Not a dodge guy but nobody said anything about the kdp

 

BAMM look at us DUMBA$$'S... ya do that first LOL

 

wow, i hadnt even thought of the dowel pin. i guess it wouldnt matter how much work you had done to your engine if that tiny pin shook loose and ruined the motor eh?

 

ya i had figured id do the kdp first thing just a knowin thing!! does anyone know what a hx35 will put out for boost be4 exploding? one of my buddies has a 95 dodge manual with the hx35 an his boost guage only measures to 45 psi. everytime he floors it it pegs out hard... jus wondering if that should be anything to worry bout

 

i hit 52 psi once. but anything over 40psi is really really asking for problems

 

Yep gotta agree with ol smokey. If you have an auto trans I would get it built before you do anything to the motor.If you get a 4k gov spring you might wanna look into gettin stouter valve springs though.

 

I like the '98 best myself. Baddass all mechanical 12V of the '97 and older trucks, with the spiffy fresh interior of the '98 and newer trucks. Also, better designed HD steering.
Before getting into anything else though, I'm a little surprised nobody asked... what exactly didn't you like about your '01 24V?

 

well i had bad fuel mileage with it.. never hardly more than 13 even if i was trying for fuel mileage! an i hada smarty with a lift pump an boost fooler an it only hit 21 psi max on the charger! somethin was a little wrong with it.. basicly i got rid of it kus of the fuel mileage an because i wasnt to well informed at the time! pry did a fool move... i also didnt like the vp44 injection pump

 

Definitely sounds like something was wrong with it, for sure. I understand not liking the VP44 though, not having a 12V pretty much defeats the whole point of having a Cummins for me. Not that it isn't still a great engine, but if I wanted to have to mess with chips and tuners for performance I'd just assume get a newer Duramax.

 

ya or a 6.4 Ford.. them are awesome.. but i recently heard that a stock vp44 with a big lift pump would support 500 hp an i was like no way them are small pumps! but i wonder if i would of blocked my wastegate if i would of got like 30 psi.. when would the wastegate open on the stock turbo?