[Guest Post by: Chris Burandt]
And so it’s begun!
The boys at ATS are elbows-deep into turning my once stock riding,
grandpa-looking, super clean dually into a compound (twin) turbo breathing,
Cognito-lifted pull-any-trailer-way-too-fast, beast of a truck! With 170,000 miles on the ol’ girl we decided
to do the head gasket, add some head studs and check the injectors. Come to find out the head gasket showed some
signs of leakage and there was one injector out of spec.
I’m really glad ATS leaned me towards going
through the motor. It would have been a
bummer to put all the goodies on and then have to tear it back apart later down
the road. With a new head gasket and
injector this bad boy 6.6L will be good for another 170,000!
Phase 2, the lift.
When the tech got the Sawzall out I thought he was just joking around
with me. Then the safety glasses came
on…real funny guys. Then I had to jump
out of the way so I didn’t lose an arm! I
could tell this wasn’t Chris’ first rodeo with Chevy suspension installs. After weeks of research on the internet it
was clear the only way to go up with the dualler was a lift from Cognito
Motorsports. Cognito’s patented
products, insanely good fit and finish, and the ability to retain stock drive
angles made this purchase a no brainer.
For all the towing this truck will be doing with 5th wheel
and goose neck trailers I decided to go with the 4-6 inch lift. I was able to get my low rider off the
ground, but nothing too crazy to affect the great towing characteristics of the
truck. I can’t wait to see what this
thing looks like when it hits the ground!
This is truly one heavy duty lift. I’ve had lifts installed on several other
vehicles in the past but nothing as overbuilt with OEM like fitment as this
Cognito kit. I haven’t even seen the
truck on the ground yet and I’m pumped!
Like a kid on Christmas I couldn’t get the Fox RacingShox box open quick enough. I run Fox
Shox on all my snowmobiles so again running these bad boys on my truck was an
easy choice. I went with remote
reservoir shocks front and rear.
Pictures don’t do these things justice.
Between the burly looking Cognito kit and the trophy truck like Fox shox
this really is going to feel like a brand new truck. As you can tell by the aggressive tread
pattern I like to run on my 215s I can’t wait to throw some new meats on. Is there anything better than new tires? OK, enough torture, can we please quit taking pictures
and put this thing on the ground! I
wanna see it!
I’m really glad ATS leaned me towards going
through the motor. It would have been a
bummer to put all the goodies on and then have to tear it back apart later down
the road. With a new head gasket and
injector this bad boy 6.6L will be good for another 170,000! 
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