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Dodge88's 1988 R/C 4x4

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Here she is, my pride and joy ;D

 

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Ok, now for the specs: 1988 Dodge Ramcharger, Painted a year ago, still the factory color. 318/727 with 190k miles and no major repairs (knocks on wood), American Racing AR-136 15x10 Rims with LeMans 32x11.50 tires, Ravin' 55 Series dual exhaust (single in-dual out muffler), maroon interior. Currently in the market for a 94-up 40/20/40 split bench with reclining driver and passenger chairs, maroon in color preferably. Interior is excellent, rear seat has hardly been used. Plan on recarpeting and using extra soundproofing material. Currently has nothing over rear fender wells, and only rubber matting in the back. Kenwood Z828 Mp3 Receiver cranks out the tunes (up to 10hrs worth on one CD.... ;D ) while the Jensen 6x9's play it loud. Pretty damn good for just 6x9's and a 220 amp. Will soon upgrade. She doesn't see much time off-road, due to the fact that this is my only transportation. I will soon find a good mpg car, so that I can do a rebuild and beef the engine up. After that I may find another R/C that I'm not soooooo attached to and make a trail rig out of it. I have a lead on a 77 with freshly rebuilt 440 and decent body for $1000. Hehehehehehe..........that's all for now ;D

Randall
 
#14 ·
Now that is one cherried out RC!!! ;D ;D ;D What gear ratio do you run with those 32's? I know what you mean about having to buy a second RC for your trailrig. That one is worth keeping nice.
 
#16 ·
I am running the stock 3.2x (kinda sounds like windows.....but I have heard I have 3.23's or 3.21's, so 3.2x works for me). Not the greatest for towing, but gets great highway mileage. Just recently went on vacation and put about 1000 miles on her, and averaged around 15mpg highway. ;D

Randall
 
#17 ·
My rig came with 3.23's. On the factory broadcast under the hood it said 3.2, but on the tag on the front diff. it said 3.23. 15 mpg is great mileage for a RC! Mine gets 11 in town and 13 to 14 on the hwy. I had my speedo and odometer calibrated at a speedo shop so I can keep track for my records. I try not to leadfoot it too much, but you know how that goes sometimes. When you upgrade your sound system, check out www.audiobahn.com. They make some killer stuff. Once again, that is one sweet ride! Looks sharp!!! ;D
 
#18 ·
Just thought I would let ya know........if I wanted to I could own "www.audiobahn.com" ;D They lost their domain name, it's now for rent. I only really want one 10", or maybe a 12", and for what I want, either the Jensen or the Sony subs are within my price and performance range. If it comes down to it, it may be MTX though, considering they perform the best with the least amount of airspace.

Randall
 
#19 ·
Ooops, my mistake. It's www.audiobahninc.com. No matter what brand of speakers you upgrade to, I've found the acoustics in an RC to be outstanding. 8)
 
#20 ·
4x4 with street tires??!! :eek: beautiful rig, man!!! looks great!
 
#22 ·
Very nice RC - Glad to see I'm not the only mostly clean stock ride out there - Love blue though, gotta get a trail rider someday.

How about some interior shots and some of the powerplant?

If you want some detailing they make stainless steel door sills. I bought a set from a company selling them on ebay. They are awesome! They will be making the door scuff plates in a couple of weeks and I'm on the list for a set of those. If you want I can post a pic of em. What can I say, I'm running out of things to buy for my truck. :D

 
#23 ·
Powerplant don't look too purty, and the interior isn't clean at the moment. If the weather holds out tomorrow I will probably give it a good wash/wax, vacuum, cleaning, the works. It's been awhile since I've done that. If I get that done then I'll take some pics. It may be a while to get them developed though. I just dropped off my camera that I carry around in my truck tonight. Have some good pics of various Mopars around the city of Wichita I've seen. Includes the General Lee replica I saw Friday night ;D

Randall

 
#24 ·
My first car was a '68 Charger. The General was a '69. Would love to see the pics!! ;)
 
#25 ·
Well, the damn pics didn't turn out. I couldn't even find the one that was supposed to be it. Oh well, a car like that doesn't hide itself too well. I would eventually like to get ahold of one of the originals. They sell for about 25k. There were 17 actual cars that they just used for the driving shots I think. Every once in a while you can find em in the car traders.

Randall
 
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