6.2 or the minimax? What to get?

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Oh ya that would be a tough sell. My wife will totally be looking to step back 35 years of comfort and luxury refinements. 👍

coilovers front and 4 link rear. If she wanted air ride kelderman comes to mind
 

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The air ride and electronic front shocks are the money pit that I’m gonna run away from with our current suburban.
 

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A guy from work bought a 22 (revised interior)3.0 duramax…piston cracked in half and grenaded the motor at 10k. They made the motor with different piston’s early in the year and they don’t last. They have since changed that.

Other buddy had to do timing belt at 175k. It was a hefty bill.

I would probably get one if I was looking for a 1/2 ton. Buddies had several over the years and overall they been solid.
 
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Build one for your wife first and let us know how it goes

It would be for me if I did not her lol
She got the 05 duramax, didnt want the 96 cummins lol
 

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Delete all the afm lifters, make it run on V8 all the time, and run 30 weight oil in it and they are a solid engine.

I also don't like the 0W20 oil they spec for the minimax
That goes for any engine , not just the minimax

All the gas pots too , 0w20 be ok in winter I suppose, but a 0w30 be better year round

0w20 is like piss water right outa the bottle at room temp , no idea how they expect oil on a hot day pulling a trailer with a 5.3 or 6.2 to have oul psi lol

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