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Cadstar

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  1. Saw this a few days late, but thank you!!

     

    :cheers:

     

    I have been mostly absent from the site for a while, my daily routine of hanging out here daily changed 3 years ago when my son was born, but now he requires less and less full time attention from me. I still have my SS of course and we are back! Woohoo it feels nice. Just ordered up a couple of those kick-ass lanyards from NTMD8R_SS. Wonder what other goodies like that I have missed? I still have a couple of the original run T-shirts and I have one SilveradoSS.com window sticker left (gotta put that on the truck - my first one is long worn off!)!

     

    Dig my new custom license plate too - I am a Linux Systems Administrator by trade, this plate commemorates:

    - my love of Linux

    - my love of my SSS

    - the 10th anniversary of the Linux Operating System - thanks Linus!!

     

     

     

    Thanks again, it's good to be back!

  2. Thanks for the responses. Appreciate the advice. Cat-back exhaust granted may not help alone but the better your engine can breath, the more power it can make. - Kind of a rule I learned from a fellow gearhead back when I was just a young punk. So I always recomend improvements there as long as it is in the buget. If it doesn't do you much good now, it will after further mods. Plus performance exhaust has enough audio appeal to generally make it worthwhile. :chevy:

  3. I have suggested to him to get on a Dodge site and find out for himself many times. Annoying when someone resepects your opinions but won't follow your advice. No way I am joining a Dodoge site and doing all the legwork for him, I was just hoping that some of the Dodge guys that hang around here would have a quick easy answer. CrazyMoparGuy - nothing to chime in here? ;)

     

    Believe me, when my buddy Don started looking for a truck I told him go with the Bowtie or nothing, but he is one of those poor guys that got sucked in by all the Hemi hype.

    Don't worry, we have lined up many times and I have proven over and over the superiority of the Vortec 6.0L :chevy:

     

    He even had been listening to a local shop owner that told him cat-back and performance exhaust systems don't help performance at all - they are just hype. Can you believe someone in the industry said that? So I was able to get him talked into the cat-back (not sure which one he bought) and stop listening to morons. Thanks for the quick Superchips and HP Tuners info though! I'll pass it on.

  4. HI guys,

     

    Sorry this is off-topic a bit considering it deals with Dodoge, but I need some advice for a friend. He has a 2005 Ram with the 5.7L Hemi and is looking for a programmer for it. My understanding is that no one does custom tunes for Dodge, you need to get a Hypertec or something. I have heard Hypertech is junk when it comes to our trucks but I don't what to recomend for my bud about what he can do to get a bit more power out of his pile of crap (I mean Hemi Ram).

    I know there are enough Dodge boys that hang around here that someone must have some suggestions so I can help this guy out.

    What do you guys think? He has only a K&N filter and a cat back right now. He is looking at the Hypertech Hyperpac - which looks kind of cool but it is not cheap. ($800)

     

    Thanks for any recomendations you guys can make. :chevy:

  5. I need to know if anyone else has noticed this or if there is something starting to go wrong with my automatic climate control system.

    Recently I noticed that if I fire up the HVAC system on manual just by hitting the fan switch or by jacking up the temp, it will come on and run for maybe 30 seconds then shut itself off again. If I start it up by hitting the auto button, it stays running just fine. I can even hit auto then adjust things so it is on manual control it stays running as well.

    Brought the truck into the dealer today and they don't have any other Silverados on the lot with auto HVAC to compare it to. So I turn to my fellow SSS owners here on the site. Should I press the issue or is this normal operation? It really doesn't bother me too much but warranty is up pretty soon so if this is an abnormal condition I need to get it fixed.

    Auto HVAC was standard on the SSS unitll 2005 I believe, so you guys must have some feedback for me.

     

    Oh yeah, I checked with the sales dept while I was there today and they have a black AWD TrailblazerSS on order. They promised to call me the minute it comes in so I get first crack at it. I prolly can't afford to buy it right now but I will go romp the piss out of it (oops, I mean 'test drive it'). :chevy:

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