Then what the hell is the point of your post?

 

Viper... what your describing... is normal maintenance on all vehicles...

gas
tires
oil
brakes

all cars use and go through them pretty often...

therefore being that i don't know what the hell you drove before these trucks but you must not have done alot of normal maintenance and upkeep.

I beat the hell out of my truck, but i fix it if something is broken. which is not often. i see tires, gas, and oil as normal occurences that should be changed often(in the case of oil) and gas duh... all vehicles are gonna use it.

what is the point of your post? are you trying to say he should have got some little *** jap car cause he doesn't need to know how to fix stuff that goes wrong with his vehicle?

 

i'm a kid, i wanted one of these trucks most of my life, and now i have 2. they were cheap as dirt because they were in poor condition (headed to the junkyard) when i got them. just took a lot of elbow grease because i do all my own work on them. so if you ask me theres nothing wrong with driving what you like and learning a little automotive in the process.

 

you picked the right truck to learn how to wrench.

 

it is fine to play with a vehicle to learn

however, if you play with modifications to the air intake
it is crucial to learn about the IAT and MAP sensors
and what they can tell you about your 'mods'

going about learning about difficult subjects
will prepare you for a future
where knowledge will be increasingly important

job prospects are bleak
for 'wild a$$ guessers'
or WAG's for short

 

I don't feel that putting a cold air intake on is a WAG (its a very common mod shown to improve performance and mileage) I don't believe i am a WAG either. Its not like i don't have a clue what i'm doing, otherwise i wouldnt have pulled the old 318 and replaced it. I have worked on cars most my life and learned most of what i know from my father. The MAP sensor transmits the pressure in the form of voltage to the PCM and this along with info from the o2 sensors and the IAT will determine the correct air fuel ratio. this should happen automatically when you add a cold air kit and it leans out the mixture. so i am unclear on what they can tell me about my mods? do i measure the current and compare it? what are they telling me?

 

No it will never end because every year there are new drivers... share the knowledge wealth to those who are new...

 

bravo! keep it up and your wallet will be fatter (shortly until you spend it on mods) from not paying someone else to fix it (whatever) for you...

 

thanks! yea, there is always another toy i want for it (like radar detector) haha. but most of my money is in the tank and by now the ozone.

 

I notice your running the msd... from my exerience on my 2000 5.9 gasser.... stick with the mopar cap & rotor, anything else seemed to wear out faster for some reason. also... look into MSD 8.5 supercondutor wires, they are the way to go IMO.