Change the profile of Jim McBride
Administrative section
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Personal Information
Name:
Location:
Las Vegas, Nevada
E-Mail Address:
Your personal Home Page:
Don't forget the leading "http://"!!
Any other relevant home pages you've created:
http://www.visitinc.net
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Description/Explanation of the "other" home page(s):
Company I want to devote time to...someday
What is your age?
What other vehicles do you currently own?
'71 SAAB Sonett '97 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-9R '97 Schwinn Moab 2 (a bicycle; as much money as an old SAAB) '01 Ford Escape 4x4 (wife's car)
What other vehicles have you owned previously?
First car - '76 Mazda RX4 - too fast for it's own good. Learned to drive using my parents 1957 __DODGE__ D100 PU. College car - '80 Plymouth Champ, with the 4x2 'TwinStick' transmission. Two speeds reverse comes in handy in Montana snow drifts!
What are some of your other hobbies?
Skiing, Mountain Biking, Shooting - Guns and Cameras
What do you do for a living?
Working for IT department on the Yucca Mountain Project.
Additional comments:
I _USE_ my truck. Put about 20K a year on it, take it off-road, but try to keep it looking nice enough to take my wife to the movies. It's been a good truck. I now have over 275k real miles on it. Finally opened the engine for a new timing chain at 135k. I had the automatic transmission overhauled at about 90k, and again at around 240k miles. I welded some cracks in the frame at about 200k (result of off-road abuse - the long wheelbase is not meant for that). I figure on overhauling the whole drivetrain. I hear Mother MOPAR has capacity to make two or three times as many new HEMI engines as expected vehicles to put them in, so I expect to volunteer to drop a crate motor in my old Dak. I can do a whole lot of work to it for less than the cost of a new vehicle, and car taxes are a lot cheaper for old vehicles. I'm about to have the entire front suspension (ball joints, A-arm bushings, etc) rebuilt (275k miles).
Vehicle Information
Year:
1993
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Drivetrain:
4x4
4x2
4x4
Other
Engine:
V8 - 318ci
V4
V6
V8 - 287ci
V8 - 318ci
V8 - 360ci
Other
Transmission:
Automatic
Automatic
Manual
Other
Designation:
SLT+
LE
R/T
Shelby
SLT
SLT+
Sport
Sport+
Other
Body:
Club Cab
Club Cab
Convertible, short bed
Convertible, long bed
Durango
Regular Cab, short bed
Regular Cab, long bed
Quad Cab
Other
Options:
Super LE package, Tow Package, Anti-Lock Brakes (4-channel), Infinity sound. (Now a Pioneer CD/MP3 deck.)
Additional info:
I've hauled an honest 2000 lbs in it (have the recycling scale receipts to prove it), have gone some incredible places with it, and driven home in pretty remarkable comfort. Happy customer, I guess.
How many miles/kilometers are on the truck?
Aftermarket Modifications
Completed:
K&N Filtercharger (stock replacement) TCI hi-stall torque converter. Cat-back exhaust, with 1-into-2 Flowmaster. 31x10.5-15 tires on stock (6-inch) rims. Yes, it works. Accel coil Hella Fog Lights Off-road utility box with bicycle mounts.
In Progress:
Transfer case overhaul to include 4:1 ratio, slip-yoke replaced with fixed-yoke output shaft.
Planned:
Electric Fan conversion. Additional skid plates. Custom Receiver-Hitch bumpers F/R. Port/Polish Heads, rebuild 318 to 340 Magnum!! or new HEMI.
What would you do to your truck if money were no object?
Complete Engine Blueprint, with '96 roller rockers, oversize forged pistons, for 340 cid [might have to start with a 360 block, I understand]. Distributorless ignition. Custom engine management computer (68332-based). Twin-turbo (only 5-7 lbs boost) for high-altitude performance.
Additional Modification Comments:
I've thought about a custom paint scheme similar to a Dodge show vehicle I saw - color "splashes" from the wheel wells. For this truck - light green splashes on the Emerald Green metallic body color. Truck needs new paint... ..clear coat and/or color coat started to peel in 1999, so I recoated hood and roof using body shop-mixed rattle cans. Temporary fix has lasted until now (2005).
Performance
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My Ninja can out-accelerate, out-brake, out-turn, and go faster than any Dakota I've heard of - and gets 40 mpg. On the other hand, the Dakota can carry the Ninja, the Ninja can pretty much just carry me. Ninja no like DIRT!
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Extra:
Here's a section that I thought some of you may want to take advantage of... You can post pictures, sounds, and videos of yourself, your truck, etc. You can do this in two different ways. First, you can have this stuff on your own server and enter its URL in the boxes below.
(Don't forget the leading "http://"!)
Another way is to enter a filename in the boxes below, and then send that file to me. I'll make it accessible on my server. You can get these files to me by sending them as e-mail attachments to
jon@twistedbits.net
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Pictures:
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