Or everyone on the forum could just boycott all threads that have been asked 1000 times and can be found by searching (which when noobs say they tried, they really haven't).

 

Well 1fast2liter, I appreciate the effort, but I really can't sticky this. I can maybe live with the spelling errors and the weird grammar (though a spell checker goes a long way, you should try it sometime), but the main problem I have is that it is full of inaccuracies, misinformation, and a lot of opinion. Couple of examples:

1) You make a lot of statements about the quality of parts used in the transmissions. Not sure what you are basing this on, but unless you have some proof, most of it is just your opinion. There are a lot of reasons the transmissions fail on our trucks. Some are well documented on other threads, others in Chrysler TSB's. You don't really list any of them here.

2) There is more to the plenum issue then just the plate being steel, and the manifold being aluminum. The real cause has more to do with the fact that the plenum plate bolts are too long/or the bolt holes tapped too shallow. So, when the bolts were torqued down in the factory, they were actually only bottoming out, not tightening the plenum plate. Then, because of the heat expansion issue you touch on, the gasket is allowed to fail because the surfaces are not torqued together properly.

3) There is already a much better plenum fix DIY on this forum. It goes into way more detail then the 6 or 7 sentences you give it here. You should have at least linked to it. Plus, you don't even mention modding the kegger, which is a popular thing to do when you have it off for repair.

4) Contrary to popular belief, the death flash was not created because of the plenum leak. A careful read of the Chrysler TSB's shows that there are multiple TSB's for pinging issues, each with different symptoms and fixes. There is a separate and specific TSB for the plenum leak, which deals with what Chrysler calls "heavy spark knock" and "excessive oil consumption". So if you go into any dealership complaining of bad pinging and oil usage, they are going to recommend replacing your plenum per that TSB, not give you the death flash to cover it up. The death flash has more to do with a separate issue Chrsyler calls "light spark knock under warm conditions" and "under load". This is caused by a timing issue, and it has its own TSB's depending on year. The death flash corrects the timing advance, so that under warm conditions and load conditions, there is less chance of pinging. Different symptoms, different fixes, separate TSB's. Yes, both have to do with pinging, but the death flash did not come about because of the plenum problem. I'm sure there are poeple who were given the death flash when their problem was actually the plenum, or vise versa. However, this has more to do with poor troubleshooting and root cause analysis by the mechanics at the dealerships than anything else.

5) Your statement about tuners has no validity and is just opinion. You would be better off leaving out your opinion and guesses, and just putting links to post where people actual talk about their real world result from actually installing one of these programmers. Also, I've never even heard of Megasquirt, and you also didn't even address B&G at all, which is a very very good way to go.

6) There is way more involved in getting a supercharger installed then just going on eBay and buying some Kenne Bell (not Kenith by the way). You have to have some custom tuning done to your PCM to handle a supercharger, which you didn't even discuss here. Not to mention that putting a supercharger on the stock kegger intake is a waste of time and asking for trouble. So a discussion of intake manifold upgrades would need to be included here as well. There's a lot of other upgrades that need to be considered too before a supercharger is installed. This needs a lot more detail before it is even close to accurate.

7) I'm not even sure where to begin on your suspension section. My main comment though is, you admit that you are "not into lifts so i won't even pretend to know the info on it". So why include this section at all if you are basically admitting that you have no idea what you're talking about.


So as you can see, this needs some serious work. I do really appreciate the effort, and this is the kind of stuff that makes this forum better, but only if it is very detailed, accurate, and easy to read. Go look at some of the other DIY's that are already in the location that purpl linked to. See how much detail those have, pics, links, etc... That's what we need for this site to make our DIY's really stand out and useful to others, not just a bunch of poorly written random thoughts. Give it another shot, and come back with it and we can take another look at it. I think this is a good idea, it just needs some work. Thanks again.




Purpl, please go google "constructive criticism" for me, and spend some time reading that before you post again. I want you to post in this thread at least 2 examples of how one might give constructive criticism before I will allow you to resume posting.

 

no i see were some of what you say.. to touch on a few though it has been proven that some of the parts in the dodge trans are a week point. thats why aps and some other came out with stronger bands. when dodge went to put them in the trucks they took some parts and made them from a cheaper steel. just some of the things i found... again i wasnt trying to draw to any one thing just a couple of examples and a push into the right direction.. if they have a failing trans instead of asking a ton of question in a new thread they do their search find this thread and they have an idea so they dig deeper.... as far as saying one part over another i have talked to a couple of transmission shops around for the past year and sat on the phone in lenth with jim from aps and what i listed were some of what he had said to me... they make kits and stronger replacment parts for them.. and since you mentioned it i will add to that section revise it a little and ad his link too.

the supercharger one the kenne bell does not need to have the stock ecu modified as it comes with its own fuel computer and an extra set of injectors to add fuel that is taken from the shrader valve on the rail to the extra injectors before the tb.... kenne bell needs no extra ecu work.. but i know a couple of instances that the kenne bell sc are used in conjunction with 60pound injecters a 3bar map and a custom tune from a sct and the kenne bell fuel cumputer isnt need nor is the extra set of injectors. if a kit is bought usally everything you need to bolt it on and go is included.. krc for exaplme includes a sct with their turbo kits and includes dyno and tuning fees with the price of their kit....

