My Duramax Avalanche project

[Alaska_AV.]

 

[09chevyavy]

Da Da Da Da DDDAAAAAAAA  I'm lovin it

 

[Sunburst07]

That is an insane amount of work but that truck looks mean

 

[Alaska_AV.]

got a call today about car parts I'm selling on craigslist. ended up selling her the black mirror caps off the Dmaxalanche.

I got turn sig mirrors off an add for 75$ a year or 2 ago , sold the caps for $30 today and finally forced me to put the SOM painted caps on ... love being paid to mod my truck....lol

 

[09chevyavy]

 

[Dakotawilk]

got a call today about car parts I'm selling on craigslist. ended up selling her the black mirror caps off the Dmaxalanche.

I got turn sig mirrors off an add for 75$ a year or 2 ago , sold the caps for $30 today and finally forced me to put the SOM painted caps on ... love being paid to mod my truck....lol

Hey dude how goes the truck build? Any updates?

 

[09chevyavy]

Same story here.

I am actually currently looking into a SAS Dana 60 front swap as well as a 14 bolt out back with a four on the floor shifter and just swap in a bench seat out of a tahoe PPV or something

 

[dlfarr]

For the next time you are scavenging how about these for a wheel option? Looks like a set of Hummer wheels with late model 2500 P/U center caps. The look nice on this 2500 P/U at work I think they would look good on a 2500 Avalanche.

Really like those wheels, any idea who makes them and what sizes they are available in?

 

[ronthehandymanga]

Really like those wheels, any idea who makes them and what sizes they are available in?

those are stock hummer rims from GM.

 

[Alaska_AV.]

ready for summer

 

[09chevyavy]

Man I sure do love this thing

 

[Dakotawilk]

That's so cool! Here's the real question though does is it have a tuner on it?

 

[frito]

Man I sure do love this thing

x2

 

[BooomerX]

The "tuner" is driving it!

 

[Dakotawilk]

The "tuner" is driving it!

I was refering to the ones that make it capable to role cole because that would be cool too!

 

[Alaska_AV.]

na  no rolling coal for me. I like clean tunes that make power,  not smoke

but I am making my own tune  with HPTuners. Cant add much power because she suffers axle wrap when I get on her now.

 

[MS03 2500]

700 FT/LB of torque will do that. AA.

 

[CarMech1969]

Awesome project, Alaska_AV!!! 

I'm glad you had the patience to see it to fruition. Talk about tenacity!!

CarMech1969

 

[Alaska_AV.]

just did 1000 highway miles on her. truck dic said 18 mpg ,  gas pump math said 19mpg. way better than the 8-12 with the 8.1

about 50k since starting the conversion. still love her

 

[frito]

just did 1000 highway miles on her. truck dic said 18 mpg ,  gas pump math said 19mpg. way better than the 8-12 with the 8.1

about 50k since starting the conversion. still love her

Dang, that's 2 -4 mpg better than I get with my Z71.

 

[Alaska_AV.]

Dang, that's 2 -4 mpg better than I get with my Z71.

my normal driving has it just better than my 1500 

 

[Alaska_AV.]

65.000 miles on her since the build. still not 'finished' but still a head turner.

I did miles with the wrong truck clusters mileage, so the redo. Or did I do it wrong last years post..... f it

 

[MS03 2500]

What is left to do on it.

 

[Alaska_AV.]

Body and paint for the most part

 

[frito]

Body and paint for the most part

I know we can't see any flaws in the body or paint in these pictures, but I think it looks great the way it is.  The cladding with that color is a perfect combination.