OT: Hey Mac...
From : fmb
Q: anybody else find it real coincidental that the bone goes away for a week or so and returns and guy does the same thing at the same time just pointing it out. roy thats probably pretty funny in puyallup. did it work for you mister daguy you ever wonder why you are so much bigger than all the other 4th graders in your class no but i did wonder why you spent 7 years in the 2nd grade mister daguy politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
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From : redneck tookover hell
the westins *are* mounted to the frame. they use the same bolts that hold the body to the frame. the diagonal braces mount to the body for more stability. ive had them on for two months with no problems. sturdy units! so far... --mike im with tl on this. ive had the same experience go with the westin. westin may be a few bucks more but in this case you do get what ya pay for. roy i dont think the westins are mounted to the frame but to the body panel with some sort of bracing between the two connecting points. has anyone had any negative issues with this i dont think ill be using it for a step but my first wife 118# and my mom 80+ years old will. -- fmb only one b in fmb .
From : mac davis
the right side is the drive wheel. sigh no... its not. .
From : redneck tookover hell
hi joe is the 7 speaker infinity system really that bad how bad is the standard system then g --mike yes the infinity amp is very heavily eqd to compensate for the lousy frequency response of the speakers. theres tons of low end around 50-60hz and the high end is definitely lacking. the whole thing cant be pushed too hard or the speakers start flapping and farting. until you run your head unit directly to the speakers hopefully new components bypassing the factory stuff youll be locked into the substandard sound of the oem infinity amp/speakers. best of luck with whatever you decide to do. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies michael greenwood mgreenwood@pacbell.net wrote in great info joe. my only real complaint with the infinity amp is that its *too* bassie sp too much bass. i listen mainly to 70-80s rock and /talk so i dont want/need that hip-hop thump. as far as power...i dont need it that loud either i know its cleaner at lower levels too. so unless its a simple crossover issue to fix the bass problem i might very well bypass the infinity amp with the new head. right now i have the bass slider almost to the bottom and treble a bit above midrange...thats tolerable. thanks for the advice. --mike michael just remember that if you hook it up that way you wont be taking advantage of the new decks cleaner higher power. youll still be at the mercy of the oem infinity amp and speakers. anyway when you get tired of the crappy sound from the nice head unit you can rewire the head directly to the speakers for much better sound. and yes crutchfield has the hookup to integrate the head unit into the factory wiring. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 5.0 mustang lx hatch with a few goodies michael greenwood mgreenwood@pacbell.net wrote in sorry for the joe bit but he replied too *and* signed his name...so it stuck with me so thank you too azwiley1. thats the info i was looking and hoping for. --mike thanks joe ok. anyway! you can just replace the head unit just make sure you connect the blue wire on the harness from the new radio to the blue wire on the harness adaptor for the truck. hi joe thanks for the input. what if i just want to replace the head unit and keep all else the same iow wire the new head to the infinity amp etc big deal does crutchfiels have a harness for it thanks. --mike all true. because the oem head unit infinity amp and factory crossovers are all hooked into the factory harness its necessary to rewire right from the new head unit to an aftermarket amp if applicable to the new crossovers and to the new speakers. its not a trivial job but probably worth it if the new components are decent. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 5.0 mustang lx hatch with a few goodies azwiley1 azwiley1@spamearthblowslynk.net wrote in michael i have been doing car audio for almost 13 years a lot on and off but none the less i can tell you it is not as easy as just installing a new head unit. each vehicle is different. the problem lies here though if you install say the alpine cda-9811 am/fm/cd/mp3/wma player w/built in eq and crossover which is a 50x4 unit and you connect the amp trigger lines together guess what you just negated the power on the deck and are only using the amp in the truck. you have to completely by pass the amp in the truck by running new wires to the speakers to tapping in to the factory wires past the amp to use the features of the new unit. the same would apply if you added a new amp to the new deck. hope this helps and clears it up some. michael greenwood mgreenwood@pacbell.net wrote in message hi joe so would replacing the head unit be a simple exercise if the amp is seperate i want a unit that will play mp3s on a cd. the stock unit on my 03 will not. it is the infinity system btw. --mike iamgoode@aol.com iamgoode wrote in im looking to upgrade my factory stereo ive blown 3 infinity speakers now and im