Towing off the bumper???

From : howling motor sports

Q: fullname wrote on fri 24 sep 2004 034002 gmt trey treydog90spam@hotmail.com wrote ron wrote thought i was going to stay out of the thread but one question and i am out. has anyone sent in a sample of valvoline or some other non syn oil and have it tested for usefull life like has been down with the syn oils i have always used valvoline and everytime i change it in the 5000 mile range it still seems like it would go a lot longer. ron well my manual says 7500 miles for an oil change so at 5000 the factory says it still has 2500 miles left in it. you can always send in a sample of your own and post the results. i would be interested to send in a sample myself for my truck. i would be interested to know if anyone in this group has in the last 20 years had an engine oil related failure when following the manufacturers guidelines for changes with dino oil. i had a fiero gt with the 2.8 spin a main bearing but no-one has ever hinted that any oil synthetic or otherwise would change that bean counter initiated manufacturing error. i had a fiat 850 spyder disassemble its self back in 1973 but nothing since then and i run them hard. remo .

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From : justin bird

i work from dodge at the quick lube the only engine that the brand of oil matters in is the viper v-10 motors. with everything else oil is oil subject mobil 1 vs. valvoline is there really a difference between motor oils dodge says use 5-30 in the 4.7l dak; i used castrol in the neon but switched to valvoline when i got the truck i notice a lot of folks using mobil 1 at least in their posts and was curious to know why. j. .

From : miles

gee and i wonder why they put that rev limiter in there. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving the reason i wanted to see about disabling the limliter is simple....at 90 mph it shuts the fuel off...shortly after this gd mustang caught up to me and passed me...nuff said thx all for you replys hey guysi got an 03 dakota 4.7 how do i unhook or disable this rev limiter thx thump .

From : mac davis

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From : bob

tbone wrote i am thinking about buying the srt 10. my problem is i have spent 5 years working on building my 96 c1500 ext cab chevy truck. i am at the point where all i need to do is finish the motor. all it needs is a whipple super charger. but now i am thinking about the srt 10 since it has everything i want my chevy have. my question is should i sell the older truck and buy an srt. i am looking for opions about the srt. is it worth the money or should i finish the chevy. i have no preference when it comes to trucks as long as it is not a ford. i figure the super whipple would put me at about 480hp. im going to probably piss off the blind loyalty folks but heres my take on it. i looked long and hard at the srt 10. it is a looks like a truly impressive truck but it isnt really a truck. it is quick. now for the down side it will cost around 45k or they did when i was looking last april you cant tow with them you cant put more than 500lbs. in the bed. so say the dealer. warranty issues they say. they only come as a standard which can be a pia if you have to contend with traffic. the srt 10 is a few mph faster top end and a couple of tenths quicker in the quarter depending on what test you read than the lightning. you can tow with the lightning you can put a 1/2 ton in the bed. one other thing you can spend the 15k$ that you save on it on a nice hd you can probably guess that i bought a lightning. love the sound of the blower in the morning sounds like victory.bfg according to the guy on trucks ford is redoing the lightning to match power and speed with the srt10 in 05 or possibly 06 and with that will probably come the same limitations and pricing as the srt10. historically the lightning has had reasonable towing ability and the use of the bed though somewhat limited. why would they change now its the reason the lightning has been popular all along while others have come and gone. great performance and some utility at a reasonable price. i believe that it is a matter of status. for a long time ford was the king and now dodge has something that can beat it in power speed and handling. i believe that if dodge could have created this level of performance and made it fully usable as a truck they would have but as they say there is no such thing as a free lunch so instead they basically redesigned a viper with a truck body. if ford wants to regain its crown and compete with dodge on this level they will have to make some serious changes and give up the actual truck capability and stacy from trucks made it sound like that is their intention. not really tom. all ya have to do is change the pulleys to up the boost. or change the blower to a kb and go with a dyno tune a safer metheod. remember we are only talking a few mph and a few tenths.rumor is a total redesign and more hp some time in 06. roy the lightings close to being maxed out as it is. with their new intercooler that runs off the a/c itll put out some hefty hp. but all the while the srt-10s still loafing. bolt a kb onto an srt-10 and youll kill any lightning. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .

From : mac davis

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From : howling motor sports

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