Josh,
man you ask a lot of questions for one post... Franks truck is a 360 ramCC
(not SST). It has a Kenne Bell air cleaner assy, Crane ignition, autolite
plugs, Flowmaster 3chamber muffler, JETII module. (pretty close Frank?) As
far as your 318, I think Bob mankin summed it up!
As far as payment, its personal check only via snail mail, but just because
we dont have your cash doesnt mean we havn't already started the
build...Stage II is mutatin a little right now, but basically stage IIs have
thinner, larger throttle blades to up the max flowrate over 700cfm. Stage I
is un-shrouded and "opened up" , has the factory throttle plates with a new
stainless steel shaft and streamlined hardware for a approx +17% gain over
the stock flow rate. Your truck sounds like a stage one candidate!
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Mankin [mailto:bob@cadpros.com]
Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 11:20 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: TB list, stage ONE Only!Attn Frank
BlKV8Dkota@aol.com wrote:
>
> Sounds great but isn't your truck a Ram SS/T with a 360? What could you
> expect form a 98,318 Dak with only a K&N and a 180 thermostat? Will this
give
> me low end twist to get off the line? And how can I pay? Do you have any
way
> to take visa? Or can you only take checks? And what exactly do you do
for a
> stage two and what is the differece beteween the stages? Sorry for all
the
> questions but I just want to Know what I am buying?
Josh,
The answer to this one is simple....spend the $90 for the TB. It will be
the best dollars you spend for upgrades in terms of $$ for HP return.
I have Frank's Stage I on my '98 318 with the K&N, 180 T-stat, JBA
headers, Magnaflow muffler, JET II chip(in the shop, expected back soon)
and the Stage I TB. All the mods besides the TB **COMBINED** did not
give me the HP increase that the simple bolt on of the TB did. It offers
HUGE mid and upper end increases with crisper part throttle response as
well. I can spin the tires on my heavy Club Cab right off the line
without power braking, something I was never able to do previously.
My take is that anyone on the list considering a performance upgrade
would be crazy not to take advantage of an offer like this. You can
spend hundreds more(I have) and not get the returns offered by this
simple TB bolt on.
Bob
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