Author: Walkercolt
Stupid questions about Hemis
How come the Ram’s Hemi drops to 4 cylinder mode and the Chrysler 300’s only drops to 6 cylinder mode? Doesn’t that seem backwards? Another stupid one. Why haven’t they built a 6 cylinder Hemi? (Like for the Dakota and Jeeps with the 4.7L?) I also don’t understand why they don’t offer a bigger Hemi…
Lousy mileage with 4.7L
I’m at 59K, changed plugs at 50K, had fuel injectors and fuel rails cleaned at 50K and my mileage is terrible. A Hemi Ram could do as well or better with in-town driving. Cleaned TB out at 55K, no improvement. Running 100% gasoline (10% ethanol drops me to about 13.5MPG from 15.5). The late ’98 5.2…
Is the Auburn limited slip worth a grand?
Loadrunner, I don’t think it is. My trucks have had the tow pkg. and that’s part of the deal with the SLT+ option pkg. The Auburn on wet or snow or ice typically doesn’t engage for the first 20-50 feet letting the right wheel spin, then it hits in pretty hard. Alot like a Posi-Trak. Now a Detroit…
My new “toy” is running
My new “used” (3000Km) ’94 1/2 Suzuki GXV500R (2 stroke V-4 home-market bike) has it’s new custom exspansion chambers on it and it’s new “black box”. With the “Global Warming” we’ve been having here in Okie-land (on track for a near record cold winter), no point in buying $700 worth of Metzler’s…
Poor gas mileage with an ’04 4.7L
In about the last 6 months, starting just before my 50,000 mile major service, the fuel economy on my ’04 Club Cab 4.7L auto has been dropping. At the major service we did plugs and everything and more the book says, I had the injectors cleaned with the BG system. I had cleaned the K&N just before…