ready for something else. i want to replace the front speakers wtih better quality but the same size and put something a little larger in the back doors its a quad cab. my questions are does the back speaker set up have a cross over in the premium factory system would seperates or coaxial work better in the back anyone have luck running any larger speakers under the factory grilles recommended wattage ratings thanks. sean rec.bicycles.marketplace the 00 dak sound system is similar to the 03 which is what i have. the basic layout is this stock oem head unit about 5 watts/channel rms speaker leads feed the infinity amp about 15 watts/channel rms in the passenger kick panel which in turn drives the speakers. btw the infinity amp is very heavily eqd to compensate for the lousy speakers. in the cc the front speakers are comp
From : mac davis
due to the tortion from the drive shaft torque. torsion is a bar with one fixed end and one leveraged end. thechassis will twist ever so slightly just watch the super stock drag races you will notice some of the cars twisting under the hard acceleration. yup but on the street many other factors enter in. with traction at both wheels under acceleration the lsd will enguage a clutch that forces the two wheels to spin at the same speed. wrong. a lsd diff always has these clutches engaged due to a constant spring pressure. max while i cant remember the exact name there is a type of limited slip that trey is describing tho it is not used by dodge. subaru used them in a few of the top-of-the-line awd models back in the late 80s and may still be using it today. simply put both axles are turning but at a different rpm would push a roller up an inclined plane and wedge the roller to a case-locking both axles together but it would not engage if one of the axles was not turning. id have to go out to the shed dig around piles of old training books to get any perticulars. denny arder acceleration more force on the clutch. wrong. the more difference in axle speed from one side to the other the more likely the lsd will slip unless one of those tires loses traction. the key to whether or not the lsd allows slip is how much traction each tire has. if both tires have more friction at the pavement than the lsd has in clutch friction the lsd will allow a differential in axle speed. if one of those tires loses friction to the point where the lsd clutches have more friction than that tire then the lsd stops slipping and effectively but not really locks the axles together. if you are coasting there is less force and it acts as an open diff through the turn. pure bullshit. once one wheel loses traction there is no resistance and the clutch disenguages no fun when your rock crawling wrong. this is a limited slip differential it cannot disengage under any circumstance unless it fails altogether. it will either slip or not slip. if too much power is applied through a turn then clutch will enguage and not let the inner wheel spin slower. wrong. in a lsd it never disengages. most the weight is on the outside tire anyways and if you are going through a turn so fast that the loss of traction of the inside wheel puts you into a spin maybe you should slow down anyways perhaps..... seasons first light rain half warn tires and a good stomp in the gas through a turn and the ass end will fish tail every time. perhaps you should grip the steering wheel and use it. it a straight line if i am stopped at a light in the rain and the drive tires are on the paint on the road then i cant jab the gas. i have to accelerate like a normal driver. maybe you should try accelerating like a normal driver more often. my truck also slips on the painted lines but i never come close to losing control. max anvils dont kill cartoon characters cartoon characters kill cartoon characters. .
From : redneck tookover hell
trey youre confusing certain aftermarket lsd designs with the factory dana traclok design. on the factory setup the clutch packs are always engaged and slip at a pre-determined torque limit. this is why for example when you put the vehicle in neutral and jack up one rear tire you cant turn that wheel easily like you can with an open diff. however if you put a breaker bar on a lug nut and apply enough torque you will overcome the friction of the clutches and it will turn. this is what happens during cornering and why one wheel will break loose around a corner in slick conditions because there isnt enough friction between the tire and the road surface to overcome the friction of the clutch packs in the lsd. there are at least 4 major designs to what we generically call a lsd. theres the clutch method above the torque-activated clutch system of an eaton the tapered cone clutches of an auburn the all-gear torque biasing of the torensen differential and probably some others as well. they all work a little differently. .
From : mac davis
on sat 14 feb 2004 203227 gmt anyone tiger441957@hotmail.com wrote any links or info regarding the problems being encountered by the use of plastic intake manifolds cracking and leaking would be appreciated... i read up when i got my dakota but that was a while ago... i seem to remember that its some carbon fiber composite or something that they think will out last aluminum mac .