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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 02:47 AM
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I have a 4.7 so i added 4.56 gears to compensate.....now i have no problem with hills!
 
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by maxxguy1
running 70 and 80 about 13 but at 55 and 60 about 17 to 18
Mileage looks ok, maybe just a tune-up.

Good luck...
 
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by hemiguy0302
Hammer if yours weighs in at just under 7 k I wonder what my tank would weigh in at I am minus a winch but I do have 2500 badges so like what 7.5k? I need to find a scale.
Dunno, but I was up at KRC Performance just shootin' the chit one day, talking cam and custom tune and whatnot and Marty said "you really need the tranny tunes that your SC gives you with about 7k pounds" and I was like, "no way this thing is 1200# heavier than stock"...

Got my curiosity up, so I went to the county landfill and weighed it on the scales and sure enough, with my toolbox loaded up and my fat a$$ (about 280 lbs) inside I was just over 7k pounds!

Now I don't know which is heavier, a SFA or a ISA with a full box sub-frame? Unlike most suspension lifts which have a single or dual crossmember, the Rancho kit has a full boxed sub-frame. Big strength advantage, but also big time weight adder...
 
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:24 AM
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Are you ever gonna use that cam of yours Hammer?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 03:53 AM
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http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

Maybe something in a recall? I was looking for things about my truck, and I came across this link. One of the recalls had to do with improved speed up hills and in reverse.....or check here

http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2004-index.htm

 
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