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Oh, you must mean the LAN at "your" place of employment. Yeah, Mc Donalds doesn't have a huge need for data sharing. "Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce......." Thats ok. Cheer up, I hear they are going to lower the requirements for Crew Leader and let Speds have a shot at it. Looks like you may move up from "Fry Cook" pretty soon afterall. The laugh is on you! LOL!!! |
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Yeah, its not brain surgery to get back on a non-secure site, just a pain in the butt. Never meant to incinuate that it took any special skill. Firewall security and other encryptions are a different story. As far as not responding, wanted to let the smoke clear. |
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| Nice to see that everyone is on friendly terms again. Now that that's over with what do we talk about now? What's the title of this topic again? Just kidding.... | |
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| I just picked up my 2000 Ram QuadCab LB v10 and want to change the muffler as the truck now sounds like a sewing machine. I've been told the v10's won't sound as good as a v8 b/c of the firing order. Some muffler shops i've talked with have said the Flowmaster muffler doesn't make the truck sound very good. Has anyone changed to a more free-flowing muffler and achieved a good sound? | |
| Installed a gibson muffler on my 97 V10 and still sounds like a 6 cylinder car. Last year Trailer Life installed a complete Borla system including headers and it still didn`t give it a v8 sound. This is the only thing I don`t like about my V10. Not to bad considering. P.S. Didn`t seem light muffler made that much different, would just leave stock exhaust alone if I were to do it again. | |
| Someone else that did some mods to their V-10 (not sure if it was a Dodge or Ford) said the same thing. They said it made a difference, but still didn't have that throaty V-8 rumble. They said it sounded like a V-6 on steroids. | |
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I raise my "Non-Combatant" flag, and cautiously set out these facts: I pull a 8500 lb 5th wheel with a (God forbid) '97Chev Vortac V-8. No problem at sea level or up to 1500ft. At altitude (above 3500) climbing or with strong headwinds really slow me down (35-45 MPH)So I am going to buy either a diesel or a V-10. While the Diesel can compensate for altitude with the Turbo I really don't want a diesel. All the sales material compare the diesel with the V-10 at sea level. So does anyone have experience with the V-10 with a load at altitude Vs. the diesel. Any comments? Thanks. |
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well i guess the V10 would be the way to go if you want less fuel mileage than you have now , everything i hear puts it in the 8 to 12 mpg when towing , especially that kind of weight , really the diesel is the way to go , there are alot of pros and cons to diesel ownership , drive one first , then check out . www.turbodieselregister.com and www.ford-diesel.com , there is alot of info to be had on both sites one big thing you will notice ,both sites are pretty well biased towards their brand ,so look at both with an open mind, the biggest reason i didn't go ford was vehicle choice , the superduty is just to big , at least the 2500 dodge is the same size as my present 1500 dodge the TDR iced my choice to go to a cummins powered ram ,it was a tough choice , i am a speed demon , and it will take some getting used to switching to the diesel , but i think it will be worth it in the long run. good luck |
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| Surprisingly I hear 8.5 mpg commonly when talking about pulling fifth wheels with a gas engine. The current Trailer life reviews the Lexas SUV that gets 17.5 solo yet 7.5 towing. I hear 8.5 from Dodge V10 owners and Chevy 6.0 owners. Yet the Chevy gets several more solo than the Dodge. It seems to me the air resistance of a tall fifth wheel is sort of an equalizer. I too pull currently with a 350 chevy. Guess what, I get 8.5 on average towing, 15.5 solo. I have never owned a V10 or Cummins Diesel but have a V10 on order with 4.10 rearend. I suspect if I lived in higher altitude than Ks I might have considered the Diesel more strongly. Diesels are more popular than the V10 (or is that more noticable) for towing. I hear a negative of the diesel is its initial cost, but never hear anyone say you recoup some of that when you sell it. so do you really have to keep it 100K to break even. But even though I don't plan to keep My new Dodge 45K, Cost was not my consideration. The Dodge auto needs one more gear to suit the diesel. And the diesel is loud ( which draws some), but I don't care to go back 25 year to when I thought loud pipes were cool. I hope I've made the right choice, but in 2003 or so I can correct it. I suspect all of the big three will have 5 speed autos to pick from then with quieter diesels to boot. .... Rich | |
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