tryin to make power
 

i inherited a 98 dodge 3500 dually and i wanted to run bully dog triple dog on it...but a friend of mine says its not a good idea to run heavy duty programmers on stock injectors...do i need to upgrade my injectors?...ne suggestions for more power would be nice

First of all - WELCOME to the site. Lots of great info and guys here.

Second, is this a 12Valve or a 24Valve? In 98 there were two different engines.

Third, SSSSLLLLOOOWWW down a bit....do you understand the importance of guages? You dont mention guages or even the use of the outlook monitor. If you dont know much about diesels - heres the short and sweet on a 24V - using a programmer changes the fuel map and adds more fuel. Therefore, its necessary to monitor the exhaust gas temperatures with a pyrometer. This is necessary because the added fuel creates much more heat and if you dont have a pyrometer, you run the risk of melting pistons. You will also want a boost guage to monitor turbo performance and a fuel pressure guage to monitor the health of your lift pump. This is the absolute minumum that you will need.

Also, if you have a 24V you should also be looking at upgrading the lift pump.

its the 24 valve and sorry i left out i do want the outlook monitor with it...im going to get a BHAF and stacks too

Uh, ok...so you have an idea about what is involved.

Im not sure how aggreesive the bullydog box is, but I think you will be just fine with your stock injectors (for now anyway). I think you are much better off getting a fuel system upgrade and mechanical fuel pressure guage.

any suggestions for brands or anything?

brands of what?

gauges, autometer, isspro, diprocal there all good
bhaf, you can get them amost anywhere if you need a list of part numbers let me know
stacks, talk to grand rock
last but not least theres better programmers out there then the bully dog, like a smarty

Best to Prepare for the bombs , Is it an automatic?

And Get a Fuel Pressure Gauge ASAP Cause our Stock Fuel Pumps Suck and it will die and take your Injection Pump with it ,

Once you have a good Platform the Skys the limit , But if you spend all your Money on Bombs then Something happens / Breaks because of last of preparation , Then you have a kick ass truck thats a lawn ordiment , Mines been like that a few times its not good

DM

Youll want a FP guage for sure. Seriously, it can save you a thousand+ bucks. I recommend Isspro (they match the stock guages the best), or DiPricol.

Get a 0-30 psi guage like this one:

http://www.dieselmanor.com/isspro/r5..._fuelpress.asp - If you go with Isspro make sure you get the EV (enhanced visibility) series guages.

or this one:

http://www.dieselmanor.com/dipricol/c307425opx_fuel.asp

I also like the Stewart Warner Performance line:


http://www.sw-performance.com/index....tails&p=114382

unless I'm mistaken the only bully dog for the 24v is the torque dog, the triple is only for the gen 3's