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Old May 24, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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Got about 13,000.... Want to buy a diesel and make it a project drag dominator... I was thinkin a cummins and get gauges, intake, exhaust, and tuner.... Good Idea?
 
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Old May 24, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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12V Cummins or P-Pumped 24V
 
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Old May 24, 2009 | 11:35 PM
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p-pumped?
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 05:35 AM
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CUMMINS
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by FrstoftheTree
p-pumped?
A 24 valve that was retrofitted to take the old 12 valve injection pump.

...high dollar swap..
 
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Old May 26, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by lukesdiesel
12V Cummins or P-Pumped 24V
i secound that i wanted to do that with my truck this winter
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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if all your looking to do is a tune then a dmax will be faster, if you want to build the engine up then you'd probably be best off with a 12v.
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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With a 13k buget 2wd P-Pump Cummins. Get a truck for about 3500 and stick 10k into it.... Should work nicely
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Used 2wd D-MAX and Efi Live plus exhaust and gauges!
 
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Old May 28, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by REDRIDE13
Used 2wd D-MAX and Efi Live plus exhaust and gauges!
, you just described my truck.
 
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