Durango boards

From : chastity redmon

Q: if the rest of the engine is stock neither will deliver noticable gains. you are just another victim of advertising hype. the public too often believe the engineers in detroit are stupid. test my conclusion yourself and get back to this group with your conclusions. steve i fairly recently installed a one inch throttle body spacer on my 94 ram 1500 5.2l and just today got my cold air intake in the mail only to discover that the two cannot be used together in this application because the intake will not fit under the cowel with the throttle body spacer installed. my first thought is to remove the spacer and keep the intake but i want to make sure that i keep the mod that adds the most power. i am guessing the intake will probably give me the larger power gain but does anyone out there know for sure thanks in advance! .

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From : bob

on thu 09 dec 2004 044711 gmt mac davis mac.davis@comcast.net wrote on wed 08 dec 2004 223234 -0500 nospam.clare.nce@sny.der.on.ca wrote on wed 08 dec 2004 153019 gmt mac davis mac.davis@comcast.net wrote on wed 8 dec 2004 063442 -0500 bks wrote i have a 2001 dodge dakota quad 4x4 with 16 tires the original rims. a dope at a tire shop said i couldnt go down to 15 rims for the winter due to all the electronics in 4x4. first dodge oem is either 15 or 16 inch tires---you cant tell me they change the electronics or tranny when they sell trucks with the original larger or smaller tires. is he full of it i would love to get smaller tires for winter with new steel rims---cheaper and better. and any recommendations on snow tires for massachusetts would be recommended. have bridgestone atv revos and they suck in the snow. thanks. im sure that changing rim size will at least mess up the reading of your speed sensor which effects speedometer odometer and abs.. we went from a 255-16 to a 265-16 on our 99 ram and the speedo is off 4%.. changing rim size will have no effect on the speedo - period. changing tire rolling diameter will. with the snow you get in mass. a tall narrow tire will give you more control than a low wide tire. wet snow and slop are the order of the day and you need pressure to get traction and you want as little frontal area pushing the slop as you can get away with. add to that the requirement to clear the tread and what you want is a fairly agressive and blocky tread with lots of tiny tread sipes to grab the wet hardpack and ice under the loose layer on top. if you are exclusively driving in deep undisturbed firm but not packed snow a wider tire can help - but that is so low a percentage of your driving to make it almost irrelevant. i personally like a high profile blizzak or graspic. with 78 series graspics on my vehicles i can start go turn and stop effectively in the worst central ontario can dish out - i cant imagine the original poster going from 16 to 15 rims and ending up with the same tire diameter... if you get a big enough 15 tire it is possible. and if the tires are a bit smaller overall all that happens is you lose a bit of ground clearance and you get fewer speeding tickets ------ .

From : miles

i live in the mountains where there are often slick snow conditions. my wifes weight of 130 lbs. moving to the back of the van was often enough to make the difference .. not like having four wheel drive but it would get us home. the sand tubes are also handy if you get stuck to use a little of the sand around the wheels to get you moving again. for years i have been seeing people put bags of sand in the bed of their truck during the winter. i have been questioning whether this little bit of added weight really helps traction. i figure the rear end of a truck weighs at least 1000 lbs. most people add 100 pounds of sand or several cinder blocks. so how could an additional 10% make any real difference isnt the rear end heavy enough as it is isnt the addition of sand or blocks just a psychological thing the perception of greater traction phyloe -- life is the things that happen while youre waiting for things that never happen .

From : nosey

on wed 8 dec 2004 174428 -0500 maxpower damnnickname@yahoo.com wrote was that your bee that stung me did it have my brand on it beekeep .