My new whip (not that anyone cares)

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

Big V8 my bro sells cars and he can't even give them away with the gas prices. Speaking of which his dealership just picked up a 03 Dodge 1500 for 7k on a trade in beautiful truck clean 21K 5.9 loaded only selling for 8K cause nobody wants the gas guzzler's

[PyRo]

Big V8 my bro sells cars and he can't even give them away with the gas prices. Speaking of which his dealership just picked up a 03 Dodge 1500 for 7k on a trade in beautiful truck clean 21K 5.9 loaded only selling for 8K cause nobody wants the gas guzzler's

This is a small V8, these things unloaded get 20-22 on the highway.

[Dubstar112]

my 350 halfton ext cab gets 15 highway and 15 in the city. doesnt change no matter where i put it for some reason. 5 speed though higher final drive you should be up there pretty good.

[PyRo]

my 350 halfton ext cab gets 15 highway and 15 in the city. doesnt change no matter where i put it for some reason. 5 speed though higher final drive you should be up there pretty good.

Well like you said you have a bigger motor and the added weight of the extra cab. I'm guessing you have a 4spd or an automatic? Is it carburated? Both of those will kill the milage a bit.

[Army]

Ummm...that's not a whip, that's a whupped

[mcveighr]

Yeah theres alot worse than a 305 to have in a truck for gas, used to have a 454...

The 6.5L Turbo ext cab long box k2500 gets about 18mpg with the auto, still used as a daily driver. Not that bad.

[Dubstar112]

Well like you said you have a bigger motor and the added weight of the extra cab. I'm guessing you have a 4spd or an automatic? Is it carburated? Both of those will kill the milage a bit.

well any thing newwer than 88 c/k and even 87 will be tbi, until 96 when mpfi came in. you gotta know your ck history. Four speed? 95 was 5 speed. But I have an auto slushbox.

just pointin that out, im a k series nut lol.

Yeah 350 auto ext cab and 4x4. my dream truck doesnt matter the year. :)

[PyRo]

well any thing newwer than 88 c/k and even 87 will be tbi, until 96 when mpfi came in. you gotta know your ck history. Four speed? 95 was 5 speed. But I have an auto slushbox.

just pointin that out, im a k series nut lol.

Yeah 350 auto ext cab and 4x4. my dream truck doesnt matter the year. :)

I forgot that you mentioned it was a 95 already that's why I asked about the tranny and carburetor.

In 96 they got a lot more power which means the resale for 96+ goes way up. I just never like the truck automatics from anyone. I've driven automatic Chevys before and I don't like them, I drove one Ford diesel and it was even worse (can't get a solid opinion from one truck though), never driven a Dodge automatic but I've never heard a good thing about them.

Ummm...that's not a whip, that's a whupped

What do I need it for? Towing around a 5,000lb trailer and hauling about 2500lbs max. I've done that with a 2000 Chevy 1500 and the truck hardly knew it was there. An older 2500 should handle it no problem. Ideally I would have found a late 80s early 90s ram with a diesel and a 5spd but they're rare and when you find them they go for about 5,000. I'm not going to scrape up that kind of money for somthing I don't need. Although if I stumble across one for a good price it's goodbye chevy.

[yeahthatsme]

nice buy

[Soopa Villain17]

On dry pavement where my wheels were nowhere close to locking up it kicked on and sent me into an intersection. That could have been the back of another car, or could have ended with me being t-boned. Later that day I pulled the ABS fuse and solved the problem.

A 98 for 1500? That's either the deal of the year or it needs a motor.

i got into an accident 2 weeks ago with my x-gf's 01 cavilere and i slammed on the brakes ( i think it has abs ) and the damn car didnt stop and the brakes made a funny sound , kind of like a buzzing , then i ran into the side of an older ladies car in the middle of a 5 way interesction.

[Dubstar112]

Well, the power improvement has little to do with resale. What they did to achieve the power is what effects resale. Vortec is a whole different way for controlling an engine vs the tbi which inherretly just plain sucks. The Vortec system is a new platform specific to trucks. . The downside is vortec, doesnt interchange nicely with a TBI motor meaning parts for a newer motor always cost more and the older motors are a dime a dozen..... Not to mention the block you, i and other 95 and older models have, is the same small block thats been used forever with only minor variations. (given you have a 305 and i have a 350 but you get the point)

I do like the 5 speed idea, depending on what gears the 3rd member has, I bet it makes plenty of towing power, which is all you want appearantly. we have a 95 ext cab 3/4 at work and the 5 speed is useless for anything other than driving. Its just plain terrible, the 5 speed, 1st is too low even for most towing applications, 2nd is short(basically first gear), 3rd isnt any better then 4th is the opposite, too long and tall to work with half the time. For working 5th doesnt even see the light of day unless we're unloaded. This truck has a 350 though... so who knows

We also have a 89 1 ton with a 3 speed and a 454 which just absolutley rocks. Unless you hit a freeway, then the gas tank empties rather quickly.