and on the death flash that was my mistake.. readin post after post on the plenium fail and youll see this.. but i would like to disagree on the bolts being to long or holes to shallow.. their are people on here and other forums that have replaced the gasket and have for giggles threaded their bolts down to almost tight into the mani. now we both know that a iron block and aluminum head do.. so thinking it would do the same... i didnt add in the plenium modding because i was only touching on the common problem and its solution not the modding of...

as far as the hand held tuners go if their looking for the best they will do a search normally i figure a newb could look here for their problem then usally the question arises what is death flash or do i have it. then how do i get rid of it or how do i tue my truck... well all the reading on here youll see what every one thinks of their tuner or what it does.. honestly people reading this who has done a real dyno pull using every tuner? probably know one. i would bet not very many using the sct eaither... but we all know whay is the best and why... again i was making a broad statment as to what was the best or know tuners out their...

suspension i know very little about lifting.. being into lowered cars is a different thing... i explained what a leveling kit was for the curious.. gave the short sweet answear for 2500 suspension on a 1500 and yes told them to search for other types of suspension lifts as their is to much out their for any one person to say who or whats the best...

again.. if you wish ill correct the best i can spelling of i printed it all in here forgot the site has spell check.lol.

i wasnt trying to cover modding of things just answear the general questions people are always posting new threads about.. if they look here and saw their questions answeard they mite be tempted to look deeper but if you want i can make a statement about kegger modding... like i said wasnt trying to go into detail on modifying or out line every detail thats wrong with the trans or anything...

now i dont care if this is a real sticky or not not a big deal.. if people want to search this should pop up as i think the search looks for the words in the whole thread....


but if you would like me to i can add snippets on the kegger moding and provide links to it as well as the suspension and dig up other transmission links to... maybe the more info provided if they can read will help in the long run?

 

ok i fixed and tried to clarify some and added a couple of more links to kegger modding and such..... like i said this isnt suppose to be the fix all guide.. just a general info and bump in the right direction to find the info.. i figure instead of answearing every question in here about say the blown plenium by having this here with it all layed out for them as to the links to each and a general statment as to possibly why its blown would be a good start.

 

Who am I disrespectful to?

But hey, was I right? The spelling and grammar is horrible, and some of the information is not right and is just opinions.

 

no what i did was take snipets as to some of the explanations to problems weather opinion or not. theis are common questions asked and the general answears that are given as to why.. links are being added as i find them and yes i know my grammer is crappy. again this was only ment to be a short explanation with links and searches done or provided already... like the tuner part they are listed in order of what people say they think is the best.. i have used a mopar ecu a jet chip a hyperchip and super chips.. so i agree with what the masses say about them.. but have also provided a link for further reading so they can for their own opinion....

 

you dont read much do you? or your reading comprehension sucks. for if it was good you would have seen the post as to you being direspectful. you also never made mention to not right or opinions.

By the way my reading comp is very advanced as is my reading speed. Which has nothing to do with grammer....

 

Purpl, another aspiring mod, just what we need sheesh.

Hasn't your mother ever told you "If you don't have anything good to say, then don't say it" ?

 

too bad people couldn't ask these frequent questions in the LOCKED FAQ threads THen usually they have a question of thier own, because not everyone is a 14 yr old Dodge Ram knowitall. So they make a thread about it, and get blasted by everyone. Why not have a single thread for questions and comments?

did you run outta milk for your cereal again this morning?

 

"Constructive Criticism"... a wonderful oxymoron like "military intelligence" or "political science", and about as useful.

Perhaps an administrator will slide through and lock the whole thing down, and we can move on.
Newbies will continue to post redundant topics, and after running the gauntlet of chastising remarks will usually recieve an answer or two that sends them scurrying off back to the undercurrent. If one were to dredge his or her way through the hundreds maybe thousands of pages of postings, sift through the posts of banter within a thread to reach a useful fact, then how much new blood would be drawn to the site? Don't newbie numbers help determine advertising monies to pay for bandwidth?

Perhaps some advice, rather than critique is in order. For what its worth, heres mine. More mods should be appointed to clean forums and send the newbies to FAQ section. Perhaps the forum rules should state what is allowed topic wise, or even a section for newbies to post tech questions, not simply introduce themseleves. I suppose they could post tech questions there, but how much help do they recieve. Most people want to feel good about being in a group, and jump right in.

There's actually a new generation of 2nd gen Ram owners coming into play, Young folks with little disposable income who are probably the 3rd or 4th owner of thier truck. Kinda like...in the mid/late 70's when high schoolers were picking up well used muscle cars from Honest Jacks used cars. Social skills, mechanical knowledge, grammar, or internet mannerisms asde, there will be a flood of new to them/redundant to us questions that they will need responses to. How should we keep thier interest?
By making them feel welcome, or making them feel stupit?