Recent Content by Brian Criste

I start in first with any load other than people most of the time. Maybe not on a downhill... kind of use common sense there. If I need any throttle before the clutch is out in second, I use first. If I'm not through "the friction zone" of the clutch in about 1 second, I uses first. 99% of the...

I honestly am not considering the girdle. The only reason being is that steel and aluminum expand and contract at different rates, in my humble opinion, they are probably good to help prevent breakage for sled pullers and what not, but I believe that the loading it could provide in some area and...

So the 16' is now deleted and has a small single event tune. The drivability is unbelievably better. It just drives right now. Honestly, I love driving the truck again. The single even tune makes it sound like I feel a diesel should. Sadly I also drove the 96' 12 valve this past weekend, and now...

Congratulations! Ironically mine is getting tuned and deleted for Christmas! lol Close to out of bumper to bumper so I'm doing it! Haven't had any problem with the truck except a bad shifter damper so I'll take my chances. Good luck with the new truck. I love mine still!

Have and still own both. 96 nv4500 and a 16 G56. Both drive well. The Mechanical engine engine is much more throttle responsive (blip the pedal and the engine blips) the electronic engine's throttle response is absolutely awful limiting how smooth you can drive and how fast you can shift. I...

Changed mine at 12k miles due to the fact that I tow very heavy with a Southbend DD3250. Dump trailers are often in the 25k range, race car trailer is almost exactly 32k, and occasionally I do something stupid like moving a 26k# man lift from one job site to another (grossing about 40k). I knew...

That was kind of my decision too. I knew if it did fail under warranty a reman unit was going it. Ram wouldn't have put a brand new trans in it so who knows the true condition of the unit. I figured, there is usually nothing better than OEM original. I drove it for about 10 k miles never towing...

Well, either way, I guess we'll see how many miles mine lasts keeping it cool.... Truck and trailer loaded is right at 32k. Ironically, the truck is 14k gvw, trailer is 18k gvw (with 3-7k axles, go figure) and none of my axles are overloaded. They are all almost at max, but not over! Obviously...

My guess is that what you will find is that pulling a load at highway speed in 6th gear (say 20k +) will send the trans temp over 240*. That was my experience. The added volume by the fastcoolers may slow the rise, but the end situation is that the transmission is bolted to a 200* heater (the...

I have a 2016 w/ 20k on it and it has never done it. Buttttttt.... I have a 96' with a NV4500 5 speed. Original trans never did it even heavy with the exhaust brake. I installed a reman from Standard Trans at about 250k miles and from the beginning it did 2 things weird. Occasionally when you'd...

Out of curiosity, how many miles are on your truck?

Thanks for all your help along the way!

This was my inspiration!