[rtarh2o]

Picked it up about 30 minutes ago and drove it to work, runs great! The power is definitely more than the 1FZE. The trans still shifts hard and seemingly at the wrong times but they want me to put a couple thousand miles on it then bring it back for adjustment, they say it loosens up with some miles on it, hopefully that is true. I could live with it the way it is but I am used to the smooth shifting of a modern electronically controlled transmission. I used to own an 88 Suburban with the 700R4 and I don't remember it shifting hard so maybe there is hope. Just from the few miles I put on it today (total now around 40) I think I am going to like it, it is a bit noisy on acceleration but once off the throttle and cruising it is nice. The noise is from the intake, I routed it into the passenger fender just like the stock set-up and I think it just echoes around and amplifies it a bit. I am going to re-route it towards the radiator in hopes it will quiet the interior noise a bit but it really isn't as bad as a cummins or ford. My father used to have a ford 6.9 diesel that I drove quite a bit and the 6.2 is considerably quieter than that. I also plan to insulate the firewall to see if that helps.
I plan to take off early tomorrow to get it liscensed and play with it a bit, will post more later, may put some miles on it this weekend before I put it in the A/C shop next week, hopefully it will be a quick visit there, again being in a small town there is only one shop in town with the capabilities to make custom hoses so I am at their mercy. I used to get frustrated by these things years ago when I first moved here but there isn't much you can do about it, if you are in hurry you better stay out of the south, the only thing fast around here is their driving, (I won't be doing that anymore going from my Volvo turbo to my diesel Cruiser!)
Rusty