
Everything posted by Sycostang67
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Suggestions for injectors, turbo, head gasket.
Oh yeah, it's running much cooler now. I'm between 550-650* at 65mph or less and about 700* at 80mph. I'm still slowly tweaking the tune though, added another half degree of timing to the light throttle setting. I've started a stupid tune but that's hard to work on in icy weather and next spring I'll start on a tow tune. I'm also getting into the habit of leaving the OD off if the RPM's will be lower than 2k in 3rd gear. It helps that light throttle timing kick in sooner for cruising around town.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
When my truck was stock I never noticed an increase in EGT when I was upsizing tires. I was doing fine with my 33's until I swapped the turbo and injectors and then everything was getting too hot too quick. The Quad helped and going back to stock tires helped as well. It also made the truck feel quicker and all around more pleasant to drive again. I do miss the meaty look of big tires though.
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50* EGT's with 3cyl idle.
The Quad idle function is off, I heard it would cause issues since I already had the trucks computer updated to activate it. So the other probe is just getting air blown on it from the deactivated cylinders, that makes sense.
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50* EGT's with 3cyl idle.
I don't think there is any real issue here, just thought this was weird. I have started my truck the last 2 days with the 3 cylinder high idle engaged. When I get in the truck my EGT gauge is only reading 50* while the Quad is reading around 560*. I have both sensors mounted next to each other before they enter the turbo. When I step on the brake and return to normal idle, both readings equalize. Does the 3 cylinder idle shut off the first 3 or last 3 cylinders possibly causing this? I kind of assumed it shut off every other cylinder, 1/3/5 or 2/4/6. If it matters I am using the moparman switch with the TSB enabled and not the Quad high idle functions.
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Borgeson steering shaft
I read the install instructions about grinding the shaft flat on one side, it seems like most people are able to do it without removing the box. I'd rather not remove the gear box again, 4 times on one truck is too many. I'll check that bearing as well next time I get under the hood.
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Borgeson steering shaft
I replaced my steering shaft a couple years ago with a Dorman part. The truck was my daily at the time and I needed it back on the road right away. While I have little faith in Dorman would upgrading to Borgeson shaft improve my steering feel any? I already have a Red head box and HD 3rd gen T-style steering. I still have a little play left in the steering which I'm wondering if it's caused by the cheap shaft twisting.
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Oil Analysis Readings
I did not do the TBN, I may try it next time. Their comment on the silicone was air filter as well.
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2WD Napa Ball Joints
At my work we just dropped Moog and went all in on Precision. None of it is made in the same place though, even our house brand, the parts come from all over the world. Some of them are made in the US, but mostly scattered about the globe. China, Taiwan, Turkey, Mexico, Finland, Germany to recall a few I remember.
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Oil Analysis Readings
I'll send in a sample to Blackstone once in a while, last one was good, silicone was bit high but otherwise clean.
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DAP Performance Injectors
I recently got a set of the 7x.009 VCO 100hp injectors from DAP put in my truck. They are a tad smokier when cold but it clears right up when the truck gets warm. So far I'm happy with them. They were really smoky when I was still running my Edge tuner but the quad has cleared that all up. I'm working on my "Stupid" tune right now and am just starting to see a little bit of smoke.
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Another loaded 2nd gen
I have the Infinity system with different speakers. The PO of my truck had swapped in some Kenwood speakers and I could see the amps are still in the doors when I swapped in some new Pioneer speakers. I don't know if they are working but they are there. I also had the power heated hippo ear mirrors, I ordered a set of the 4th gen style tow mirrors from 1Aauto and they plugged right in. I also sprung for the power folding with marker light as well and those two features you do have to wire in.
