>>>Folks are wanting the 97 SBEC, and I say wait your turn, us 96 owners
>>>were in line first !! ;^)
>>
>>AMEN!
> Yeah! No cutting allowed! Hey, quit pushing! STOPIT! ;)
<grin>
> If the '96s are any indication, the '97 owners would be lucky
>if they got a SBEC before the turn of the century. ;) Course,
>it'd be just my luck if they were to say, "well, '96 was the last
>year for that model, not a whole lot of them on the road, maybe
>we'll just skip on to '97". :P What I don't understand is what
They'd have some irate '96 owners on their hands, namely you, me, and
Lee!
>takes so long to get them out. Can the '96 engine really be all
>that different from the '95? I haven't looked into it in any
>detail, but I have always assumed that those engines were
>identical. (Apparently they aren't, or we could just use
>the '95 SBEC, eh?)
Due to the addition of OBD-II in the 1996 model year cars and trucks, we
are unable to use the previous years SBEC or exhaust (with the exception
of Sam P, I believe he used a '95 model exhaust and modified it for the
extra O2 sensor to fit his '96. I've called the MP tech line a number of
times, and when I can get through, they usually hem and haw, and don't
give me a straight answer... usually something like "in the next couple
months"... grrr
> Speaking of the SBEC and mods in general, do I have to take it out
>to tow? I don't pull stuff often, but when I do its a 4,000lb trailer.
The MP SBEC is not designed for towing, they recommend you use the stock
SBEC if you're going to be towing.
>If so, I'll have to forgo the refund and keep my old chip. I'm
>also toying with the idea of getting a supercharger. Can I tow
>with a supercharger? (Of course, if I can justify the cost of a
Keeping the stock SBEC is definitely your best bet. As far as towing with
a supercharger, I don't think that'd be a problem at all, maybe Kuk or
Jules would know for sure.
>from time to time, while drooling on myself. It would probably be the
>vortech, but I think the Dakota would look nice with a roots type intake
>poking out of the hood. :) The hood scoop look (like Kuk's '95 sport)
is
>nice too.
In a recent issue of Mopar Muscle, they had a red '92 or '93 Red Dakota
Sport, with a '70 AAR 'Cuda hood on it, as well as the rear valance panel
with the square dual exhaust cutouts... What a gorgeous truck!!
>>Sounds nice... Speaking of additions, I just had my side windows, and
my
>>sliding rear window tinted. On the sides I had them put on the 35%
tint
>>(only lets 35% +/- 3% of the light in and is legal here) and it's only
a
>>shade lighter than the factory tint on the extended cab rear quarter
>>windows. On the rear window I went with 5% tint (limo tint - very
dark).
>> Overall, it gives the truck a nice gradient look from the front side
>>windows on back to the rear windows...
> Hmmm... That's one of the things I've been interested in doing, but
I
>have no idea what windows I want done and how much I want to tint them.
I
>was afraid that, if the tint was any different than the cab windows, it
>would look funny. We're only allowed to go 30% here in NY. (Speaking
of
>which... If Dodge can sell the truck with those cab windows that dark,
>does that mean I can make the side windows the same? Somehow, I doubt
it.) :P
>Ned, any chance you'll be updating the page with your new look? :)
I think the extra cab windows are probably like 30% or 25%, so even if
you went with the 30% it wouldn't look funny at all... Once I can get
the truck clean again, I'll be snapping some new pictures, and would be
glad to send 'em on up to the FTP site...
>>Same here... (but still wish I'd gotten the factory fog lights)
> Nya, nya... Ummm, oh, excuse me. ;) I just looked at the picture(s)
>of your truck on the web site, but I'm on a computer with a really bad
>video board, so I couldn't make out details too well. Do you have the
>holes for the lights? It shouldn't be too hard to add lights. I
immagine
I believe the holes for the fogs are sqaure and they are more or less
directly in line underneath the headlights? My truck has some cutouts
which are more inboard, but might be workable for an aftermarket set of
driving lights (PIAAs or something), but I don't believe I have the
factory cutouts.... I had thought about changing the air dam/chin
spoiler for the one with the cutouts, but I'll bet it's a fairly costly
item... I'll keep the list posted on what I end up deciding to do.
>you've probably got the switch location in the cab. You'd probably need
>to punch out a plastic tab or something. If you don't have the holes
If I recall correctly, that switch was to the left and underneath the
steering column in a rather awkward place? (someone else had mentioned
that a while back)... I haven't seen any tab cutouts... Probably need
to drill somewhere (insert appropriate Tim Allen grunt)...
>you screw it up) ;) If I remember right, the lights were about $90
>extra. Depending on how much of the work you do yourself, I should
>think that you'd be able to come close to that figure. Of course,
>I've never actually priced the lights or the switch, so I really have
>no idea what I'm talking about. :)
I think you're on target, as I remember debating whether I wanted them
when I was filling out the factory order sheet with the salesman...
$90.00 sounds right....
Ciao!
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