has anybody swapped something in place of the 5.9???
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has anybody swapped something in place of the 5.9???
I just melted down the 5.9 in my 05 ram 3500 with only 95,000 on the ticker. Has anybody swapped something with more displacement in one of these trucks? I was running water/meth and a spearco intercooler, 5" exhaust, kn intake to try to help keep it cool. I was pushing 609 horse and 1120 pounds out of the poor lil 5.9 and towing at gcvw of 30k so its no surprise it burnt a piston. Question is do I rebuild the 5.9 and add a second turbo or make a project out of it and put something with more cubes in, like a cummins 500 ISX :-)
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well considering the isx weighs almost have of your truck, id say "nein". youd need alot more tranny, which means alot of space.
would be pretty bad *** tho.
how 'bout a powerchoke? just kiddin'
maybe a c7 (3116 and 26 successor, so idk) or a dt360 or 466. id go with the 'binder engine peronally. you have emissions or inspections in boy-see? if not, its open game
would be pretty bad *** tho.
how 'bout a powerchoke? just kiddin'
maybe a c7 (3116 and 26 successor, so idk) or a dt360 or 466. id go with the 'binder engine peronally. you have emissions or inspections in boy-see? if not, its open game
Last edited by rorybellows; 08-22-2011 at 03:02 PM.
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dont know this to be 100%,but a mechanic told me that the 6.7 block and the 5.9 were the same.(i'm not a cummins guy so i don't know.) Picture this 6.7 displacement,5.9 heads(for the non EGR) Twins,and a P-pump. If a guy could make it all go together,could be a MONSTER!IMHO. What do ya'll think???
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LMAO! The olny bad thing about the 8.3L is they CANNOT stand turning a bunch of RPM's,Case combines used to have the 8.3,and they turned them about 3K.Those motors were notorious for shittin rods out of the block.
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If you were going to make strictly a monster, I'd go P-pumped version of the DT466. Tractor pullers have been thrashing DT's for years and can make some brutal power at some decent RPM's. I think I read of a guy (possibly on this site!) that has an OBS Ford pulling truck with a DT466 shoehorned into it...