Id love to put that 454 in my truck and call it gooood lol

Well, Ive owned several vehicles everyone being manual shift and I must say that owning an automatic is a relief. Although there is times I wish I could drop a gear and floor it myself, but a personal truck is more conveinient to just hop in and go, especially after a long day at work. Ive had two standard trucks and a standard car.

91vr4 Galant
92 Dodge Ram 50
95 Dodge Dakota
(Diamler is my preference for some reason)

Standard is the only way to go for work trucks though

[BlackVCG]

ABS is for retards that don't know how to brake with standard brakes. It's another system to take the control of the vehicle out of the hands of the driver and put it in a PCM that was coded for prescribed conditions most often not applicable to real driving conditions.

Nice buy Thomas. That should be an NV4500, maybe an HD since it's a 3/4 ton. Look at the build sheet and it should tell you, if not crawl under it and look for a logo that looks like a box with an N and V forming the box. Not sure if those had the 5th gear problem, but the NV4500's used in the Dodge pickups from 94 to 2003 would occasionally spin the 5th gear off the shaft and you'd lose 5th gear. Easy fix if it does happen, just a heads up.

Get a Holley TBI unit for that, a bench seat cover and some new carpet and you're good to go.

[PyRo]

I do like the 5 speed idea, depending on what gears the 3rd member has, I bet it makes plenty of towing power, which is all you want appearantly. we have a 95 ext cab 3/4 at work and the 5 speed is useless for anything other than driving. Its just plain terrible, the 5 speed, 1st is too low even for most towing applications, 2nd is short(basically first gear), 3rd isnt any better then 4th is the opposite, too long and tall to work with half the time. For working 5th doesnt even see the light of day unless we're unloaded. This truck has a 350 though... so who knows

My friend has a Ram 250 with a 360 and NV4500 I think his first is about 6:1 that truck probably has the same thing. He just starts it in 2nd gear unless he he is on a hill or has a load and the truck starts easier in 2nd then my wrangler does in first. That gear is great in certain situations eg pulling a heavy trailer up a steep hill when some jackass decides to stop. I will agree though for normal driving it's useless. That ram typically never drops below third gear normally. You're out of first by 4-5mph if you use it, 2nd by 10mph, and up to fourth by 20 which you can take all the way to to 90mph or you can shift to 5th at 30. The truck never complains about the early shifting though.

ABS is for retards that don't know how to brake with standard brakes. It's another system to take the control of the vehicle out of the hands of the driver and put it in a PCM that was coded for prescribed conditions most often not applicable to real driving conditions.

Nice buy Thomas. That should be an NV4500, maybe an HD since it's a 3/4 ton. Look at the build sheet and it should tell you, if not crawl under it and look for a logo that looks like a box with an N and V forming the box. Not sure if those had the 5th gear problem, but the NV4500's used in the Dodge pickups from 94 to 2003 would occasionally spin the 5th gear off the shaft and you'd lose 5th gear. Easy fix if it does happen, just a heads up.

Get a Holley TBI unit for that, a bench seat cover and some new carpet and you're good to go.

ABS is also for people who want a reduction in their insurance even though it's disabled :)
I've got to pull the tranny to do the clutch, when I do that I'll check what it is for sure. What does carpet do that bedliner and some heavy rubber mats don't anyway?

[Dubstar112]

Hows y'er clutch? Stiff and long? Or light and long? In my experience the stiff and long clutches are the ones that are worn to the floor and the light and long ones are the ones with enough modulation to not make you look like a tard driving unloaded in the city.

edit, didnt realize it needed a clutch. PITA to bleed from my experience also.

[PyRo]

Hows y'er clutch? Stiff and long? Or light and long? In my experience the stiff and long clutches are the ones that are worn to the floor and the light and long ones are the ones with enough modulation to not make you look like a tard driving unloaded in the city.

edit, didnt realize it needed a clutch. PITA to bleed from my experience also.

I never drove it with a good clutch so I can't tell you what it should feel like. All I know is it slips when you get on it. As far as bleeding it why would I have to? Do they have an internal slave? You can't just gravity bleed them like my jeep?