[PowerWagon896]

Picked up the Mango this afternoon.

1st, what a disgusting day. Took my son to town court (he went swimming with some freinds and got busted for tresspassing) court cancelled.:sad:

Picked up a new awning for my camper. After installing the new awning, I discover the new awning has a hole in it!:sad:

Took the Power Wagon back to have alignment redone. (they had made it worse) I found out that the alignment rack wouldn't even lift the front end so they never should have touched it in the 1st place! :doh: Had to go to Sears for alignment. (DCX is paying for all this though)

OK enough of the rant.

The Lt headers/cats and hidden 3800# hitch reciever install went well. 5 hours for both. $225 total :thumbs_u:

Pulled out of the shop and noticed right away that the throttle response was a bit "snappier".

Drove about 5 miles down the road, pulled off into a convenient parking lot and loaded the Super Chips back in. I also reset the clock but that was all I had to reset after the battery disconnect during installation.

WOW, now she really feels snappy.

We went back to the neigboring town to the town court and dinner. This sucker really has a hot spot in mid range where it really takes a leap if you barely touch the gas.

The sound even W/the stock Daytona exhaust is awesome. While my son and I were waiting for the women folk outside the restuarant we could hear every cylinder hitting @ idle. It really "ticks over" nice. Very even steady rum, rum, rum @ idle.

All evening I am getting my rocks off. You can really hear the roar through those thin header walls when the load pedal is massaged. There is even a nice little bit of drone cruising @ 2100 RPM.

Now for the good part. I loaded data logging onto the flashpaq last night and made some base runs before the header/cats install. Best run last night was 14.04 @ 101 MPH. Temperature 70*.

Tonite, 68*, best run 13.84 @ 103 MPH. Thats a 2/10 improvement in E.T. and 2mph better top end.:not_worth

These are Superchips data log times. All runs in both direction were about .2 faster across the board.

I can't wait to get to Napierville dragstrip on the evening of the 25th. If we get a cool nite, and if the improvements hold good on the strip, W/some little track tricks, I hope to get into 13.6s maybe 13.5s. Maybe 104-105 MPH.:racing:

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!

 

[BurntOrange]

excellent:racing: run.

 

[Meister]

Good show, Dan. :thumbs_u:

20 hp by my rule of thumb as well. Which will become even more when the engine is breathing better.

This will make your pending towing event even easier. You'll really be able to hear that sweet Hemi sing then.

 

[formerice]

Thats about what I got with the Dynatec's and hi flow cats. The Ram also responds well to headers, especialy in the torque department. Headers and Borla on the Ram with a CAI is so freaking loud at wot,and a nice kick in the butt.:wink:

 

[maneval69]

Those logged times seem pretty close to what I would expect at the track.
I have not been able to get to the track with the flashpaq.
There is a test and tune in a couple weeks. I hope the weather is good.

 

[MangoInTX]

Good to hear those headers are on and your enjoying them. Man 5 hour for both, you plowed right through it, rock on!

Whats your thoughts on the hitch, what "type" is it?

:racing:

 

[PowerWagon896]

Those logged times seem pretty close to what I would expect at the track.
I have not been able to get to the track with the flashpaq.
There is a test and tune in a couple weeks. I hope the weather is good.

@ the track I pull the spare, jack etc., lower the rear tire pressure, raise the front tire pressure and ice down the manifoild. Traction is better @ the track too as my 60' times @ Naperville were more than 2/10s better than the SC data log runs.

I also ran the 1/4 mile about 2/10th faster @ the track than the baseline SC data log run. The DA that day @ Naperville was 2441'. The SC data log runs were @ 70* and 68*, a bit better D.A I would think.

I expect to run @ least 2/10s better @ the track unless the temperature is up in the 80's.

 

[PowerWagon896]

Good to hear those headers are on and your enjoying them. Man 5 hour for both, you plowed right through it, rock on!

Whats your thoughts on the hitch, what "type" is it?

:racing:

The hitch is the Mopar OEM 3800# hidden reciever for 300/Magnum/Charger.

Here is a link that shows the hitch and how it works.

http://www.autotrucktoys.com/dodge_charger/Dodge-Charger-Towing-Accessories-C2250.aspx

I bought the parts from Mopar Super Center. I called as I could not find the parts listed on the site, but they have them in stock.

• Receiver P3M32209575
• Adaptor M82208643
• The wiring harness was $89.95 list

The whole thing + a set of hood struts ran me just over $355 and the struts were abot $50 so the hitch parts were just a bit over $300

I got a Reese light duty Load equalizer hitch from these folks.

http://www.usa-trailer-hitches.com/wd_lite_duty.htm

Model # 4301. The shipping weight is listed @ 55# on another site so I beat their shipping price down considerably.

With this set-up, my 170 tstat and my modified "JT" "Got Fan Mod" coupled W/the load leveling suspension on the Daytona and auto-stick, I should have no problem pulling my 21' 3500# trailer.

I'l bet those headers will really sound off when the Mango's got her ears back pullin'.

A big part of installing the hitch receiver is removing the exhaust so I had it done @ the same time. It probably only added about 1/2 hour to the job. I still have to install the wiring harness and brake control. I will do that myself.

 

[Rev.Hammer]

Great goin on that PW!!! Not a bad way to finish off the other unpleasantness, eh?
Good prices for all that too!