87 Dakota ignition upgrade options?

From : jack

Q: on wed 22 nov 2006 170355 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote wanted to take a second and wish you folks a happy thanksgiving. enjoy and please be safe. oh before ya eat or when you say grace or whatever please say a prayer for our troops. roy ditto! amen! beekeep .

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From : ks

what i really want is to know is this is the edge ez module worth the $390 for towing a 5th wheel up near the weight limit in the mountains of the west and can it be removed and leave no traces and if so do i need a pyro/egt gauge to be safe in using the ez module if i follow the techs advice as others have said gauges are always a good idea even on an stock truck. its always good to know whats going on with the engine. that said - you need to first decide if you want a reliable vehicle that you can count on to tow what you want where you want and any problems will be taken care of by the dealer... or... if youre willing to assume some of the responsibility for things going wrong in order to achieve more power out of the engine. sure its nice to be able to add more power and still think that the dealer will fix it if something goes wrong. the reality is daimlerchrysler as well as the other of the big three are very aware of power-adders and will depending on the particular dealers mood whether or not a zone rep happens to be around that day and the position of planets and stars look long and hard at any warranty-based repair work revolving around the engine drivetrain and especially the fuel system. nothings written in stone... one guy could have torched his injectors by running a pressure box full-tilt squeezeing 30kpsi out of his fuel rail. and get dc to give him six new injectors - while another guy could have a defective-from-the-factory injector that starts leaking fuel but because the dealer sees evidence of fuel pressure tampering hands the owner a bill for $8000 to replace/repair the torched piston due to over-fueling. ive seen both happen before. now dont get me wrong - im not saying tweaking your engine is a bad thing. im just saying that if youre going to go down that path go into it with your eyes open and knowing that youre assuming the added risk of footing the bill for something breaking. and to answer the question directly towing up near the weight limit with a modified engine gauges are an absolute requirement. .

From : max dodge

on wed 22 nov 2006 222107 -0500 nosey wrote i recommended napa because they are the most likely place to help at least here they are. they should be able to pull a 180 thermostat off the shelf for your truck then match it up to a 195. places like autozone dont seem to be willing to do that. if it isnt in their computer you are screwed. what year is your truck 96 2500. .