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Radiator leak
I watch Greg Alberalla on youtube, he builds Cummins trucks for himself and always uses Mishimoto radiators and intercoolers. Been watching him for years and he's never had an issue with any of them.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
It's a little hard to tell being as how my speedometer is so far off, but my load % is usually around 20%, EGT's between 6-700 and the cruise timing kicks in a lot more often. The truck is lot nicer to drive now too, the stock tires make steering easier and the truck doesn't seem to wander as much now either. I need to play with the turbo though, I think the wastegate is set kind of low as 28-30psi is the most I can get. Yeah, my buddy got drunk and ordered one for himself and then got drunk again, forgot about the first one and ordered another one. He gave me the extra and I kind of felt obligated to put it on the truck because they aren't cheap. It's just bolted to the grill though and I will probably remove it next year when I replace the grill.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
Got my 3rd gen wheels mounted with some new rubber so it's back to stock now. Got my spare tire updated as well since it had more cracks than a plumbers convention.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
I just got some OEM Dorman lugnuts. Part number is 611-162, cost about $3 each, luckily you only need one, I needed 32.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
I picked up a set of chrome 3rd gen wheels over the weekend and I ordered a new set of OEM lugnuts so I can go get new tires on Monday.
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Quadzilla Adrenaline with iQuadBT from DAP
That's what happened to me, had it activated at the dealer when I ordered the switch, installed and nothing happened. I went back to the dealer ship and they plugged it in only to realize they had unlocked the high idle function but forgot to enable it. At least that time I had the switch so I was able to test it before I left.
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Front End Rebuild Suggestions
I don't know if it's the same part number but it is the same style of steering linkage. I got mine from Amazon, it is a mopar part. This did just bolt right onto my truck.
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Front End Rebuild Suggestions
The steering shaft between the gear box and the joint is another place you can develop a lot of steering slop. Most of the threads were chewed off mine and the lock bolt was the only thing really allowing me to steer. I'm using moog ball joints and track bar without any issues, I also have a Readhead gear box and mopar 3rd gen steering linkage.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
That was the funny part, I got up to 65mph and saw my rpm's were still at 1600. Then I remembered my speedometer is off now so I sped up to 70 which I think is about 65 and yeah, 1900 rpm. I'll take it to work a few days these week so I can get more actual results on cruising temps and all that. My test road by my house is not flat.
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Will 5th gen wheels fit your 2nd gen Ram?
Yes, they will. I picked up this set of 2021 wheels the other day with new 245/70R17 Firestones. The guy gave me the lug nuts but Dodge changed the threads at some point so I am using my old spiked nuts for now. I didn't realize how tall these lug nuts were until I put them on these wheels. This was a test to see if how well a smaller tire will work like Mike has. So far my cruising EGT's are down about 150-200 degrees. I'll have to do some more driving later to verify. I was able to pull flat out run on level 4 up to 85mph and not exceed 1200* and that's with a tune I'm messing with so all bets are off, lol. I'll roll with these for a little bit while playing with the Quad, if I am satisfied I'll either have these tires swapped onto my Raceline wheels or get another set of the 5 spoke 3rd gen wheels.
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Who likes Bilsteins?
The Reflex shocks are so much nicer, there's a rough patch on the road I take home from work every day that makes me physically shudder every time I roll over it. Today I barely noticed I had hit it. It's a truck so I don't expect it to ride like a cadillac but the difference is like getting hit with a rubber mallet as opposed to a claw hammer.
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Who likes Bilsteins?
I have the 5100's, got about 15k miles on them. They are just too jarring, make it feel like my truck is falling apart faster than it really is. They do make the truck feel more stable in the turns, but I'm not trying to set lap records in this thing. I had a set of Monroe gas magnum shocks before the bilsteins and they were definitely smoother. I got the Reflex shocks from work, if they do blow out I'll have no problem getting my money back. Tomorrow I'll be swapping the shocks and installing some 5th gen take off wheels/tires to see if Mikes setup will work for me as well as it does for him.
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Belt Tensioner Life Span
I replaced mine for the first time earlier this year(aboot 250k) and it stopped that annoying chirp these trucks tend to get when shutting down. Replacing the belt alone would make it go away for a little while but it kept coming back.
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Well it finally happened! QUADZILLLLLA
Mike got me a base tune going that stopped me from almost melting my pistons every time I took off. I copied it into another tune and am slowly changing things to see what works and what doesn't.