WOW...56$ for spark plugs???

i dont think i have soent that much on plugs all together as long as i have owned my truck.

 

Sorry. Chrysler.

I melted my wires to the engine block on another vehicle when I upgraded the plugs, but not the wires.

 

i saw your other thread that said you are low on tranny fluid. that will make it sluggish.
so will your 32.8" tires on stock 3.55 gears, a blown plenum gasket, plugged cat, worn out upstream o2 sensor and the death flash.

 

Well, I thought I was imagining things...but when the tranny fluid was up to the right level, I thought she was more spunky.

I got a little mirror, and plan on checking the Plenum. I need to get the air filter body out anyhow to check the filter. I am going to have the truck in for inspection and an alignment at the Stealership...should I ask them to take care of the death flash? Who do you go to for that?

 

they will look at you like you're stupid if you say death flash.
if you show them the tsb that is the death flash and explain how it retards the timing and screws you out of the engines full potential. then explain how it was dodge's way of saving a boatload of labor by doing a pcm flash instead of fixing the plenum gasket then they will tell you that there isn't a problem and the flash was what should have been done.

 

All you can do for the said "death flash" is get a tuner, such as SCT or Superchips, or find a PCM that does not have the death flash.

One way you can find out whether or not you have the death flash is by looking at the PCM. It's all the way in the back of the engine compartment, on the passenger side. It's silver metal with black plastic and has three large sets of wires on it. If there's a sticker on the metal part that says something like "Chrysler Authorized Software Update," then you have the death flash.

Even if you don't have the death flash, a tuner will still help.

 

it normally says authorized software update. also, if it is hand written then that is a dead giveaway.

the superchips is the way to go. the death flash retards the timing by 4º and the superchips tuner advances the timing by 4º. so it eliminates the flash completely.

 

A small mirror will give you a good idea if you have a blown plenum, but the best way to check it is with a vacuum guage. Just like the TSB says to do. I think I have a plenum leak as well but I just don't have the money right now to buy the hughes kit. I think it' 100 bucks, not bad, but still, you know?!

 

i found that if you take the TB right off, and look down there with a flashlight the best way, because you can see the entire inside of the intake...and thats how i found mine was blown. Couldnt tell by lookin through the butterflies. i actually had to take TB off to find it.