Mornin' folks

[withac]

I hopped over here at the suggestion of Damn Yankee on another forum. You guys have been really helpful, thanks for welcoming me.

I'm in Eastern Idaho and it's 1 degree outside right now, we had a blizzard yesterday so it's obvious I'm not doing much with my ride.

I had (past tense) a 2000 Durango R/T 5.9, it was taken out last month when some idiot was going to fast to stop on the slick roads and slid into my wife. By the way, if you are ever hit by someone, hope they are insured with Enumclaw, they were awesome. Anyhoo, With the settlement I paid off the D and picked up a 2000 Tahoe with the 5.3. We're really enjoying it. It's not my goal to turn it into a race truck but I do like to do some things to pick up some small improvements in efficiency/performance and help things last longer with less repairs.

[txarkitekt]

Welsome to LS1truck.com! DamnYankee is one of our Moderators here and is a good guy. He also has a really nice truck that has a monster motor--that we swapped not that long ago... You picked up a good vehicle--not need for worries about reliability on that thing--as long as you don't get too crazy with the mods! The weak point is the tranny, so keep the mods to a minimum and you'll be fine. Sorry to hear about your 5.9...
To start off with, I would recommend doing a CAI and some exhaust work (if the wifey doesn't mind a little rumble. You could do some mid-length headers to improve the lower and mid-range torque numbers. A new muffler is needed too. You could also do some 05 stock e-fans and some pulleys. Besides that, a custom tune needs to be done as well. Contact Allen Nelson for all of your tuning needs.

[Botlfed]

welcome to the site you can find what ever you need here

[withac]

Welsome to LS1truck.com! DamnYankee is one of our Moderators here and is a good guy. He also has a really nice truck that has a monster motor--that we swapped not that long ago... You picked up a good vehicle--not need for worries about reliability on that thing--as long as you don't get too crazy with the mods! The weak point is the tranny, so keep the mods to a minimum and you'll be fine. Sorry to hear about your 5.9...
To start off with, I would recommend doing a CAI and some exhaust work (if the wifey doesn't mind a little rumble. You could do some mid-length headers to improve the lower and mid-range torque numbers. A new muffler is needed too. You could also do some 05 stock e-fans and some pulleys. Besides that, a custom tune needs to be done as well. Contact Allen Nelson for all of your tuning needs.

Thanks for the feedback. What do the fans and pulleys do, are they spendy?

[withac]

Welsome to LS1truck.com! DamnYankee is one of our Moderators here and is a good guy. He also has a really nice truck that has a monster motor--that we swapped not that long ago... You picked up a good vehicle--not need for worries about reliability on that thing--as long as you don't get too crazy with the mods! The weak point is the tranny, so keep the mods to a minimum and you'll be fine. Sorry to hear about your 5.9...
To start off with, I would recommend doing a CAI and some exhaust work (if the wifey doesn't mind a little rumble. You could do some mid-length headers to improve the lower and mid-range torque numbers. A new muffler is needed too. You could also do some 05 stock e-fans and some pulleys. Besides that, a custom tune needs to be done as well. Contact Allen Nelson for all of your tuning needs.

On the subject of the CAI, I was kicking this idea around on another forum. Along the side of the radiator, on the air intake side, there is a flap that runs up and down the length of the radiator tank. It looks like the heat shield for the K&N will go past that. I think if you removed it, or rolled it back (as opposed to cutting it out in case you wanted to put it back) it would let the air straight in at the filter. There is also a thicker plastic plate on the back side of the headlight assembly, in front of the air box. If that was removed as well, I would think you would get a pretty good ram effect going on with the air coming straight through the front end and into the K&N heat shield. You'd need a filter wrap most likely because being that close to the front you might get water coming through when it rained.

[txarkitekt]

On the subject of the CAI, I was kicking this idea around on another forum. Along the side of the radiator, on the air intake side, there is a flap that runs up and down the length of the radiator tank. It looks like the heat shield for the K&N will go past that. I think if you removed it, or rolled it back (as opposed to cutting it out in case you wanted to put it back) it would let the air straight in at the filter. There is also a thicker plastic plate on the back side of the headlight assembly, in front of the air box. If that was removed as well, I would think you would get a pretty good ram effect going on with the air coming straight through the front end and into the K&N heat shield. You'd need a filter wrap most likely because being that close to the front you might get water coming through when it rained.

Hmmm...I might have to look into this little mod... I shouldn't have to worry about water getting in since my truck is only driven on the weekends when it is not raining...

[withac]

Hmmm...I might have to look into this little mod... I shouldn't have to worry about water getting in since my truck is only driven on the weekends when it is not raining...

Keep us posted.

[withac]

Okay, this ought make you smart asses in Texas feel good. These were taken the 10th of February. We've lost approximately 6 inches since then. This has been an extreme year. For the past 10 years we've had our full amount of snow the first of March and it has all been gone by the end of March. I can guarantee that ain't gonna happen this year. The huge pile in front of the house and by the Dodge (gasp, I used the D word) were piled up by the neighbor with his big Cat front end loader. My wife wanted the piles the street crews had left in the street out of the way. Great, now they're on my lawn. Whatever you want honey.

[withac]

Thanks guys. I have a complete set of summer rims and tires in my garage from the D. When it starts to warm up I plan on selling them. First on the list is rubber for the Bonneville but I plan on a K&N FIPK II with the rest. I had an Airaid on the D and liked it but in looking at the K&N intake tube vs the Airaid intake I think the K&N will be less restrictive. I pu a Spintech muffler and 3" tailpipe on my 98 Ram. It lets it exhale better and gives it just a little rumble, not as loud as some, but a nice little tone at idle and under acceleration. My wife doesn't mind and in fact likes the sound on the Ram. It looks like the 'Ho already has a 3" tailpipe so all I'll need to do is put in a muffler, I'm gonna stick with the Spintech. That's really all the mods I had in mind, let it breath in and out easier. I did buy new plugs and wires but think I'll wait until the roads thaw. I want to get a good feel for it and it's mileage before I change anything so I can look for differences. It will need an oil change next month and I plan on putting Royal Purple in it. If I can scrape up the cash I'd like to put RP in the tranny as well. Sounds like everyone pretty much agrees that a little attention to the tranny won't be time or money wasted. Once again guys thanks for the welcome.

[DamnYankee]

Dude, I didn't realize you were in Idaho. Where abouts? We vacation in Boise and would like to move there eventually.