I just bought a 2007 Dodge durango limited, 28,500 miles, BLACK of course!

I didnt get 20 miles down the highway before I called to tell them im bringing it back. Streering was extremly lose, ball joints I think. Also the engine had a whistle at 60mph-70mph, I though vacume leak but knowing my luck it will be trans.

Well I bought the truck and its in the shop, but I have KNN CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Diablo tune, and 180 jet them in my garage. after the truck returns and I install all my new goodies WHAT NEXT??

I was thinking Pulley, but I hear it draws power from other components and its not worth it. I also was going to do throtle body but I hear thats a myth and doesnt give you any noticable HP or TQ. So any ideas what eles to do for more power in the 0-60 or 1/4 mile, I know its not a race car but I like the power.....

Thanks everyone, I'm new to the board.

 

Just out of curiosity. Did you not test drive it before buying it?

 

I would look into ported cylinder heads and exhaust headers (I have JBA headers) fir performance upgrades, though this will not help with the gas mileage,
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Of course I test drove it. But I test drove it around town, Its not until you get to 60-65-70mph that all the other issues come up.

 

same here once i took it off the lot and got on the parkway and took it up to 75mph there was a vibration in the front end which was felt thru the floor boards which i never felt during the test drive. after 3 trips to the dealer they finally told be it was a bad hub/bearing on the right front axle.

 

Do you have electircal fans or mechanical? If you have mechanical then get rid of it since it runs from power off your engine, and install an electrical fan that will run off your battery, overall you will probably average about .25 mpg better, and it increases power to the rest of the vehicle by a little bit. It most likely won't be noticeable to you, but it really works.