Another GOTTS mod.

[Daytoman]

Hello all...new guy here. I've got a 2004 EB 4x4 with 114K on the clock.

Well, I found this forum today and have been lurking around. I read about the GOTTS mod and decided to run out and do it. $12 and 45 mins later...Voila! Its done. Seems like most everyone likes this mod, esp for the money

I've got the neg cable unhooked for the rest of the night as I just switched back to non-ethanol last week...couldnt hurt to let the computer reset right?

I put a 40 series Flowmaster on a few months back...the original muffler finally bit the dust so I thought it would be a great time to have it replaced with a higher flowing muffler (sounds awesome). I hope the GOTTS mod works well with it.

Right now I get around 15 to 16 MPG per tank. I drive about 60% highway during the week. I'll be interested if that changes, I'll also be interested to what the seat of the pants dyno reads tomorrow.
I'll chime back in with my feedback.

Next up...electric fans.

 

[corlon]

nothing better then the butt dyno.

 

[Daytoman]

OK, We spent most of the day out running around. I definately like the mod. This is my daily driver, I spend alot of time in this truck. I know how it runs and feels. My seat of the pants dyno detected some gains. Not huge, as expected, but it has more pep, and better throttle response. I also noticed it pulled better and stronger when merging onto the highway.

I filled it up this morning and started the MPG computer at 0.00. I'm not sure how many miles we drove today but it was a good amount, probably 70% highway 30% stop and go. I ended up with 15.8 MPG..almost 15.9 but it went back down to 15.8 once I pulled into the neighborhood.

With the amount of driving and kind of driving we did today, I would say thats a slight gain in MPG..
I'll know better once I run through this tank and get back to my regular daily driving.

All in all...so far... It was a well spent $12 and 45 mins worth of my time. Good mod.

Thanks!

 

[98EXPY 5-0]

You also have to take into consideration that when you turn on the Butt Dyno, your MPG will drop a bit. Once you turn that off, you'll see what you are really getting.

 

[Daytoman]

Sorry about the delay getting back to this.

After the first full week of driving, I was sitting at 16.4 MPG as of Christmas Eve. I've never got MPG that high for a full week of driving since I've owned the truck and the little extra pep is a nice bonus.
FWIW, The milage dropped to 16.2 after all the holiday driving on Christmas Day.

All-in-all, a mod well done for the $$.

 

[stock04eb]

Got a question for you Daytoman. I have an 04 EB also and was contemplating the same mod. Did you totally cut the silencer(big plastic bubble off to the side) out of the equation? Just wondering before I do this.

 

[Sierra Lima1470]

Got a question for you Daytoman. I have an 04 EB also and was contemplating the same mod. Did you totally cut the silencer(big plastic bubble off to the side) out of the equation? Just wondering before I do this.

I did. After I shoved the pvc pipe into the fender hole I started to put the coupler on and realized i couldn't fit both the silencer joint and the coupler into that space...SO I just ended up taking it off. In the picture you can see that the joint where the silencer comes into the main tube pulls apart from the air filter housing so I just took that off and fitted the rubber coupler onto the filter housing.

I'm not entirely sure what the silencer does since it didn't get any noisier. I've had it that way for almost a month now and no problem.

 

[stock04eb]

Thanks for the pic, that's exactly what it looks like. Just wasn't sure what to do. Going to do the mod this weekend, hopefully it will go well, will try to get some pics to show.

 

[Sierra Lima1470]

Thanks for the pic, that's exactly what it looks like. Just wasn't sure what to do. Going to do the mod this weekend, hopefully it will go well, will try to get some pics to show.

Good luck! It took me a lot longer than expected. Sanding the PVC pipe down took FOREVER and I used a a bench sander. I think my mistake was that I got a thick walled one thinking it would be stronger but I wasn't thinking. Because After I was done sanding the whole thing down parts of it was as thin as paper...and it still barely fit.

 

[fraziarwp]

Did the same with mine. Got the ABS pipe. It is thicker. Much harder to install. You need to use the PVC Sch 40 pipe.

 

[krakoosh]

takes about a minute with a grinder

 

[murvilboy]

hate to do thread revival on this but whats a GOTTS mod? sorry newb to these trucks.

 

[fraziarwp]

Search the Gotts mod on this forum. The air intake runs through the side of the fender. The OEM intake is small there, restricting air flow. The Gotts mod is to remove that section of intake piping and replace it with a short section of 3" PVC. This greatly increases the air flow into the engine and gives a slight boost in performance. Cost about $15. Everyone who has done this mod says it helps.

Just remember to remove the negative battery terminal for awhile. This allows the computer to reset and adjusts itself for the greater air intake.

Sort of a poor mans CAI. And works just as well.

 

[joezek]

I've been very happy with the mod since I did it about 6 months ago. Using a Scangauge I can see that the IAT sensor is showing almost identical inlet air temp as whatever the outside air temp is. It doesn't get any better than that, installing a $300 "CAI" won't give you any "Colder" air than standard outside air temp.

I also like the idea that I'm using the factory designed air box with it's factory preventive measures for water drainage and large volume of dirt capacity.

I think the only improvement for the standard "GOTTS MOD" would be replacing the tube between the air filter and the intake manifold with a smoother flowing piece that's also insulated to prevent heating the previously cold air.

 

[tbake]

just finished!

Just got finished with the GOTT mod....been wanting to do it for months now. Now the waiting game for benefits, everyone seems to like the mod and I'm sure i'll be no different. Getting the Flowmaster 50 installed this week too. Its gonna be a good week! both mods cant hurt mpg's either. Had a 40 series Flow on my last Ex but wife complained about the noise in back....