I just recetly bought an 05 duramax and wanted a little more pep in the pedal. I bought a Max Micro Tuner from a friend of mine and noticed a little difference. I only have it on the 2nd tune level which produces about 75 hp. I also have a 5" magnaflow pro series exhaust from the turbo back.Sounds great! I am interested in a good intake system but am afraid of putting to much hp on the allison and cause it to slip. what do you guys think: intake system and exhaust and tuner?, tuner and exhaust?, or just intake and exhaust?...I want to keep the allison for aslong as i can but still have a little more power.

Thanks  

any suggestions?  

well the allison is a good stroung trans but ive seen some blow up after just having an exhaust and intake and another one all stock hold up to 500 rear wheel hp. best thing to do is get rid of the max micro tuner, but the way it goes it intake exhaust then tuner. id check out edge or ppe  

what type of intake do you guys reccomend?  

i have an afe stage 2 on mine but i prolly could have bought an s&b intake which is alot cheaper but just as good. ive seen that the d-max seems to like banks intakes alot  

most of us on here dont like banks products only good thing most will agree on is the banks intercooler and im running that one too and works fine  

thanks needpower... I use my truck everyday for work (landscape business), in which I pull a trailer everyday, so if you have any more suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.  

with the d-max i can only help a little if you had a 7.3 then that would be a different story lol but ill help the best i can, other will chime in soon  

My father-in-law has a PPE tuner on his LBZ, and he's been pretty happy with it, and has been happy with their customer service.  

Where is the best place to purchase an AFE stage 2 intake??..Best Price?  

i got mine from beansdieselperformance.com  

ive got a ppe economy tuner a k@n drop in and a magnaflow turbo back exhaust my max is a 07 lbz theres three power levels and the second 90 horsepower tune works well the 160 tune is rediculous fast as hell but smokes like a frieght train as for the tranny ppe's programmer defuels the truck when ever it shifts from 2nd to third im hard on mine and no problems!!! the mileage is the best part 18 city 25 highway!!1!!no ***  

i have a banks 6 gun with pda and banks ram air intake and a 5" MBRP exhaust and i leave my truck turned up on the chip all the time and my transmission is great never missed a beat. i would buy a banks ram air intake if i was you if you have a exhaust and programmer your truck isnt breathing like it should it needs more air, and i wouldnt litsen to the guys saying dont buy BANKS stuff because they make the most power of a duramax, They have the fastest duramax in the world  

just cause they have the fastest duramax dont mean they are the best also banks costs more for less power, you can get more power with other products for less money  

about banks fastest duramax a couple of weeks ago I saw they seized a couple of pistons on there so called race truck banks is awesome dont get me wrong but most of the people I know buy it for the name! shop with your brain not by name good luck.