i drive an 5.9L and w/ about 245hp and i would like it to have about 325-350hp. what are the best ways to get to my hp goal. ex exhaust cai, ect... and what are some good brand i am new to trucks and going faster

 

hha dude be happy u dont have the 3.9.... getting to my 200hp goal is gonna be a pain in the ***

 

the two trucks i had before my current truck the engines were 3.9L V6 i know the little power they have

 

if you want that kind of power, forced induction will be your best bet. supercharge or turbo. turbo will give you more power, but the supercharger will be more reliable.

 

,is there a way that i can do it with out spending $3,000. i will go with a supercharger eventully but not this early.

 

id seriously stick with the turbos... superchargers give u power.. but they rob it as well. id say get a holset turbo used on the cummins and put a lower psi wastegate aka blow off valve

 

the reason i dont care for turbos is the turbo lag or do they make more effitiont (sp) turbos that dont have lag

 

no turbo's lag and theres nothing you can do about it. a good turbo will have a slight, tolerable lag. a friend of mine had a custom turbo made of a t3/t4 garret combo. it had a smaller intake impeller and that significantly reduced his lag. the dodge dakota is a pickup truck, not a race car. this thing weighs almost 6000 pounds! im all for getting some more power but IMO other then a few bolt on parts and maybe a tuner i wouldnt waste your time putting thousands of dollars into suping it up. flame away

 

1) Wastegate and BOV are two totally different things. Wastegate bypasses the turbine whereas the BOV (or in oem-land the recirculation valve) routes compressed air back into the intake - pre-turbo (or to atmosphere).

2) Superchargers do consume power to make power, but you won't really notice it.

3) Turbos themselves don't lag, but you do need to properly size the turbine and compressor for the application.

Small turbos will spool up fast with minimal to no lag, but they'll run out of air up top. The VW 1.8t is close to full boost by 1600-1800 rpm and by 5k it starts to wheeze. The turbos you see poking through the hoods of drag cars have a lot of lag but they'll feed more air than the engine can take up at the top end. That's why some, not all, twin setups use sequential turbos that are different sizes. Quick into the boost, then the other one spools to carry it to redline.


For 300+hp you're going to need to do some work. heads, camshaft, and ecu programming I would highly recommend, along with whatever fuel system and exhaust mods you need to support them.

 

I would go with heads and a roller cam with long headers. It may cost a lot but in the end hooks up nice.