I am looking at a 96 3500 dually 4x4. Truck is in pretty good shape. It came out of new hampshire last year. Very limited rust though. It has a trans built by Northeast Performance Diesel in Milford, NH. It also has isspro pyro, boostn and trans temp gauges. I have been around a lot of 5.9s, but only in stock applications. Mainly generators and meduim duty trucks. This perticular rig has a #10 fuel plate installed, a "gutted" AFC, an intake elbow, and a 4inch turbo back MBRP exhaust. What I want to know is what to look for as far as performance goes. It will be a tow rig. Mostly a small, but heavy old horse trailer for now (tag along style)... I just need insight on how it should run. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
THANKS!!!!!!

 

Sounds like the previous owner did it right since they had gauges, intake, exhaust, and a built tranny already. The only thing I don't like is the gutted AFC. But other than that, it sounds like it would be a good rig, the #10 plate is a nice boost over stock but not as agressive as a #0 or #100. How many miles on it?

 

190k mi. All a gutted AFC will do is make more smoke off idle/low boost pressures correct?

 

Yes sir