don't have much power help
 

have a 2001 ram 2500 5.9 5sp with 5'' exhaust, edge ez, and holes knocked in bottom of airbox
don't have power that it seems like it should it boggs down when pulling trailers up hill my father in laws 250 gas burner can pull the same trailer up hill faster than i can and i got smoked by a ram 1500 gasburner with a 5.7 hemi help any suggestions

Sounds like a possible bad lift pump or injection pump. Do you have a fuel pressure gauge?


Luke

no i don't have a guage but i have been meaning to get one i put a cold air intake on today and changed the oil and fuelfilter and got most of my power back but it still don't seem like its all there though

injector pump isnt getting enough fuel ur gonna be dropping a thousand on one of them soon i suggest you purchase an airdog to feed ur pump then get a fuel pressure gauge also

alright i have thougt about one of the new rapter fuel pumps any one have any experience with them

which raptor you referring to? I have a 150gph and it does the job. get that and a gauge asap Skyler is 100% right about your vp44, they don't last when they aren't treated right!!

ok well i am buying a 100 gph raptor to put on it. took it to kentucky and back and it started to sputter on the way back especially when you hit 3rd or 4th had no power low in rpm range and hesitated to give power ( and what pressure range is safe for the vp44 )

15-18 psi... most common you will hear idling no higher than 20psi and if you have WOT pressure drops they shouldn't go under 10. You should use the key trick to scan for codes... when my VP went there were no warnings, I started getting the "dead pedal" and the next day my pump quit.

thanks man i am ordering the pump tomorrow i am not hard on the truck but like i said its like dead petal and it stays at one rpm and slowly speeds up unless i let off of it just a little then get back in it and it sputters it does both occasionaly but it got more frequent as i got closer to home and were can i get a scanner?

i got the pump on today and i got all my power back
thanks for the help guys
if any body interested in buying it let me know