greekdrifter

I have a 2006 Dodge 3500 with 290k and Im going to put on 30k more towing across the country this year with no worries. I get about 11mpg towing out west to Cali due to the headwind and about 14 on the way back. 10k enclosed trailer

go ahead and change the thermostat. Its cheap and pretty easy to do. if your thermostat is almost closing all the way, but not quite, it could keep the overall engine temp lower than normal. It will be letting very cold water into the engine. The gauge may still read close to normal because they are designed to read normal temp throughout a range of temperature, like from 160 to 200 for example. temps are approximate.

My truck is at like 285k or something...I dont remember. The bullydog works well, I can get up to 25mpg not towing. My only complaint about the bullydog is that it has a setting that kills the fuel when the engine water temp gets high. If you've ever towed across the country, you know how hot the engine can get towing at 70mph with a 50mph headwind across oklahoma or texas.

Also, I was pulling a 28ft enclosed with my car inside and getting 14mpg towing at around 75mph. The trailer was weighing in at 10k lbs packed to the gills, I went: columbus to long beach, ca and back columbus to atlanta, ga and back columbus to wall, nj and back columbus to seattle, wa and back columbus to cleveland and back columbus to vegas to LA to sonoma,ca back to LA then to irwindale,ca and then to the SEMA show in vegas and back to columbus columbus to reading, PA where its stored for the winter. that was my summer in my Dodge. Not one mechanical issue, even with all the miles on the truck. also, read up on Hot Shoot truckers. My truck pulled all over the country like it was its job....it actually was its job. I got the truck with a 110gal aux tank, 5th wheel, 5in exhaust, bully dog, and some other trick stuff, all for $16k for a 2006. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5281495299_554edfc3e9_b.jpg

Everyone who knows, chooses the Dodge Cummins, specifically the 5.9. I got mine with 260k and just put another 20k on it this summer. My other buddy has one with 450k on it. They are both manual transmissions. DO NOT get one with an automatic transmission, the auto is junk. I had an F-350 and it was junk.

the only thing we know for sure is that its cheaper

cool video.... That's at Toyota speedway in irwindale...last round of Formula Drift

Well, I love the SR engine and the KA also, as long as its turbo. I had a KA-T for years. They both work well but I have been running a VQ35DE for the past 3 years and I love the torque as well as the readily available parts due to it being a 350z engine. If for some reason you want to go VQ, let me know cause I can really help out. I have a subframe that is ready to do for a VQ swap. Otherwise, ill keep an eye out for an SR. Whats your budget?

What's up pack.....thanks again for all the tire mounting. Btw, you got any cars for sale now?

I prefer the Figure Skating reference...have you seen the talent figure skaters have, they are amazing.

nope, but this is fast forward to 2:00, this is the last round for 2010 at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, CA. You guys should recognize one of the guys.

nope, that's called driving recklessly.

love CARS...I always get teary eyed when mcqueen finally gets it at the end. PIT STOP

do you have a suspension program I could use that'll work with win7. Currently all I have is one I can only run on my tiny standalone laptop....cant see shit. bring the rollcenter up, lower the spring rates, get big anti-sway bars and you're ready to go drifting......as long as its rwd, or awd with the front locked out. btw, more rear traction is better AND we dont run old hard tires or spray WD40 on them to get the car sliding....jsut an FYI. haha

yeah, no physics please. My head hurts from all the anit-squat, rollcenter, scrub radius shit Im dealing with on my car. I seriously wish I was into golf or something less time consuming and expensive.

no sir, I never take forums seriously...or even hating...its good solid entertainment I am looking for guys locally that are into the same shit I am. I am genuinely interested with what people are doing. I dont hate on guys that chase cones, or guys that race the clock by themselves. If there are car meets, shows etc. I want to attend. I understand the view of drifting. Guys, Ive been doing this for years and its always the same reaction. My answer is to try it and see. I dont mean power side in a parking lot, I mean go fast into a turn sideways right behind another car, staying as close as you can......then tell me drifting sucks. I love the sport, its amazing.

any of you guys on ziptied.com? If you want to learn how to flame and hate, give that site a shot....if ya can

Thanks, what kind of racing do you do?

If this site is a bunch of retards hating on people just to make themselves feel better, providing no useful information or insite, then maybe. If the haters can back it up, then you can flame away....but this usually isn't the case. hating can be good entertainment I'm jsut saying

I have autoXd and scca road raced( ITB bmw 2002 (model, not year)). I did alot of enduros at RoadA, thats my hometown track at the time. It was fun, but it seemed the guy who had the most money usually won. drifting is all about the driver. I appreciate the questions first. Its easy to flame when you are hiding behind a computer. Currently I am strictly drifting. I did Formula Drift series this past year: round1 - Long Beach,ca round 2 - roadA round 3 - wall speedway,NJ round 4 - evergreen speedway in seattle round 5 - infinion raceway round 6 - vegas motorspeedway round 7 - toyota motorspeedway in irwindale, cA. Unfortunately, with that much travel, I dont have much more time and money to do anything else. I have taken my comp car to the drag strip early this year, ran a 12.9 on street tires. The car was 300lbs heavier and 80hp less than it is now. Car is a 240sx with a supercharged 350z engine, 530hp at the wheels 400 ft-lbs. currently the best picture of the engine bay I have. My Flickr account is full and they want money for me to upgrade my account. Some of my early pics are not accessible. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1308/4696832614_944778e54b_b.jpg

It may be the slowest way around, but its the best way around. Go and try it, its a blast.

btw, Im the guy on the left, not Mr. scissor-hands.

wow, good burn, haven't heard that one before. btw, most people dont have the balls to throw a car sideways at 90mph against a wall. I dont hate you for it. As far as details on me. I work at Honda R&D as an engineer. I spend all my free time getting sponsorships and running the team throughout the year, building the car in the off season.

Guys, its good to be a part of CR. Thanks for the add. This is what I do. http://www.dennismertzanis.com http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4943920982_1843d2d592_z.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4696838082_ac95c575b2_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4614429108_4b66edf651_z.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/5098371126_f5253b6a1a_z.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5183415914_4019813676_z.jpg and a picture of me. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1324/5097773113_2b43c0d98c_z.jpg tandem with jr http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/4991533645_f2590d44a4_z.jpg glad to be on the site. Thanks guys,