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Old 01-18-2012, 09:46 PM
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I am buying a new truck and I found a 1997 that is exactly what i want but i wanted to make sure i would be able to get good power out of it.
 
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:56 PM
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What kind of power are you talking? You can get power but it's not cheap.
 
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Old 01-19-2012, 08:52 AM
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Its going to be my everyday driver but I'm thinking for good pulling power hauling heavy loads and the occasional truck pull
 
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Old 01-19-2012, 09:01 AM
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I wouldn't do much more then stage 1s
 
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Old 01-20-2012, 11:34 AM
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Cool, so its deffinately a sturdy engine though
 
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Definitely. Just take care of it and they'll run forever.
 
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Old 01-30-2012, 12:19 PM
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In my eyes best truck to build power out of. You can
Make 1200 on the stock internals. For towing I would get stage one injectors ts chip with custom tunes and beef the trans up with some ats parts or what ever you desire.
 
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Old 01-30-2012, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by bigEd
In my eyes best truck to build power out of. You can
Make 1200 on the stock internals. For towing I would get stage one injectors ts chip with custom tunes and beef the trans up with some ats parts or what ever you desire.
1200 on the stock internals? where did you hear that?
 
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he thinks he has a dodge! LOL
 
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Old 01-30-2012, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by joebob3093
1200 on the stock internals? where did you hear that?
All the diesel preformance guys told me 1200 go with headaches mainstuds and girtle
 


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