1. Rancho RS5000 Shocks: Had to take advantage of the 50 dollar rebate that ends 31 Aug. Not a pressing issue now, but 49K miles, they will be due pretty soon.
2. Rancho steering stabilizer: With the rebate from the above, this was basically free
3. Auto Meter Sport Comp Wideband digital AF gauge: 188 dollars plus a 40 dollar manufacturer rebate. 148 is not bad for a wideband 02 that comes with the sending unit and sensor!
4. JBA Titanium ceramic coated headers: I can't stand looking at the stock manifolds.
5. Cragar Cryogenically treated front rotors: I think my rotors are warped because of shuddering when hard braking from 70 to 50 MPH. These seem like they will not warp so easy.
6. Auto Meter Sport Comp Tranny digital temp gauge: I have a bung in my tranny pan, so might as well use it. Also matches the AFR gauge
7. Auto meter dual gauge pod with speaker screen: I had one on my camaro. Now I will have one on my truck.


Looks like I have something to do on the weekends for a while. I will be waiting on the shocks until next year though...or if I get really bored.

 

Damn, I remember those happy days were I had the funds to order tons of stuff all at once. I hear you on the exhaust manifolds. I HATE looking at my stock one's.

 

The wife OKd it. I saved some cash in the past 2 weeks by selling off shares for half of my stocks, then bought back the same amount of shares at lower prices. I skimmed about 1900 by doing that. She said i could use half of what I made. Joke is on ehr. She doesn't know that i will be taxed 35% on that!!!

I didn't sell off my dividend shares, just some penny shares I had. Think of it as selling your truck at an auction for 5000 then buying it back for 3000 at another auction a week later.

 

Yeah, especially when I had headers in my 1996. I have done more to my 2001 and still no headers. So i went with a good set. I am gonna be keeping my truck until it dies. That will probably be at 150k. But at the rate I am putting miles on my truck (6K per year) That can be a LOOOOOOONG time. So i am slowly getting some quality parts in her.

 

Looks like a nice little list of parts, and a good price on the AFR guage too, cant wait to see the installs on these parts

should even do a DIY like purpl *cough*cough*

 

nice man , are the rotors slotted and drilled ? im looking for something good dunno if i should go with oem or drilled and slotted .

im curious to here your reveiw on those shocks as i still have stock mopars on the rear at 137xxx lol

its nice to pop the hood and see headers ! ! i love it

 

I already had those shocks on my 1996. When i bought my 1996, it had the RS9000 adjustable shocks. THen they crapped out and I went with the RS5000s. What a difference. no body roll. But I went from shocks that were shot and not doing anything, to the RS50000s. So now, it will be a bit better to get a review. With that mileage, you will notice a difference if you put ANY shock on there. But, if you don't get a steering stabilizer, you buy 3 get one free. they are 47 a piece. you need to order 2 different part numbers. RS 5221 for the front and RS 5198 for the rear...and you have the off road package.

THose are cross drilled and slotted.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PWR-8748XPR/
THey are for a set, and they are actually mid priced when compared to otehr rotors that were priced from 120+ EACH.

--dan

 

BTW, here is the steal on the autometer wideband:
http://teamc.com/lookup.html?XYZ=&hi...e&tSearch=3379

Go to the autometer website for their rebate info. I think I actually posted this in another thread somehwere.

--Dan

 

so how much would your stopping be comapired to OEM ?
what pads you going with also ?
and i thought you were taking a break from the forum lol

 

Under the hood of your truck is going to look better than the outside of most other peoples trucks. Love to see some pics after you install the headers.