1st Gen Durango 1998 - 2003 Durango's

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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 03:28 PM
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I have a 5.9 durango and I'm wanting to get 300-350hp at the wheels. All i have right now is a k&n cai and a magnaflow muffler. I'm planning on getting a superchip, doing a custom 3" exhaust, headers, m1 dual plane and 4.10 gears. How close will this get me? also what else do you guys think will be beneficial to helping me reach my goal? I'm looking for bolt ons and to stay n/a
 
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 03:45 PM
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Do a SCT tuner through hemifever. It will accomadate mods much better. Roller rockers are popular. Might need to get a cam. For intake manifold I have decided on the Hughes Airgap, but that's preference. 300 HP at the wheels might be tough to get with just bolt ons.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 10:22 PM
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I have sct,hughes airgap,52mm throttle body,1.7 hs and 14x3 and she moves, of my exhaust is getting done next . motor sounds awesome
 
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 10:54 PM
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naturally aspirated and I've seen some durangos at some shows that have been around 300 without cams or forced induction. I've been looking into cams but I don't know what kind of hp can be gained from them
 
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 12:27 AM
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That's because of how many different factors there are to a cam. You can go low end torque with minimum high end gains or sacrifice some in the low end to achieve the higher HP. Its all in the preference. With all the upgrades you mentioned the effects of a cam will be more noticed. Especially getting rid of the factory intake manifold. Now as long as you have it tore down to do the cam I would also have the heads ported and possibly shaved if you wish. Get new springs, push rods, and rockers if you are gonna do a cam though. I was planning on doing a cam but my I had to rebuild my tranny instead, maybe later. Do a little research on bionicdodge.com. They are more of a performance oriented forum.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 10:36 AM
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I looked around on hemifever and I didn't see an SCT tune..anyone got a link?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 02:03 PM
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I think he is in between models.The x2 were discontinued, and the new ones haven't come in yet. Thats the last I heard
 
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Originally Posted by AppelH
I think he is in between models.The x2 were discontinued, and the new ones haven't come in yet. Thats the last I heard
Yep, if you go on ebay and get a blank sct tuner part #9550 he can send you the tunes for it. The 9550 is discontinued.
 
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