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Hey guys I'm Konnor. I am from Hadley, Michigan. I am going tomorrow to pick up my 01 Dodge and am looking forward to learning more about these trucks. I have been a ford guy for a while, then tried a duramax, and its time for a cummins to say the least. Looking forward to getting to know y'all and learning some stuff!

 

The truck I am picking up is a 2001 Dodge ram 2500 SLT quad cab long bed. It is an auto with a suncoast converter, billet input, and suncoast clutches. It has 150hp DDP injectors, Edge Juice with attitude, and an exhaust. It has 157,000 miles.

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    Well welcome the family Konnor it looks like you saved the best for last. :thumb1:  As for your new truck she looks sweet. Hopefully there is a little more turbo behind those 150 sticks :stirthepot: . Either way nice truck.

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    Well guys I am bummed to say I did not get the truck. I drove 5 hours to go get the thing on saturday and got there to only be very disappointed.

     

    Issues with the truck were:

    -blown front main seal

    -smelled like coolant

    -bald tires

    -drivers side seatbelt was locked and the box from under center seat was MIA

    -dash was severely band-aided and looked like hell

    -steering was very sloppy

    -brakes sucked

    -"built" trans shifted like garbage when barely under load

    -bed sounded like it was going to fall off every bump

     

     

    also the truck had a manual lock for the 4wd, and a hole in the bed from a stack. So my guess is it was at one point in time a pulling truck.

     

    So now I am on the hunt for a 3rd gen 04.5-06 preferably with reasonable miles and either a built auto or manual in the 20k range, so we will see what I can come up with. Like i said I was very disappointed to have to leave the truck behind but it had money pit written all over it.

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    Sounds like a typical 2nd gen to me. Nice, clean stock trucks are hard to find and not cheap.

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    Well guys I actually ended up getting an 04.5 Last week. Decided to just go for it and spend the extra money for a truck that would last me.

     

    its an 04.5 3500 QCSB Laramie with 156k on it

     

    -Suncoast trans

    -Head studs

    -II Dragonfly injectors

    -Phatshaft 62/14 turbo

    -Fass 150

    -AFE intake

    -4" Stainless exhaust

    -Mag Hytec Rear pan and trans pan

    -Lorenz Industries Coils, leafs, and control arms

    -Thuren Fab track bar

    -King Shocks

    -Carli Suspension sway bar, hd end links, and steering stabilizer

    -Gearbox brace and redhead gearbox

    -Firestone rear bags

    -Ranch hand rear bumper

    -Western poly ultra mount plow

     

    I must say it doesn't ride as good as my duramax did but i love the power and feel of the truck. Very happy with the purchase.

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