best spray in bedliner for a 1999 Dodge ram?

From : ignoramus6334

Q: youll most likely get a lot of conflicting opinions on this one. for a number of reasons i chose linex for the bed of my 03. so far i like the durability but the nice shiny speckled look when first sprayed on is gone. i use an armor all type protectant on the rails to at least make that portion look good. other than that i have no complaints and i have put many different loads in the bed. the stuff is good! --mike any suggestions i .

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From : redneck tookover hell

budd cochran wrote budd cochran wrote i know youre using the old girl 331 just as an example and yes they did have a great hp to ci ratio but what would they rate that 331 at using the system they put in place in the early 70s ie gross vs net. jeff jeff ive seen 5 or 6 formulas for calculating net horsepower from the gross dyno horsepower figures and none seem to get it right. i guess theres too many variables involved. my personal estimate and its only a wild estimate would be about 270 - 280 hp. for the time it would still have been king of the hill. vbg the point i was trying to get across to moparman was that having 1 hp / cu.in. wasnt some magical figure to rest your laurels on. many crate wedge motors can do the same thing with just a carb intake and a set of street headers 360 / 380 hp mopar for example which means his hemi is only about average in hp / cu. in. by todays standards. he could get even more hp by swapping in a crate motor. budd i get you. ;- when i was a kid my dad came home with a 62 oldmobile f-85 jetfire. 215ci turbocharged aluminum v8 rated at 215hp. we well i was along for the ride took it to irwindale raceway and he ran low 14s on skinny little 14 bias belted tires. completely stock. i do remember him removing the before the muffler plate cut-out. that car used to surprise the hell out of the big chevys fords and others on whittier blvd. did he remember to keep the water / alcohol bottle filled lol... thanks for pointing out my omission. the car was fuel-injected as well. i remember a lot of mornings watching him pore that stuff in. it looked like milk. we eventually sold it because my dad got tired of the overheating problems etc. we only had the car for a year and a half or so. my dad commuted to la from whittier everyday about 60 miles or so and that car was not a good commuter. not on la freeways anyway. ;- the guy we sold it to had to dump the 215 after about 50k miles. the dreaded sludge buildup eventually killed it. that and he got tired of the complexity. many years later i was cruising whittier bl. with some friends and we saw the car. we got the driver to pull over and discovered a little olds full of cute girls. she popped the hood and thats when i discovered the engine swap. imagine the girls consternation when they realized we werent interested in them but their car! i got the girls ph# so i could talk to her father and ask him about the car. lol... even though the car was relatively lite i suspect it was making at least the advertized hp. my point being maybe the 331 was under-rated. jeff back in the 50s before the famous horsepower wars of the 60s most engines were rated pretty close to their dyno output but like ramworker pointed out they were tested under ideal conditions without any extra loads like water pump alternator exhaust etc. this pretty well eliminated the need to brag up the horsepower. i see. i remember in the mid to late 60s manufacturers were short- changing their own product hp to escape the insurance bean counters. mostly on the more exotic examples like the l88 vette and later the ls7 454s to name a few chevys anyway. i guess the 50s were a little less regulated and there wasnt the need or the power levels hadnt as yet gotten so stratospheric thus there was no need. jeff .

From : dimbo spams

i just purchased a flatbed trailer. dual axle brakes on one only. now i need a good brake controller. i want digital not inertia. i want quality without a lot of extra doo-dads. i have the factory tow package and i still have the controller pig tail from dodge. right now reese is looking pretty good. what have you used that youve like or dis-liked and wheres the best place to get it -- ..bob 1997 hd fxdwg - turbocharged! 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1983 gmc jimmy - mountain beater 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1966 ffr cobra - ongoing project .

From : ignoramus13667

whats different about a hemi engine that make it a hemi is it the pistons -- smoove 91 gsxr 750 96 chevy c1500 and 94 suburban hated by many... confronted by none! pain is weakness leaving the body!!! its better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. www.myhooptie.com . 222 289769 d0h4d.16708$xw.15170@twister.socal.rr.com howling motor sports wrote i think you may have missed my point and of course thank you for pointing out my opinion in my statement. maybe i should have used the term higher quality oil as i certainly dont want to say valvoline isnt a good oil. lets just leave it at there are clearly better oils on the market and i dont just mean amsoil. the point i was trying to make is from a total cost of ownership or roi return on investment point of view using an extended drain high quality oil will cost the same or less then a traditional oil. as i mentioned when i did the math on my friends purchase it came down to about the equivalent of 10 bucks per 3k mile oil change this included the cost of the filters. so in your scenario you can get valvoline for 90 cents a quart so im guessing 5 quarts and a filter and you are pretty darn close to the same cost. so whats the benefit lets forget about the is amsoil better question for a while and just think about how long it would take to have 16 oil changes done. as much as i enjoy the brief moment of hot oil burning down my arms while banging my head on the tie rods of my truck i would much rather have those moments come less often so i can appreciate them more. i usually park my truck over night before i crawl under it and let the oil all over my face and half the driveway. and then i always enjoy finding out the oil catch bucket is full from some other dipshit in my house that used it and didnt take it down and empty it at the recycler. tell me. why do they put the oil filter sideways i think i spend more on the clean up then the oil and filter! .

