RE: TB list, stage ONE Only!Attn Frank

From: Mok, Alan (SPB) (AMok@spbank.com)
Date: Tue Nov 17 1998 - 21:21:39 EST


I'm on the list for a stage one. Am I suppose to send a check now or do I
wait?

Alan

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Bridges, Bruce [SMTP:bbridges@alarismed.com]
        Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 12:32 PM
        To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
        Subject: RE: DML: TB list, stage ONE Only!Attn Frank

        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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