04 Dodge Ram....a little at a time..

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by thacru78I call BS. Moser made me new axles the first time around...and just resplined my axles less than 2 weeks ago. First go around was 2 per side...and they just did another 4 per side...r the reapline was like $150 shipped and the new axles were around $450 shipped both ways. Sounds like someone gets a better discount at Strange if u ask me. I just got my axles from Moser last Friday before Texmex. ---------------------------------------------Hmmmmmmm the guy who is doing my axle told me last night they use Strange for there shit to. I actually never have even herd of them till last night. Thats pretty bad on my part haha.

Has anyone Z'd a dodge with a 5 speed?  just wondering what we are going to have to do diffrent than a auto.

put the fuel cell in and found a few problems.......

 It's going to sit up too high, I'm going to have to either raise the floor or cut a bigger whole.....   Any Ideas?????

Edited: 3/30/2010 3:41:28 AM by loudciv

i believe taylor bases his cells off the one we did for my truck. if so, try mounting it to the bottom of the rail. we used threaded nutserts into the rail, then just bolt the tank in.  

  The fuel cell mounts on the  underside of the frame. so you are able to remove the fuel cell without taking the bed off.   The angle iron goes on teh bottom side.         The distance from teh top of the fuel cell, to the top of that angle iron is the amount of the frame, minus .5", so the fuel cell will sit barely below the frame rails, and have clearance, so you mount the fuel cell from the underside of the frame, not the top like you have in those pics.      hey, i shot you an email about the "Z" and your 5speed, i think you may be safe...

Thanks guys...  I believe Thursday we should be able to start working on it again.

Got some parts in today.  should have the front mostly done monday.  the shop called today and my rearend is done, so I plan to go pick it up monday as well.

awesome build

this just dawned on me matt, there are pics of a 5 speed that is Z'd on Silver Star Customs website i believe... their damn site wont work for me, but im pretty sure that white one on thare is a manual tranny...idk if it offers any good pics or not tho.   Tay lor

I looked around and found it but it didn't have any pics of the Z