How much can we tow with a 3.8L

[LordoftheBling]

do it eric! dont worry with what we think. i already know your a redneck after seeing the third gen you had before. this couldnt possibly hurt your "image" anymore.

[nikon]

sporty cars that can tow another car?...dont think so, sporty trucks maybee. the only thing I can think of is a magnum,

Capacities/Weights
Series / Drive SE / RWD SXT / RWD SXT / AWD R/T / RWD R/T / AWD
Package C G G N N
Weight Distribution - Automatic Transmission - % Front 52.0 52.0 53.0 52.0 54.0
Weight Distribution - Automatic Transmission - % Rear 48.0 48.0 47.0 48.0 46.0
Base Curb Weight - with Automatic Transmission [lb] 3896 3896 4164 4125 4336
Towing Capacity - Maximum (Properly Equipped) [lb] 2000 2000 2000 3800 3800
Towing Capacity - Standard [lb] 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
Fuel Tank Capacity [gal] 18.0 18.0 19.0 19.0 19.0

3800lbs with a hemi-off the dodge website....but if you sell your maro for 9k that still leaves a pretty penny left over.

[LordoftheBling]

here i put this together for you eric. you can tow your house around get a nice drop at the same time!!!

http://uploads.fakeleg.com/tmp/Trailering.jpg

[shenanigans]

Yeah LordofBling I admit, I have some redneck tendencies... but I think we all do, I mean we all own camaros afterall... [img]smile.gif[/img]

btw sorry don't own a trailer, never have but a townhome being built for me with a 2 car garage is looking to be finished in May maybe, similar townhomes in the area, have already jumped ~$30,000-35,000 in value, since the time we signed the papers, gotta love Orlando are real estate....

Gotta admit though, that camaro looks shiny while its towing that trailer :D

btw, back to old sick sixx ways... making photochops, and I am willing to bet $1 that you guys started a thread about it on your board.

Didn't we agree to stay away from each other?

[ February 09, 2005, 09:41 AM: Message edited by: shenanigans ]

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by F1GT:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:
towing capacity is based on the frame, or lack of one.

This guy just answered your question. We don't have a full frame under the body, nor any sports car. When you tow a boat with a REAL truck, they have a full ladder frame and the hitch is connected to this frame. And out tires are not made for heavy loads. That is another reason why truck tires are taller. </font>[/QUOTE]ok thats a good explanation. ITs the rest of the car [img]smile.gif[/img] OUr drivetrains are nearly identical to s-series, thats why I was taking
"your tranny can't take it", "your diff can't take it" Granted the 3.8L wasn't in any s-series I know of, but the power outputs for most years in the s-series trucks was less then the 3.8L, and our trannies, and diffs are nearly identical.

That and I have seen 4th gens with tail hitches, though mighty ugly I assume you could tow at least something with it.

[LordoftheBling]

yeah eric we agreed to stay off each other, but that was mustangeater i made that agreement with. we wouldnt have a problem at all if you didnt comeback wiht this rediculous name.

[chadder]

um, my car had a tail hitch on it when i got it...a torque wrench fixed that [img]smile.gif[/img] i dunno if i would tow anything with it though...i have always wondered how much an f-body can tow...NOW I KNOW!!

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by LordoftheBling:
yeah eric we agreed to stay off each other, but that was mustangeater i made that agreement with. we wouldnt have a problem at all if you didnt comeback wiht this rediculous name.

What BIOTCH!!! you got beef with supertroopers? now we gots all sorts of problems...


wherez my gat!

[Question]

I wouldnt reccomend towing with your Fbody at all, buy a truck.

[99v6cam]

Originally posted by shenanigans:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LordoftheBling:
yeah eric we agreed to stay off each other, but that was mustangeater i made that agreement with. we wouldnt have a problem at all if you didnt comeback wiht this rediculous name.

What BIOTCH!!! you got beef with supertroopers? now we gots all sorts of problems...


wherez my gat! </font>[/QUOTE]LMAO!!!

[Kenneth]

Re: How much can we tow with a 3.8L

4l60e trans is what they use in my dad's 95 z71 silverado with a 5.7L v8 and my mom's lumina mini van towed kawisaki mule 90 miles one way for weekend up north and we sold that FWD with original engine & trans at 200,000 miles. Just was hard to find gears worked freat otherwise. Mules I believe are pushing 2,000 lbs. Be carfull and maybe do free cooling fan mod and trans cooler. I used the fog light switch and wrote TOW on it. Fan's never went on high as of today they do.
:stp:

[pace2006]

Re: How much can we tow with a 3.8L

Congrats... you just bumped a 7 year old thread. :slap:

[vanbibber]

Re: How much can we tow with a 3.8L

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