I am looking at a 1997 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins. It has a 100 fuel plate, advanced timing 17 degrees, a KDP fix kit, 35 psi of boost, sun coast triple disc tc, and valve body. I want this truck to last, but is it worth buying with all of these mods? Will they affect the life of the motor?

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Any advice?

 

Im not a big fan of the big fuel plates, but the engine itself will last if you take care of it, the fuel plate is dumping quite a bit of fuel into the cylinders and inturn produces more heat and heat creates wear, Depending how the guy treated it before you buy it is what will determine how long its gonna last. My truck has 247K on engine and tranny-never been rebuilt. Plan to make it to 300-400K on it too.

 

If I buy it, can i replace the fuel plate with a stock one? or is there no going back at that point?

 

Ya you can always put another one is, and you dont have to go back to stock there are different types of fuel plates it just the one you have is the MAXXXXX.

 

That's a pretty mild street truck, it should run good with minimal problems. When I run a plate the #100 is my preference. If it fuels too much, you can slide it back. Still too much, get a milder one.

 

Do I need to replace the stock head studs with those mods?

 

I'd just retorque the stock bolts to start. My 95 blew a head gasket at 215rwhp, but my 89 survived 52psi plus nitrous. Kind of the luck of the draw. My 95 got studs and a new gasket and landed for 2 years and probably 100 passes at 50+psi, and then it blew again at 564rwhp. Getting fire rings this time. Engine had 277K when I started, and is a little over 300k now. Once I get the head gasket fixed I think it will be fine.

 

What if I don't horse on it too bad? Will that help prevent blowing a head gasket? Or does that not really have much of an impact