my bad I put that wrong.. I meant to say I will be buying the motor and tranny for about $ 2500 (98000 miles on them) and will have $1000-1500 to invest into it, besides taking a hundred here and there out of paydays in addition... Hey guys thanks for the input

 

In the long run, the Cummins will be the better performance engine. You figure you can get nearly 150 or so HP in FREE mods with a p-pumped 12v. Injectors will be waaaaaay cheaper, and the Cummins with its inline 6 design is much easier to work on. Dont get me wrong im not bashing 7.3 Powerstrokes, I grew up around them, all my family owns them, and I would love to have one , but the Cummins is much easier to get power out of. The Dodge tranny is the first thing that will need addressed to handle the power. Do a little work to it, do the free pump mods, 4k GSK, injectors, and bump the wastegate on the HX35 to 35 psi, and see what she can do

You're going to be hard pressed to find another 12v with that low of miles on it, but try to bring him down a little on price. Look into FordCummins, I have had nothing but good experiences with them, and they were really helpful. One last note, dont be scared of the swap, its some work, but at least on my truck it went fairly smoothly.

 

I'm thinking about sticking with my motor and putting h2e turbo, stage 2 injectors, tony wildman chip, and 17* hpop... seems to just be the easier and better out come...