From : trey

jeff wrote http//neptune.spacebears.com/cars/stories/oil-life.html the part about topping off the oil is quite interesting. there is actually a company that makes an oil system for trucks were the old oil is very slowly fed into the fuel like maybe one quart per 1000 mi and replaced with new oil. this way the oil is always semi-fresh and up to the task of protecting the engine. and there is never any oil changes just filter changes. jeff there is a good amount of oil in the filter. when you change the filter that oil comes out with it. you just add enough oil to replace the oil that was in the filter when it was replaced. amsoil also makes a bypass filter that runs in parallell to your regullar filter http//www.amsoil.com/products/bf.html since synthetic oil does not break down the same as dino oil it just has to be cleaned and its good to go again. my uncle used to have a sand blasting truck and the compressor burned about a gallon a week it held five gallons he thought it was about the same as giving an oil change every five weeks. he also knew something was wrong with it and had it rebuilt. .

From : jeff mayner

well as you kindly pointed out i certainly dont have all the answers ; really just sharing my experiences and the knowledge ive gleaned from doing my own research. hard to believe some of the things ive seen absolutely but we arent talking about infinite motion here just a product that was designed to do something better. as i mentioned in a previous post i only started using amsoil to prove a friend wrong and show him he was nuts with his 35000 mile oil changes and no api certifications. from the oil analysiss ive seen from my own vehicles it turns out i owe my buddy a round of golf. i shared my experiences with some friends bought amsoil not from me and they saw similiar results. this was long before i became a dealer and actually what made me decide to become a dealer. so stick with your api im sure its served you well and its certainly not a bad way to go. as far as filters the recommended filter change is 12500 miles or 6 months i run about 35000 miles a year so i swap them fairly often and yup ive run over on them by a few thousand on occasion and the analysis was fine to continue using the oil. 5 quarts and a filter will run you about 50 or 60 bucks definitely not $1 a quart but $1 a quart doesnt get you to 35000 miles either. dan

From : mgg

that isnt what he wrote. ...not that i would ever buy it...i never pay more than about $1 a quart for oil... a case of valvoline can be bought for $18 a $7 rebate comes back and it costs around $0.90 per quart. . 222 289759 58aa3677.0409212214.163203d7@posting.google.com in excellent condition but for my purposes i dont need a canopy. have keys to liftgate. pick up in west l.a. or might be willing to meet halfway/deliver for the right price. email me at patbsutton@hotmail.com .

From : sparkyc46

check with dodge and then think about changing it remember if you change the exhaust to aftermarket parts you need to have the computer reprogramed. if not you will experince problems. trust me i have been there given the well documented problems with dodge catalytic converters i was wondering if anyone had any experience or thoughts on aftermarket replacements such as the fat catz high flow cats being sold on ebay. ive read a thread or two on this list that make me wonder if its even legal ive got a 97 dodge dakota with 85k so its just past the warranty period. however this will be my 2nd cat. the first one went out around 30k. so i wonder does the 80k warranty apply to the truck or to the part since this cat only has 55k on it .

From : justin bird

my friend who owns this truck says that it doesnt hold 98l total gas from the pump because the tank has to allow %15 for vapour. i mentioned something about my car being filled right up to the neck and over flowing and how i dont see a 15% difference because mine doesnt allow for vapour. pontiac states the tank size to be exactly what i have pumped in from the pump. give or take a litre it all came up because he said that he got 438km out of his truck on a full tank with 38km left to go city driving. doing some research i found this...... 2003 dodge ram 4x4 quad 6ft box 13 mpg city 17 mpg highway total gas tank 26 gallons * 13 miles = 338 miles to the tank city / 543.95 km per tank total gas tank 26 gallons * 17 miles = 442 miles to the tank highway / 711 km per tank 26 gallons - 15% = 22.1 gallons * 13 miles = 462km to the tank per city. you said you get 438km + 38 dte 478km per tank so youd be correct with the %15 vapour theory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 1996 sunfire se coupe 25 mpg city / 32 mpg highway total gas tank 15.2 gallons * 25 miles = 380 miles to the tank city / 611 km per tank total gas tank 15.2 gallons* 32 miles = 486.4 miles to the tank highway / 782.78 km per tank i get 678 - 690 per tank with city and highway mixed in. and i drive it hard so i would have to get less than what they would post cause im sure those numbers they post would be inflated with super gentle driving. 57.5 litres is my total tank capacity listed and i always stick in 53 - 55 litres from empty. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- so what is it then is he burning more than he should is he putting in less than it can hold or are they showing what it holds including 15% for vapour i will find this out. very misleading if they do include vapour! .

From : justin bird

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From : dddd

i had a rhino liner on one of my trucks and it fell apart when rocks rolled acrossed it to many times have line-x in my new truck and im very happy with it i went with line x after talking to the rhino liner people here in ft. pierce. they didnt sound professional and were flippant about everything. the line x people were helpful informative and did a fantastic job on the bed. i am very pleased with it and get many comments about how great it looks. dddd not rihno liner got with linex any suggestions i .