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plus its a 2wd so you should def be able to get 18-20 at least if not more cruising on the highway.
 
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You can always do what this guy did with his V-6
http://www.dakotausa.com/vBulletin/s...ad.php?t=34953
 
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buy a cummins its my next purchace! ur truck will A: have ***** B: still get the milage C: blow smoke, well mine will...
 
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You can always do what this guy did with his V-6
http://www.dakotausa.com/vBulletin/s...ad.php?t=34953
thats pretty sweet looking thats one V6 that i would buy lol
 
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If I had the v8 that would be great but it doesnt , im still satisified with it. Power wise it has a better power to weight ratio than what I have now so im not bothered by the 6 cylinder. Plus its only back and fourth from school for a full year.

Anyway.. since theres not many performance gains, are there any frequent problems with it?
 
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if it has a limited slip make sure to change the fluid on time, it is a dodge transmition so enough said, and the upper ball joints only last about 70k but i do not know if it is a problem on the 03.
 
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It doesnt have the LSD so im good there. It does however have at auto trans. So far so good with it, course it still relatively low mileage. I think the fluidneeds to be changed though. Im not sure how often its supposed to be but id say is past due or atleast soon. I wont be doing anyheavy towing with other than a 4 wheeler here and there tho so hopefully it will be good to me.
 
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the tranny fluid is to be changed every 50k km's, i think 30,000 miles... about...
 
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Well in that case its over 10k. Maybe I can get my mom to take care of that before I get it lol.

And about the upper ball joints, I read somewhere recently about a recall on that and I think its only on durangos and the dakotas with 4 wheel drive. EDIT: LOL As soon as I posted this and returned to the forum page I seen the post about that recall. So I read it on here apparently
 



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