anoldbiker

I thought this might be bunk and it's for the noise of it. Thanks ... saved me a trip under the truck to find out.

I have read several threads on removal of the Silencer Ring from the turbo intake. But this seems to be making it sound louder when ramping up for the drivers interest. If you remove the ring, will this increase:* the air intake volume ? * add more HP ? * increase MPG ? * anything besides increasing noise ?Has anyone ever try this and documented what changes happen ? Or is it only to increase the sound of the turbo ramping up ?

I can understand your peril. At one time I had two trucks, 1 stick, 1 auto, and two cars, 1 stick, 1 auto. Got to the point where each day, I had to take the warm up time to get in the understanding what the heck I was driving. One slow, the other quick acceleration, one great breaking, another sort of soft. Was mental hell. Now down to 2, the wife little truck and my Dodge.

Thanks, I seem to have a dilemma, how to put on pads (their cheap at O'Reilly) and exhaust brakes. I like the idea of the brakes working well while on a heavy duty truck, but with the exhaust brake system, should give me performance wanted and longevity wanting.Thanks .....

Soon I'll be looking for new brake linings for my truck and wondered if anyone here have tried ceramic brake pads and shoes on their truck. Seeing we can pull one heck of a lot of weight, I'd like to know your opinion. I have installed these on my wife truck, but it's a 1/2 ton an she uses it more like a car with one heck of a big trunk for her shopping trips. The seem to brake better than stock, and last one heck of a lot longer. But what will they do on the Ram HD's with a large load ?

Been looking through the web trying to find all the forums that can heighten my knowledge on keeping my old truck on the road. Finally seen this site and from I see, might help me a lot. Hope you don't mind me sticking my nose into some discussions.