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SLEEPER318
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3/05/2002
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everything on the motor has been upgraded except for the bottom end- pistons, crank, rods, etc... I have a custom blower cam from crower with there lifters, pushrods and rocker arms 1.6. ported heads, intake, TB, etc. etc. etc. I have the a A500 with a precision indusrties viper stall converter. 2800 stall, and flashes around 3800. I have the factory trans cooler thats all. The only time your really need a trans cooler is when you flash the converter allot or your tough as hell on it. The most abuse mine see is at the strip. I had the supercharger on there for 8 month's. It's a very noisy blower compared to the S-trim which is noisy. Unless you get the SQ. I like to be heard. It took about 7 hours to install. The kit is made for 93 Dodge Dakotas. I have 24 lb injectors. As far as rear end I have 3.92 gears with Limited slip. No Problem what so ever. I bought the Blower from Marty at KRC performance. I live in Louisiana and run full timing with the Mopar PCM. No detonation problem at all. It's very humid and hot in Louisiana. There's really no need for the intercooler. Not for 1400 bucks extra for a few more horsepower. I went with the centrifical design because it makes all it's power on mid to top of the power band. There some Whipple and Kenne Bell guys around me who have replaced there trans. Dodge, Ford and Chevy's.Thats why the trannies in the new L's are from the power stroke diesels. There's no doubt the roots blower (rotor blower) make power full boost at low rpm, it just kill the trans. I choose Vortech because Noone complains or gripes about there products. Paxton too much trouble, Powerdyne- need I say more, Kenne bell- bad detonation problems, ATI- Golden west is the only ones with a kit for Dakotas. The intercooler hangs too low to the ground. You have to run 14 psi at the compressor to get 11 psi at the manifold. Not to mention the intercooler is a eye sore. That why I went with Vortech. THe T-Trim makes boost very quick compared to the S-Trim. If you like the noise, you can't beat a T-trim.
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drtswinger
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3/05/2002
23:55:05
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I cannot speak for any other blower out there, but I do know that once the bugs are worked out, the powerdyne is great. Very minimal pinging at first, realized it was due to no btm, bad spark plugs, and old wires. plus my thermostat wasn't opening properly. Boost on the highway is really fun, makes the truck move. As for off the line, i have spun the tires all the way to 55-60 (and this reading was after the tires caught, not the speedo's reading while they were spinning) I believe that the more simple something is, the better. The powerdyne was really easy to install, and does not have any parts that need maintinence or changing besides the belt. I did have a belt problem, but realized i had the tensioner on upside down. No problems now. If your looking for some great performance both street and track, then I recommend powerdyne. one bad thing though... not as much noise as I'd like.... but the stealth effect is not a bad tradeoff.. heh
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YA
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3/06/2002
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Sleeper318- Are you running the Mopar PCM without any type of timing control? MSD BTM?
Any rich idle problems with the 24# injectors?
I have to be able to pass smog.
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SLEEPER318
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3/06/2002
18:55:08
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I have the mopar pcm. I have the msd 6AL, msd wire, msd blaster 2 coil, and msd boost timing master. With 93 octane fuel I can run full timing. I set my boost timing master at 1 just incase I get bad fuel. It's more of a safety thing than anything. At the track is the only time I run full timing. Or unless I get a Mustang or something to race. I use Cheveron Supreme fuel. I don't run any octane booster at the track. As far as the running rich problem I working on that as we speak. The only time I have trouble with it running rich is when it's cold. I have the split second engine controller. I haven't installed it yet. But Marty at KRC Performance says it'll cure it. He's had the rich problem already. The 318 are more subject to run rich with the bigger injectors than the 360's. I'll keep you posted on what happens. Powerdyne supercharger are good superchargers. If you stay at the 6 psi mark. Once you go over that's when you have trouble with the bearings. That's why they have come out with their new gear drive. If I had to get a powerdyne it would be a gear drive. But now since I see what a Vortech can do, I doubt I'll go with any other brand. The boost response from the T-Trim is unreal. It's so quick. I have some friends with a S-trim that are going to upgrade to the T-trim just for that reason. Plus you can here it coming a mile away. I'm only running 11 psi and it can handle 25 plus psi. So I should last a long time.
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MikeD
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3/06/2002
19:48:09
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Sleeper what are you doing to get all that power to the ground? Traction Bars? Clamps? Ladder Bars?
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SLEEPER318
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3/06/2002
21:17:58
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Nothing. All I use is BFG Drag radials. I do spin off the line. I ran a best of 12.28 @ 116.56 mph. All I'm using is tire. No ladder or traction bars. I'm working on getting a set of Mickey E.T. streets. With the converter giving me 2.5 to 1 TQ. ratio. It hooks pretty good. Better than I thought it would. I should be in the high 11's with slicks or the E.T. streets.
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kota on 20s
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3/06/2002
22:03:05
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what year is your truck? is it your daily driver?
Eric
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SLEEPER318
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3/06/2002
22:11:59
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98' No it's not my daily driver. But I could use it as my daily driver. The truck has 25,700 miles on it. I use my Toyota to go to work in. It's only a 15 mile round trip. There's nothing stopping me from driving ever day. But why put more miles on it, when I can use my other truck?
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kota on 20s
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3/06/2002
22:15:32
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damn, i wish my 98 had 25k, i just turned 74k. do you have any pics? is is a RC or CC? what color?
