from what im told,by tightening down the studs tight,you screw-up the thread interferance fit,,,,ARP makes a thread/assembly lube for the nuts/washers and head part of the studs,,sealent is used on the part of the stud you screw into the block,,all thread holes should have the threads chased...
since ive built and worked with high dollar race engines-all my life and talked to ARP for 25+ years ,ive been told you dont tighten down studs as it wrecks the clamping force of studs by tightening them to the last thread/bottom of the hole,when you use ARP thread lube/sealent it sets up a...
the gm service manual[2011] has a whole section on heated/cooled seats and it shows 2 fans in the seats,i dont think it uses the vehicles a/c system,were are the cooled seats run/switched from?,i'll try to find the under-seat plugs to see if their the same as regular ltz seats,otherwize you will...
yes it can be done bolts right in ,but the plugs are different and i dont know [havent looked in the shop manual] to see if there controlled by the BCM,,and they've got to be expensive to buy
im doing this because i have all the parts and i like a challenge,and i couldn't find a truck like i wanted last sept,when i needed a truck ,i'll take a few pics but it just looks like a stock ''lt''
well,im in the middle of doing this to a 2008 ext cab 3500 diesel ,im using gm factory parts,so far so good,the hardest part is im using a 2008 1/2 ton gas dash harness [ used a gm service manual and added the 6 extra wires],but you need everything,dash wiring-door wiring,door panels-door...