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FRJR 09-23-2008 03:59 PM

New guy from Houston
 
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Hey, my name's Roger and I'm from the Houston area. I got my Ranger in May. It's my first vehicle, and I have lots of plans for it.

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I plan on a K&N pretty soon, a crank pulley, cat-back, 31/10.50/15 tires and new wheels, a spray in liner, possibly a bedcap, and a bunch of other mods. The only mod I'm running now is TC mod, if you can call that a mod lol.

TexasRanger 09-23-2008 04:08 PM

nice truck, hope you will enjoy it around here. Lots of knowledgeable people and interesting stuff. Houston's my home, but im in Austin for school now.

Machine090767 09-23-2008 04:13 PM

welcome to R-F, Roger!

04blackedge 09-23-2008 04:15 PM

Welcome! I have basically the same truck, and I would go with 32x11.5x15s. They fit great stock and I actually got better mileage with stock with them and the 4.10 gears. Also I would look at a Volant intake instead of K&N. The K&N doesn't come with a full heat shield like the Volant does.

t3ob 09-23-2008 04:16 PM

Welcome, to the forum!

Prerunner-Ranger 09-23-2008 04:21 PM

Welcome to R-F.
Beware this forum comes with a bite.

mossyoak03 09-23-2008 07:00 PM

welcome to RF

08XLT4x4 09-23-2008 07:04 PM

I love it! new guy with a nice political slogan in the sig'! Nice truck too...

FRJR 09-23-2008 07:04 PM

Thanks for the welcome everyone, and 04blackedge, what kind of mileage do you get with the 32's & 4.10's? I get around 16 but that's about 95% city. I can get around 23 mpg going 55 on trips. Anyway, I am going to order my intake and probably a crank pulley and an alternator pulley in the next few weeks. Thanks again.

04blackedge 09-23-2008 07:11 PM

I get a solid 18 if I try to keep it out of the high Rpms

03dangrang 09-23-2008 07:19 PM

welcome!!! I wish my underhood was that clean lol

Trigger01 09-23-2008 07:22 PM

Ditch that bedliner asap. It will eat up the paint where side of the bed, take it from me mine did.

Roach2004 09-23-2008 09:51 PM

Welcome to the forums!!! How did you fare in the hurricane?

FRJR 09-23-2008 10:11 PM


Originally Posted by 04blackedge (Post 1068440)
I get a solid 18 if I try to keep it out of the high Rpms

That's pretty good, I keep it below 3000 rpm and I still get a 15-16 - and that's running A/C minimally in Tx heat.


welcome!!! I wish my underhood was that clean lol
Used some engine cleaner, careful around intake and electrical parts, then used CD2 engine detailer, worked pretty good.


Ditch that bedliner asap. It will eat up the paint where side of the bed, take it from me mine did
I plan on it soon. I am going to get it sprayed with line-x after I lifted the liner up to find a lot of scratches, oh well, at least it doesn't allow water to get in between the liner and the bed. It came with the truck so I think I'll sell it on craigslist for $50ish.


Welcome to the forums!!! How did you fare in the hurricane?
We had some roof damage, but we live in Baytown so we didn't flood. We have had power since the moday after the storm - had no power for only 3 days, we were lucky. We had a leak and the ceiling collapsed in the spare bedroom, that sucked. Hope all you Houston members are alright.

Roach2004 09-23-2008 10:46 PM

Thats good news I guess! I live in NW Houston and we had no damage but ALOT of houses around me did we got power on that Monday too!

Well welcome to the site!

TexasRanger 09-23-2008 10:47 PM

my family in houston still doesnt have power... crazy

jaysinpa 09-24-2008 05:23 AM

Hi Roger. Nice truck! Welcome to the R-F club. I used to work for a steel mill here in PA, and we shipped seamless tubing to our Baytown facility by the railcar load daily.

Bentley 09-25-2008 01:15 AM

welcome

htjunkie 09-26-2008 07:26 PM

Welcome Robert. Good looking truck. TEXAS MEMBERS FTW!


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