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Old 07-25-2006, 05:36 PM
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As you can see in my sig, I have most of the bolt on's but im still not satisfied. My truck runs very well to have 315's on it but what can do next for a worthy gain. I am going to drop the flowcraper for a magnaflow 5x8 18" di/do muffler but I don't know what else. Any ideas? Do Efans really help? I know a cam would be great but there is no one around that could install and do a dyno tune for it that I know of. One mreore thing, what do you think my truck puts to the rear wheels with the mods listed. Thanks for any help.

wait4me 93 octane hot tune
Pacesetter LT
True dual exhaust w/ flowmaster 50 series
Old style Volant w/ ram air tube
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I throw my 400 lb friend out of the cab - what a difference!....and I get better gas mileage too!
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my 240lb *** isnt helping matters either.
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Might as well save up for a supercharger!!
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i think your gears are holding you back a lot...
more than likely you have 373s a set of 410s would help a lot

a radix would do wonders for your truck or depending onhow you use your truck and how you want boost to come on you might look at STS turbos
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has stock 4.10's and i know if went down to 285's it would help but ive got my bars maxed out and im about to put a 1.5" block in the back so they would look a little small. The truck is fast for what it is, it runs neck and neck with a new FSD 6.0 with a chip and stock tires. I would love to have a radix but I dont have the $$$ or a good local tuner that could setup the computer right. With a cam or supercharger I would be scared to go with mail order tuning. Any of the other bolt on's worth a crap? I really dont pull anything over 4000lbs, I mainly just like to haul *** and beat the local super duty's.
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i would try some pulleys and efans

probably a shift kit
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You could allways hook a leaf blower up to the intake! that is cheap!
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Originally Posted by peppersac
You could allways hook a leaf blower up to the intake! that is cheap!
that would probally work well with my tornado
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What are you power goals? What do you plan to accomplish in the long run (ET or HP/TRQ)?? How much are you wanting to spend???


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