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95 Dakota 3.9Litre V6 running sluggish

From : ltlbland2001

Q: mac.davis@splinters.comcast.net says... on 24 jul 2005 153629 -0400 snoman uselinktoemail@autoforumz.com wrote christopher thompson wrote then wheres the fun in having the hemi if you cant turn er loose = in a heavy suv/truck it is a lot more show than go. you mean that theres a reason for the word hemi to be in big ugly letters on those durangos mac please remove splinters before emailing its more to get you distracted so you wont realize youre looking at one of the ugliest suvs ever made..; bdk .

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From : scott and barb

.bob bobcowan@access4less.nospam.net wrote in joe wrote .bob bobcowan@access4less.nospam.net wrote in carolina watercraft works wrote its my understanding that a 185 degree stat will really help the 360 perform better. is that not quite the case yes and no. on a stock engine it will probably perform worse because the computer thinks the engine is still cold. it will run rich idle poorly and get crappy mileage. guess how i know this since trying that experiment and quickly reversing the process i used a hypertech programmer. this advances timing and adds a smidgen more fuel. that worked great but on a hot day or when towing i would get pinging at heavy throttle. so i went back to the 180* thermostat and added a bottle of water wetter. truck doesnt get as hot and no pinging. last time i towed on a hot day i abused the engine a little to try and make it ping - it didnt. other than that i notice no difference at all in operation. so bottom line stock engines should use stock thermostat. my 360s basically stock with a 185 thermo and it runs great. a/c on idling in traffic and 93 degrees outside is no problem at all. mileage hasnt changed at all from the 195 thermo - still 14 mpg overall. bob do you have a link to the hypertech what octane are you using at the pump joe 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc 93 mustang lx 5.0 hatch with a few goodies www.hypertech.com there are two levels of tune available with the hypertech 89 and 91 octane. i tried them both. 89 made a huge difference over stock and got better fuel mileage. 91 didnt seem to make any additional improvements but required premium fuel and got worse mileage. so i run mid grade all the time. even when towing. thanks for the info. .