arkansas chapter

[djgaston]

Meg- Yes, I'm totally cool.

Hey Nick! I'm up for a GTG sometime for sure. There is one being worked on up at the track in Missouri (I forget the name of the town) and also a dyno day at Floor-It Diesel, so we'll have some stuff to do around May/June.

As far as Don Thuren, that is half my fault. He and I were working on the radius arms and then my truck sat over at the farm for like a month, and so it killed a lot of time. I still don't have my shop wired up for the welder but I plan to do that in a week or two so I can weld the brackets on and get going. Fortunately, some other guys I talk with online have stepped up and taken over so we should have some radius arms from Thuren shortly. I know his little girl is about to be born so he'll probably be out for a couple of weeks. Maybe by March 1st we'll have something ready to ship out to everybody.

I did fall off the face of the planet. I hear that just about every two days. It's been a rough couple of months but I'm getting back into the swing of things. I'll send those pics over to you but they are HUGE so I'm going to send one and see if you even get it before I fire them all over.

Anyway, we can all get together sometime this spring or early summer with some of the diesel-related events going on. I'll be getting into sled pulling season around that time as well. I should have 100 hp injectors and ATS twins under the hood before then.

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2004.5 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 - Edge Hot Juice and EZ, AFE intake, MBRP exhaust no cat, SBC 3600 lb dual disk clutch, Road Armors front and rear, Custom 4.5 inch lift, 37 inch tires on 17x10 wheels, hydro assist steering, Warn 16.5k winch, SRT10 hood, more

[cummin_un_glued]

djgaston......i'd like to know when/where on the dyno day i'd like to make it to that and of corse you know i'll be there for the pulls this summer.....just gotta get my clutch before then but i'll have it

i'll for sure up for some get-2-gethers with everybody

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[JMalone]

For sure! A GTG would be all kinds of fun. My truck's too stock to do much fun, but I'm all about learnin' from ya'll! I wanna get all the appearance stuff done first. Then gauges, then go from there. One day at a time! LOL!!!

I'm sure if Nick goes somewhere diesel-related I'll follow in my truck... He's my hero (gotta keep the butt-kissin' up so he'll keep helpin')!! LOL!!

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'06 2500 Big Horn SLT 4x4 QC SWB Auto - Mineral Gray 315/70/17 BFG ATs, 2" Leveling Kit, AEM Brute Force, 5100 Bilsteins, Fuel Tank Vent Mod, Edge Juice w/ Attitude, Silencer Ring & Muffler MIA, Xtreme Liner,Tough Country Bumpers, Mopar Rear Well Liners and some other stuff...

ROTM - Feb. 2007

[njmaier]

Originally Posted by JMalone

I'm sure if Nick goes somewhere diesel-related I'll follow in my truck... He's my hero (gotta keep the butt-kissin' up so he'll keep helpin')!! LOL!!

And don't you ever forget it!!!

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'03 3500 QC 4X4 6spd 3.73 LWB SRW - 37" Toyo MTs, H2 rims, ISSPRO Gauges, Bully Dog Power Pup, Edge EZ, AEM intake, 4" pipe, Carli suspension, Thuren track bar and crossover steering, DSS steering brace, DT Pro Fab control arms, BD short shift, Ranch Hand Bully Nose, fuel tank vent

[cummin_un_glued]

megan.....which leveling kit did you use? the springs, the steel spacer, or the poly spacer?

looks like there are alot of us from the northern part of the state...makes a get together a little easier

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[JMalone]

Originally Posted by njmaier

And don't you ever forget it!!!

You've done enough for me I never will!! I appreciate you tons!!!

Originally Posted by cummin_un_glued

megan.....which leveling kit did you use? the springs, the steel spacer, or the poly spacer?

looks like there are alot of us from the northern part of the state...makes a get together a little easier

I'm running the top gun customz spacers. I'm happy with them thus far!!

I think a get-together will work itself out! I'm glad we've all started posting on here! It's a good way to get to know the local folks.

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'06 2500 Big Horn SLT 4x4 QC SWB Auto - Mineral Gray 315/70/17 BFG ATs, 2" Leveling Kit, AEM Brute Force, 5100 Bilsteins, Fuel Tank Vent Mod, Edge Juice w/ Attitude, Silencer Ring & Muffler MIA, Xtreme Liner,Tough Country Bumpers, Mopar Rear Well Liners and some other stuff...

