im new here and i have a 2000 dodge ram 1500 5.2L and i wanted to know what is the biggest cam yall guys think i can put on there with stock internals...also would ford 42lb injectors fit my truck and if so should i get them or what are some other better injectors??? thanks in advance

 

Very mild cam with no other modifications, I think the heads can only take about .480 lift. 42lb injectors are huge, the stockers are 19lb. Did you mean 24lb? They are still a little large without tuning.

 

welcome to df. don't forget to match PCM tuning with the cam. you can't throw in a cam by iteself or it'll run like ****, if it runs at all. do a search on SCT tune, hemifever, etc.

if you want something simple and DIY, look into harland sharp 1.7 rockers. its like a small cam that can run with stock or superchips tune.

 

well its just i was looking around and see that a lot of people use the ford injectors where can i get some 24lb injectors?? i am pretty much starting to mod up my truck i just took it to get the tranny rebuilt with a performance kit and i got longtube headers with 3 inch collectors and 3 inch pipes to two 3in in/out slp loudmouths 1 so im trying to get a good set up going

 

Welcome to DF.

I'm going to disagree with you here Gerehead.

The injector flow rate for a 2000 5.2L V8 is 23.2 lb/hr, the same as a 2000 5.9L V8. Reason for that is in when our Rams went to OBD II, Dodge went to a "common calibration", 23.2 lbs/hr, for both V8s.

Prior to 1996, the 5.2L V8 was 18.2 lb/hr and the 5.9L V8 was 24.5 lb/hr.

So you already have, basically, almost 24 lb/hr injectors. You'd have to do some pretty major, wild and potent upgrades to max out the stock injectors. So throwing in 24 lb/hr (or some other higher rated injectors) won't help you much, if at all at this point. And like others said, you can't just throw them on and expect them to function correctly, you'd have to have a new tune for your PCM to accept them and work them correctly.

 

well i know abou them pcm i plan to get a dyno tune once i put all that in but im just doing my research before anything, i just want to know where to get push rods and some good springs as well