(calm upbeat music) - What's going on guys,
it's Dustin with Custom Offsets,
CustomOffsetsTV on the YouTube,
and today's video
is all about performance parts and towing.
So as you guys know, performance parts add power, right?
That's pretty common knowledge.
But what does that actually translate to
when it comes to towing?
We're actually gonna test that today,
so we've got two trucks, as you can see behind me,
both Cat-Eye Duramaxes, both kind of similar builds,
we'll go over those in just a second.
One of them has performance parts, one of them does not,
so we're actually gonna hook a trailer to both of them
and see just how they perform.
Now before we do that, if you guys need performance parts,
you can check us out at customoffsets.com.
Let's dive right into the builds.
So we're gonna start with Schnell's truck here.
This is a 2005 Chevy Silverado 2500HD,
LLY Duramax of course.
He's running a six inch Superlift lift kit
with some 20x12 Anthem Liberties
and a set of 35x12.5 R20 Landspider Wildtraxx M/Ts.
So again, a very similar setup to my Duramax,
but this truck is completely bone stock under the hood
with the exception of a four-inch downpipe back exhaust.
Other than that, completely stock,
no tune, no bigger turbo, no injectors, anything like that,
so should be a good comparison to my truck.
This is my 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500HD LBZ Duramax,
four and a half inch BDS lift kit,
22/14 Fittipaldi Offroad FTF13s,
and a 355/40 Nitto Trail Grappler.
So little bit lower, a little bit wider than Ben's truck.
The big difference with these two
is gonna to be that this one has some performance goodies.
We're talking S&B intake, three inch down pipe,
four inch downpipe back exhaust,
it's got a DSP five position switch with a tuner,
so it makes a little bit more power.
So today we're gonna compare both of these trucks.
We're actually going to grab Jarrod's eight one Silverado,
we're gonna load it on the car trailer behind it
and then we're gonna tow with both of them
and find out which one tows better
and just how much of a difference it truly makes.
Let's get into it.
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All right, so let's get right after it then.
So we got the old eight one loaded up on the back,
so I've officially hauled all of Jarrod's vehicles now
at one point or another. (laughs)
But we've got the eight one on the back
'cause we wanted to throw
a little bit of weight behind this thing,
and I can already tell
being that this truck is completely untuned
that it's definitely working harder than mine is.
Now I've got it in tow/haul.
I can just tell that when I put my foot into it
that there's not as much oomph behind it,
which I would expect being, you know, not tuned,
but you can definitely tell
that the engine's working a little bit harder.
The truck just in general doesn't seem to have
quite as much get up and go is what my LBZ does,
you know, when you're really laying on it.
Now another thing I'm noting
just as we're coming to the first stop here
is that while the transmission
is downshifting to slow the truck down,
because this one isn't tuned,
it doesn't have any sort of turbo brake.
So it's mostly up to the trailer brakes
and the truck brakes to really slow you down,
versus like in my LBZ, what you're gonna see
and what you guys will probably hear,
because that truck is stupid loud,
is that as it downshifts,
the truck will actually spool the turbo
and it'll help use that resistance
to slow the whole truck down.
So even like now on the takeoff,
as you guys can tell,
the truck's spooling out a little bit further,
it is winding out a little bit further
than it would've if it was tuned.
That's just because
there's just not quite as much power
going through the crank, through the trans,
and ultimately to the rear wheels.
I know that airbags are important,
but it's super interesting to me
to see the difference between this truck having bags,
or this truck not having airbags, excuse me,
and my truck having bags.
This trailer, super heavy,
it's got that big steel shield in the nose
and really just weighs a ton.
And not having airbags,
I can definitely tell the truck's a lot more bouncy
when we're hitting some of these bumps
because the suspension
is just riding so much more compressed on the leaf springs
in comparison to like my truck that has the bags.
So overall, relatively impressed with how it handled it.
Definitely some very, very notable differences
when it comes to performance overall
and how that really translates
to actually driving this truck.
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So guys we're in the LBZ,
we're back in the saddle in my truck,
of course, the one that feels most familiar to me
because I've towed the most in it.
One of the first things that I notice
when I get back behind the wheel of this thing,
especially having equal trailer, equal load
and pretty similar setup to Ben's truck,
is that this thing is so much snappier on the pedal.
Now that undoubtedly is simply because it's tuned, right?
But between the intake, the exhaust, the downpipe, the tune,
all of that's working together perfectly
and really makes this
quite a bit easier for me to tow with.
So the truck just in general is struggling much less,
it's got less effort.
(engine growling) It is significantly louder
as I'm sure you guys can probably hear,
especially about 2100 RPMs, it makes quite a bit of noise.
But it definitely isn't having as hard of a time with this
as what the LLY did.
Now on top of that,
slowing down in this thing is quite a bit easier
just because the tune has the turbo brake installed,
or activated I should say,
so that way, when you let off,
this thing will actually back build boost
and help it slow down
similar to like a Jake Brake would in a semi.
So really, really cool,
something that I think I took for granted
because the truck was tuned when I bought it,
and now getting back in this thing
after being in Ben's completely stock truck
definitely makes a difference.
Now the other thing that I did notice in this thing
that I do enjoy quite a bit
is having these Banks pillar pod gauges up here.
So those are the Banks iDash DataMonsters.
They do a really good job.
I'm watching all my temperatures right now,
I'm watching coolant, intake temp,
trans and battery voltage, fuel rail pressure,
RPMs, boost, speed, I mean, it's all right here,
it's tucked up, it looks nice
and it's just really convenient, really easy to work with.
Obviously S&B intake, help keeping the engine breathe well
and it keep those air intake temps low.
It's a balmy 21 degrees today in Wisconsin
and our air intake temps are 14 degrees,
so definitely pulling cold air in the engine there as well.
So the long and short of it is
do performance parts help towing?
Yes.
Are there certain performance parts
that will help towing better than others?
Yes.
We recommend things like intake, exhaust
and tuners of course, to help you pick up additional power
as well as unlock that exhaust brake
if you have a turbo-diesel,
that's really gonna help you slow down coming to a stop.
With that, guys, I'm Dustin with Custom Offsets,
you guys need any performance parts,
you know where to find them, customoffsets.com, peace!
- I'm Parker with Custom Offsets!
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