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Offline Tman

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #510 on: March 19, 2013, 10:50:21 AM »
Plan to ride some this week myself. Need to get out of the shop some! Been looking at new bikes, when I look at the price of a Yeti I think of all the safety gear that would cover, 3-4k!

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #511 on: March 19, 2013, 10:54:09 AM »
Exactly.  I picked up a closeout on a "team discount" Giant TCR advanced.  It was $2,500 without wheels.  Sometimes I kick myself for spending the money on it, but once I'm riding it, all that $$$ is forgotten.
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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #512 on: March 19, 2013, 11:47:43 AM »
Santa's brown truck brought me some more goodies today....



the Dzus goodies needed to mount Moon disks onto my wheels.

Disks have shipped, but I haven't received them yet.

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #513 on: March 19, 2013, 12:12:37 PM »
...and some goodies to fabricate the 4-speed shift linkage.  Goodbye to the 34 year od plastic bushings and bent steel rods.  Hello to steel rod ends, 3/8" fine threaded rod, and oilite bushings.





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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #514 on: March 19, 2013, 09:51:37 PM »
I picked up a great sponsor today - Performance Diesel Injection in Ontario, Canada. Giles at PDI just made it possible for me to run one of his performance diesel camshafts in my Rampage. Without his generous help, there is a high likelihood that I would not have spent the money for this cam.
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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #515 on: March 19, 2013, 09:57:10 PM »
Göran at Dieselmeken AB, Colin at Techtonics, Gary and Doug at AMT racing engines, and now Giles at Performance Diesel Injection have all stepped up to help me with this project. I can only offer my sincere thanks to all of them.
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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #516 on: March 19, 2013, 11:20:51 PM »
Congrats Steve! You deserve some support!

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #517 on: March 20, 2013, 03:33:48 AM »
Good news.  :cheers:

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #518 on: March 20, 2013, 08:56:46 AM »
First of all - this forum provides as much or more support than any web-based community I have ever been involved with. The technical information sharing, experienced advice, and all-around good people make this a top-notch website and community.  For that, I am very thankful.

The commercial sponsorships really help to defray the costs, freeing up funds for other parts of the project.  The commercial help I have received has been from some of the top names in their various industries.  For that, I am very thankful.

In short, THANK YOU!

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #519 on: March 20, 2013, 09:02:09 AM »
Good one Steve. Sponsors are important and should get all the credit they deserve.  :cheers:

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #520 on: March 20, 2013, 09:08:46 AM »
Great new on the sponsorships!

Gregg

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #521 on: March 21, 2013, 07:31:58 AM »
Steve,

I wanted to post this pic and info to show you what our trucks NEED to look like.
This truck was owned by Chris Pauluk out of Modesto, CA and he called it the Ramlet.
Do a search on his name and Ramlet and you'll get back quite a number of hits.



It has Koni adjustable shocks all around with coilovers up front, axle flip in rear and 17" wheels (no rubbing!).

Here is his Car Domain link set to page 5 (lowering pics):
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/649171/1984-dodge-rampage/page-5/
Here is a link to MiniTruckin that featured his truck and also note the comment about bump steer:
http://rides.minitruckinweb.com/ride/1002673/chris-d/1984/dodge/rampage/photos/13.html
This search is where he did several aero flow simulations and posted on youtube:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AkrT1nJbxvGyCOST41xHTW.bvZx4?p=1984+Dodge+Rampage+%22Ramlet%22+Areo+testing+simulator+&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-200

As usual, hope this helps,
Gregg
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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #522 on: March 21, 2013, 07:35:44 AM »
Gregg, we don't have those trucks here but the front looks a lot like a Fiero. We had a few of those here a while back. It's a nice looking truck that you posted.

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #523 on: March 21, 2013, 08:31:43 AM »
Gregg:
    Great looking Rampage there.  I haven't had time to check out the details yet, but should get to them later today.

    Is this the same guy who had that huge build thread on the Turbo Mopar board (the truck started life as a complete rust bucket?)

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Re: '84 Dodge Rampage Build Thread
« Reply #524 on: March 21, 2013, 06:45:11 PM »
Gregg:
    Great looking Rampage there.  I haven't had time to check out the details yet, but should get to them later today.

    Is this the same guy who had that huge build thread on the Turbo Mopar board (the truck started life as a complete rust bucket?)

Steve.

Nope, this one was done 6 - 7 years ago. The owner was involved in a bad accident that screwed up his back and he ended up selling it.

Gregg