Took mine for its first long distance trip to Indianapolis and back, it also got fresh cap rotor and plugs and wires

 

purchase a rebuilt cylinder head from odessa. I am looking at gaskets sets now. any recommendations? also is there any difference between the 5.2 and the 5.9 gaskets? cause i found a fel pro set that is what i wanted for $100 but it says for 5.2 only...

heres the link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FEL-PRO-HS-26179-PT-2-Head-Gasket-Set-/170942928260?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27ccfe1584&vxp=mtr

 

Anytime I am not sure about parts interchange, I look at Dodge parts manual for part numbers and check application codes on the right hand side. NOt usre if 5.2 and 5.9 have same bore or not.

 

Added a leaf spring fom a donor pack to mine, I gained 1.25", was hoping for 2" but the truck sets pretty level now.
Also the ride is a lot nicer now, stiffer but not to stiff and handles corners better, noticably less body roll.

 

Holy s***, take it easy. I never actually put it on a dyno. Its just a estimate from the research I've done. But here is a noticeable difference in power. ( before I put my new wheels on I went for a test drive with the new CAI. Tires broke free far easier.) BTW I haven't figured out how to post pics on here yet.

 

nothing yet, going out soon to install the newly lengthened o2 sensor. need to save up some money somehow, so i can get it tuned... blah i just want to drive it. oh, and i also need to remove the cranks sensor AGAIN cause its faulty. gonna try to get my money back.

 

put 30 gallons of fuel and a quart of 2 cycle oil in the tank.

w00t! still getting just over 15mpg

and diesel is finally under $4/gal!

 

^As$hole.


Moved the 76. Gas gauge is working again.

Damnit this is annoying.

 

i cleaned out my 81 and put the new floor mats in it. it looks a lot nicer. i also hopefully refurbished a windshield washer fluid pump for my 81 since the stock one took a dump after 32 years. just have to hope it don't leak this time around.

 

well if it makes ya feel any better: hand calculating via trucks odometer = 14mpg, and the overhead lie-o-meter thinks its getting 20mpg...

I use the GPS odometer on my in-dash nav to hand calculate fuel economy as GPS doesn't care about tire size being bigger or smaller than stock.