zack birge
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So I've finally gotten around to making a post on here. I first ordered the kit from Mike at No Limit as I do all my other goodies but I was unaware of a shop locally to install it and I didn't want to chance it myself on making a minor mistake. So with my crazy schedule and after a few weeks of the kit sitting in the garage I finally lined out a time to have it installed. I decided to use Calvins Automotive in Sulphur, LA. Shawn was a super cool dude to deal with and very knowledgable.
We made it to Louisiana and kicked the boat off at the motel and took the truck to shawn on a Tuesday morning. By early afternoon he had already started sending me pictures during the process. Wednesday morning they had began reinstalling HS parts and they kept me up to date with more pics. Around 8 or so that night Shawn called me and asked if I wanted to check it out... Of course I do I had been sitting in the motel for what seemed like a week already haha. Needless to say I was thrilled with the overall performance and sound of the kit. Shawn wanted to keep the truck overnight and recheck some stuff the next morning then bring it back to me Thursday morning.
I couldn't believe how responsive it was for being a larger non vgt turbo.
Hooked up the boat and off to SC we went. Mileage was surprisingly about the same if not a little bit better than before the install.
Tuning - I began with a file Matt sent me for the kit which ran great but I had some codes I didn't really want to see for the remainder of the trip. I went over and saw Kory at PPEI and had some tuning done there with was pretty sick if you ask me. Perfect shifting and good mileage. Truck runs like a scalded ape even as big and heavy as it sits right now. We made 580hp and 1187ft lbs with the 600 file from Matt and made 575hp and 1200ft lbs with PPEI tuning. I still want to get up with Matt to get some of those codes turned off to do some more comparisons. I just need to be at home for a little bit to really start messing with it more.
Shawn at Calvins Automotive said "flawless install and perfect fit and finish". Now if you ask me that says a lot. They deal with numerous kits and setups especially in the duramax market. They were very pleased with the kit and highly recommend HS Motorsports.
Below are a couple images and a short clip on the dyno.
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We made it to Louisiana and kicked the boat off at the motel and took the truck to shawn on a Tuesday morning. By early afternoon he had already started sending me pictures during the process. Wednesday morning they had began reinstalling HS parts and they kept me up to date with more pics. Around 8 or so that night Shawn called me and asked if I wanted to check it out... Of course I do I had been sitting in the motel for what seemed like a week already haha. Needless to say I was thrilled with the overall performance and sound of the kit. Shawn wanted to keep the truck overnight and recheck some stuff the next morning then bring it back to me Thursday morning.
I couldn't believe how responsive it was for being a larger non vgt turbo.
Hooked up the boat and off to SC we went. Mileage was surprisingly about the same if not a little bit better than before the install.
Tuning - I began with a file Matt sent me for the kit which ran great but I had some codes I didn't really want to see for the remainder of the trip. I went over and saw Kory at PPEI and had some tuning done there with was pretty sick if you ask me. Perfect shifting and good mileage. Truck runs like a scalded ape even as big and heavy as it sits right now. We made 580hp and 1187ft lbs with the 600 file from Matt and made 575hp and 1200ft lbs with PPEI tuning. I still want to get up with Matt to get some of those codes turned off to do some more comparisons. I just need to be at home for a little bit to really start messing with it more.
Shawn at Calvins Automotive said "flawless install and perfect fit and finish". Now if you ask me that says a lot. They deal with numerous kits and setups especially in the duramax market. They were very pleased with the kit and highly recommend HS Motorsports.
Below are a couple images and a short clip on the dyno.
View My Video
