NEW 2006 Cummins 5.9
 

Hey guys I just purchased a 06 5.9 with 220,00 kms for $19500 is that too much? Also I just had a few questions about it. I wanna know common problems on it and what to watch for with these trucks. I had a chevy 6.5L and now I have upgraded and man does the thing have some balls holy s***. It has some upgrades but I still wanna learn more about it. I am only getting 500km a tank so if theres a way to get better MPG tell me all about it.

Upgrades:

-8" BDS Long Arm Lift
-37" Amp All Terrains
-BDS steering
-AFE deep tranny pan
-Rebuilt tranny with triple billet torque converter
-Edge Evo Ht
-Gauges (Trans, Egt, Boost)
-Arp Studs (not rebuilt motor apparently)
-4" Dual Straight Pipe
-AFE Intake

You may have to play with the Evo a little bit. Plus you may want to install 50 hp nozzles on the injectors.

Seems like a good deal! 37s aren't gonna help with mileage obviously- How hazy is it when you drive? Keep rpms below 2k and hwy 55-60mph for best mpg! Switch to EFI live and ditch the other tuner!

Haha best thing for milage is take off the lift and tires and run 33's lol. Price isn't terrible considering there's been plenty of money put into the truck. I ended up paying 11 grand for my 2003 with 137,000 miles that's slick and well maintained. With my smarty ssr and my daily driver tune I get about 24mph (it's 2wd BTW :-(.... But the adjustment with a good tuner is absolutely amazing! Highly recommend the smarty ssr you can customize tunes as you do more upgrades.

EFI Live is available for the 2006+

Bigger tires will make MPG seem lower unless your speedometer is re-calibrated, and be lower for more rotating mass and poor mpg tread. I bet its a good looking truck.

Thats why I bought the edge evo ht it recalibrate my speedometer so now I actually know my speed. I also put in a Parkor Racor fuel/water separator and put new baldwin filters in and the mopar oil filter. Im getting 100 km more out of a tank with it so not to bad. I was wondering about re-gearing to 4.10s? good idea or no? I drive in city a lot but on weekends I travel.

going to 33" or 35" and the truck will drive better and have less steering problems. Switching to 4.10 or 4.56 would make it respond better.