ROTM - Feb. 2007

[djgaston]

Unglued, I'll definitely post up when I know about some diesel events. I'm on several other sites and somebody is always brainstorming something up.

And yeah, we are all up here in the northern part of the state, which puts me in the middle of all of you. 3 hours to Fayetteville/Springdale, 3 hours to Jonesboro, 3 hours to Little Rock. I'm right smack in the middle of everything. I don't know if that's good for anything, but it sure makes me feel cooler about where I live.

Megan, you are a typical girl. Gotta get your foo-foo stuff on there first before you make the truck functional. Gauges are the most important thing you could put on! Do them first, then you can put your rainbow streamers on the mirrors, and get the glitter-bomb paintjob done. Man, I crack me up.

Hope you all are enjoying the snow. I went out and played around in the 1/2 ton earlier. Everybody be careful! If any of us get into wrecks, I feel sorry for the other vehicles!!!!!

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2004.5 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 - Edge Hot Juice and EZ, AFE intake, MBRP exhaust no cat, SBC 3600 lb dual disk clutch, Road Armors front and rear, Custom 4.5 inch lift, 37 inch tires on 17x10 wheels, hydro assist steering, Warn 16.5k winch, SRT10 hood, more

[njmaier]

I have been cuttin' donuts in the parking lot at work and Best Buy yesterday and today...I'm getting some stares when they see a 1 ton lifted long bad Ram in a 4 wheel slide across the lot

I have been trying to beat into Megan's head that gauges are necessary not optional...she still won't listen. The look of the truck is definitely the most important thing to her..she needs

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'03 3500 QC 4X4 6spd 3.73 LWB SRW - 37" Toyo MTs, H2 rims, ISSPRO Gauges, Bully Dog Power Pup, Edge EZ, AEM intake, 4" pipe, Carli suspension, Thuren track bar and crossover steering, DSS steering brace, DT Pro Fab control arms, BD short shift, Ranch Hand Bully Nose, fuel tank vent

[djgaston]

Ah, you know how those girls are, you can't tell 'em anything.

Everything around here is shut down! I went into town last night and the only places open were Taco Hell and McDonald's. Everybody else had closed up. I took advantage of the situation and did some "drifting" in several parking lots and a little bit in the road. I love this stuff!!!

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2004.5 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 - Edge Hot Juice and EZ, AFE intake, MBRP exhaust no cat, SBC 3600 lb dual disk clutch, Road Armors front and rear, Custom 4.5 inch lift, 37 inch tires on 17x10 wheels, hydro assist steering, Warn 16.5k winch, SRT10 hood, more

[cummin_un_glued]

danny- my best friend just moved up to mt home a couple of weeks ago and his been lookin to trade in his 05 ford half ton on 35s for a 05-06 dodge CTD and he called me today tellin me about a couple of trucks he seen around town for sale then he went to tellin me about this "badass" grey dodge he seen across from the bank that his girlfriend works at....he started tellin me about the lift tires bumpers hood then i went to fillin in the blanks like the lights and the steering stuff and the chips...he was like "you seen it before?" told him about talking with you on here, he asked if you would sell it and i told him that i really didnt think so....

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[Big George]

Want to get a line on power. Anyone know of any dyno's around north east area? Could make a road trip for a couple hundred miles maybe. How about a group set up for a day and a gtg. Charlie

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[djgaston]

Unglued, that's funny that he saw the truck up there! If he wants a good diesel, I know where a couple are. There is an 06 for sale up in West Plains at Earl's Dodge. I think it's a leftover that they have. I want to say they are asking like $28 or $29 for it. I've seen a few around here at other dealerships in the area.

George/Charlie, you probably have a dyno near you in Memphis, but if you want to drive about 5 or 6 hours, we'll be having a dyno day in SW Missouri this spring/early summer. Floor-It Diesel Performance has one and I'm sure we'll all get together up there and see what our trucks can do. I'll post up when that happens. But if you want something closer, look around in Memphis. I know there is a shop with a dyno, I just can't think of their name.

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Danny Gaston - djgaston.com
2004.5 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 - Edge Hot Juice and EZ, AFE intake, MBRP exhaust no cat, SBC 3600 lb dual disk clutch, Road Armors front and rear, Custom 4.5 inch lift, 37 inch tires on 17x10 wheels, hydro assist steering, Warn 16.5k winch, SRT10 hood, more