ERic
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SLEEPER318
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3/06/2002
22:20:56
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It's a RC, Flame Red. I have the Hotchikis suspension on it. I have the factory rims on it. I'm getting some pics developed. Once I get them I'll scan and send you some. I have pics on the motor also on the roll.
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MikeD
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3/06/2002
22:22:50
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I don't think I could let my R/T just sit there thats kinda like bein a heavy smoker and just lettin the cigarettes sit there in front of you.
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kota on 20s
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3/06/2002
22:22:58
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sweet. thanks a lot
Eric
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SLEEPER318
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3/06/2002
22:30:24
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Well, I'm a fanatic. I can promise you there's not one dent or scratch on it, I had the truck since the day I picked it up. It has only seen rain about 6 times. The bottom of the truck is cleaner than some new ones. Once you have put as much money as I have into your truck, you would be the same way. I have some serious cash in it. That's even with me doing all the work myself, except for the trans. I treat my truck like I paid 100,000 grand for it. That's the best way I can put it.
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kota on 20s
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3/06/2002
22:36:15
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i hear ya! when i took my truck in to get the tail gate shaved and the rollpan molded on, the guy couldny beleve it was a 98. he thought the truck was only a couple of months old.
i drive other peoples cars all day long, and its amaizing how some people treat there cars.
the other day i drove a 2001 mercedes S-500 (yea the $90,000 one) and it had coffe stains all over and scratched up.
i never drove a $90,000 shi1 box before ;-)
Eric
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SLEEPER318
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3/06/2002
22:49:41
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It's sad to see how some people treat there cars. People think I'm nuts because its a truck. But hey, It's more like a sports car with a bed than a truck. It's fun as hell to eat Mustangs and Camaro's ect. with a truck. But the best had to be killing a gen 2 L. There's lots of Dakotas around town with Flowmasters and chips on them. Well this guy goes around wipping up on all these trucks killing them. So one night we had a pleasure of meeting up. It was 2 guys talking smack at the light. So finally I laughed at them. I pull off messing with there heads. I let him jump me. So now there heads are all swelling up. They ask me if I wanted to run. So of coarse I took up the challenge for a small fee. We go to the interstate at around midnight. Needless to say I spanked them by 4 trucks lenght with street tires. I made money and humiliated them. I had all the fellow mopar guys there to watch. It was a sweet night for mopar. So now he thinks twice before he plays with any more red RC Dakotas. hehehe
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MikeD
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3/06/2002
22:51:43
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I raced a Mercedes SLK I think...couple of hot chicks in daddys car. It was fun smokin em when we stopped at the next light they were like dayum!!
~Mike~
'01 RC R/T
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drtswinger
Dodge Dakota
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3/07/2002
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Sleeper 318... could you give me the part numbers to those head gaskets? I need to upgrade from the fel-pro's i have reason to believe they are starting to go. Also the head bolts. where did you get them. how much. what intake gaskets did you use. thanks for the help.
drtswinger
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YA
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3/07/2002
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Sleeper318- Thanks for the info. It's great to get it straight from someone like yourself that has an awsome set up like yours.
How long(miles) have you been running your set up with the T-trim?
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SLEEPER318
Dodge Dakota
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3/07/2002
07:38:26
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drtswinger- I have the Mr. Gasket Solicor head gaskets. There made for 12 to 1 or more compression with nos or superchargers/turbochargers with cast iron or aluminum heads. I promise you can't find a better gasket. There just like the 10008's, made for the earlier model small block dodges motors. I paid around 70 bucks for them. You can get them threw Jegs or surf the net and get them from speed shops. The head bolts are ARP head bolts. I bought them from Hughes Engines. $95$ I use ARP Moly Lube and Tq them down in 3 steps to 115 ft. lbs. Once you tq them thae last step. Let your truck set there for an hour or two and retourqe'm. I'm using Mopar intake gaskets. It's the best ones mopar has. I don't know the part number, but I can tell you they cost $150$. JUst tell your local part department you want the best they make. There's two different intake gsskets. The stock and performance I think, but there's 2 different kind. Use this setup and you want blow a head gasket.
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Viper6
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3/07/2002
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I just spoke with a shop in Rock wall, I passed this info off to them, they are putting a powerdyne on a R/T, I'll have some dyno numbers come Monday.... They are also looking at doing some minor tranny mods to help it hold up better under high torque, he said it will make it shift harder with a kick, but it will keep the tranny together better. The guy said he has been doing it with the chevy's and furds, but hasn't done it with a dodge yet. Something about increasing line pressure in the tranny....
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drtswinger
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3/07/2002
23:27:33
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Ok, I called Jegs, and the guy couldnt find the mr. gasket gaskets you mentioned. they dont offer any arp head bolts, only studs, and mopar said they only sold stock intake gaskets. One thing though, both of the guys I talked to sounded like idiots. by the way, torque them heads down to 115? sounds like a bit much. what is the stock torque? anyways, Im gonna call hughes engine tommorow and see about those bolts, but Im gonna have to keep looking for the other two.
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MikeD
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3/07/2002
23:34:42
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Yeah they increase line pressure when people swap out their torque converters to a high stall to help it shift better under high hp & torque.
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SLEEPER318
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3/07/2002
23:53:33
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Here's a web address for the head gaskets. carshopinc.com. They have them for 63.59 a pair.
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Humberto H
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12/20/2002
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Log on to this website and check out this bad a$$ truck http://www.truckinweb.com/features/0302tr_hemi/
this is a real nice truck.
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