Diesel Bombers - New Here

:howdy: Not new to diesels, forums, nor Diesel Bombers... I just finally to the time to sign up as a member.

I currently own a 1998 Dodge Ram 3500 DRW, L6-359 5.9L, 12-Valve Cummins Turbocharged Diesel, NV4500 5-Speed Manual Transmission, 4WD. The trim is extended cab with long bed with the SLT interior. Exterior color is Patriot Blue with ARE topper and interior is dark gray with cloth seats and gray carpet. The truck is my daily driver as well as my work truck and I will be soon turning it into a wild but reliable oil burner.

My wife's ride is a mildly modified 2002 Ford Excursion 7.3L PowerStroke Diesel which is her daily driver and our road truck to cart our family of seven when you add our five angels to the equation. Her rig is equipped with a 6" Fabtec lift on 35" Pro Comp Extreme AT tires. Some other modifications are aFe Stage II Intake, aFe 4" Stainless Straight Pipe Exhaust to 5" Polished Tip, Bilstien Shocks, Mag-Hytec Differiential Covers, and Pat Barret Level 10 Stage IV Diesel Performance Transmission with BD Power Extra Deep Pan, ITP Boost Fooler, ITP EGR Bypass Kit, Diesel Site Cooling System Filtration Kit, etc. Depending on her needs she either runs a tune from Jody Tipton DP-Tuner, or an SCT Pro Racer Package Custom Tune, or a Custom Tune from John Lund Racing.

My 1998 Dodge Ram 3500 12-Valve Cummins has the following mechanical modifactions:

Isspro Pyrometer and 60PSI Boot Gauges
Homemade Fuel Plate Full Forward
Silencer Ring MIA
K&N Stage II Intake
FS 2500 Filtration System
Aluminum Cooling Fin on transmisison
South Bend 12CB SP5ST Spring Loaded Dual Disk HP Street Clutch with 3600 Plate Load
South Bend 1-3/8" C ISK 1.375" onversion Input Shaft
3.55 Rear Differential
Color Rear Backup Camera
Custom 3" straight pipe exhaust (EGTs can get hotter than hell when I open her up!)

For Interior/Exterior mods:

Pilliar mounted Isspro Pyrometer and 60PSI Boot Gauges
Color Rear Backup Camera
Eclispe head unit, 80G Apple Classic Ipod, Audison Amp, and Hertz Speakers
Running lights on Linex covered diamond plate running boards
Running lights on Linex covered front and rear bumpers and mud flaps
Completely Debagded body
Original Dodge 16" go-kart factory rims rolling on Michelin LTX M/S 215/85 R16 tires

And now for the exciting part of what is going into the ol'e girl soon:

For the engine:

Stage II Machined Head
#60 Heavy-Duty Valve Springs
Machined Rockers & Push Rods
Banks Intake Manifold
6" Straight Pipe Exhaust
MPI Twin Turbos
Flex-A-Lite Cooling Fans
Spearco Intercooler
Oil Filter Relocation Kit
Stage 2 Ported Cylinder Head (Ported, polished, #60 valve springs, 3 angle valve grind)
O-Ring Head
Superchips Digital Propane Injection System
Two Stage Nitrous Setup
Co2 Boost Controller
Snow Performance Stage III Water Methanol Injection System
Two-stage Nitrous Oxide System
Cometic Marine Duty Head Gasket
ARP 12mm Head Studs
Custom Ground 12V Camshaft from blank core and new lifters
Dyno-mite Diesel Performance Stage 4 - 140HP Injectors or F1 Injectors
Custom Tuned Bosch P7100 Injection Pump
4500 RPM Governor Spring Kit
TST High Flow Laser Cut Delivery Vanes
TST #0 Fuel Cam Plates and AFC spring kits
PacBrake PRXB 4" Inline Exhaust Brake
PacBrake Shifter Shift for Manual Transmission
BD Diesel Power Short Throw Shifter for NV4500
Mag-Hytec Differential Cover Dana 60 Front Cover
Mag-Hytec Differential Cover Dana 80 Front Cover
Gear Vendors Overdrive Unit to split gears into a 10-Speed
and much more.

Most of the parts will be purchased from my buddy Chris Brahs at HDR Diesel HDR Diesel in Albuquerque, NM and most installed by Tim Barber at TRE Diesel Performance in Virginia Beach, VA as I don't have the time to do the work myself.