I know my way around 1970-80's full sized trucks and I can replace stuff on the new ones too.
The place where I have the most trouble is "Check Engine" light stuff. I have a shop manual and I use a bypass wire to make the engine light flash and then replace whatever it complains about. I have been burned on it saying that the idle air controller was bad when it was actually the gasket between the throttle body and the manifold. I had to take it to a shop to figure that one out.
The 2001 has a lot more power than the 1995 and gets better mileage too. Is there a way to close the power/mileage gap while spending less than $1,000.00 on chips and other mods and without replacing the engine? I have settled on $1,000.00 as my budget.
As of now all it has is magna flow cat and muffler and a K&N filter. If a chip will give me decent gains which one should I use? I have seen Jet six pack, Superchip, and Hypertech. Which one is best?
First post here. I joined because I just bought my wife a 2001 suburban so now I get to ditch the mini-van and take the 1995 suburban my wife has been driving for several years.
For some background, I have owned a number of chevy trucks in my time and I have done a couple of engine replacements along with the repairs. I know my way around 1970-80's full sized trucks and I can replace stuff on the new ones too.
The place where I have the most trouble is "Check Engine" light stuff. I have a shop manual and I use a bypass wire to make the engine light flash and then replace whatever it complains about. I have been burned on it saying that the idle air controller was bad when it was actually the gasket between the throttle body and the manifold. I had to take it to a shop to figure that one out.
The 2001 has a lot more power than the 1995 and gets better mileage too. Is there a way to close the power/mileage gap while spending less than $1,000.00 on chips and other mods and without replacing the engine? I have settled on $1,000.00 as my budget.
As of now all it has is magna flow cat and muffler and a K&N filter. If a chip will give me decent gains which one should I use? I have seen Jet six pack, Superchip, and Hypertech. Which one is best?