Jim the next time you start it up cold, see if the
lifters rattle for a few seconds. I"d like to put
Ow30 Amsoil in mine but don't know if the roller
lifters will constantly bleed off. BTW, Sounds
like your R/T is starting to break in nicely.
GS -
98 5.2L 5spd
jmiller@texnet.net wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago my 99 r/t started making lots more power than it ever did.
> It never was bad about burning off unless i hit the gas hard from a stop or power
> braked it and it never knocked on 87 octain fuel. Now it smokes the tires at 1/2
> throttle and if floored from about 20 it lights them up again. If I nail it off
> the line it winds out burning rubber and continues to smoke the tires all the way
> through 1st. It also started clattering on 87 octain about the same time. It is
> lots more powerful in all gears. The truck has 14k miles on it and I havent done
> anything to it for months in the way of mods. Wonder what happened. I dare not
> disconnect the battery or i may loose what good has happened. I am going to fill
> up with 89 octain and see what happens now.
> Jim in Waco. Oh yes I did a slight mod. Put in 0w30 Amsoil and a Amsoil air
> filter in my Mopar Fipk insted of the paper filter that came with it.
>
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