You can see in my signature what I have done. Anything that works better out of the list or that I can add. Is the k&N the best? Im curious about a bigger air filter and a 52mm TB.

 

I will move this thread to the second generation Ram section,
FF

 

id start with the plenum gasket....and depending on how hard you are on your truck (seeing you have a 0-60 time) look at a trans rebuild.....if you havent done one before, be ready to.

 

Long travel./thread

 

Depends on what your trying to do & what your willing to spend.
Checking that kegger to make sure the plenum isnt leaking is good advice as mentioned
Gears can help performance a fair bit, though not cheap.

52tb can be a bit big for a 5.2, will cost low end torque & it wont be as fast off the line & hurt performance if you tow.
If you added some other changes to the mtr itself then maybe, for now Id leave it.

K&N cai is ok but semi limits performance off the line.
Could add a larger filter on the end of it. (I only use K&Ns)
The ramairbox from www.ramairbox.com gives much better performance than the K&N cai. (using K&N e1650 14x3" filter inside)
But if you offroad & drive dirt roads better off leaving the cai on.
1.7rr will give a bit of hp/trq from idle to redline.

I would remove the Jet StgII chip, they tend to cost hp/trq not increase it.
If you can find one for your year truck the MP PCM will give a 5.2 25hp/26trq increase.
Cant find an mp pcm then B&G chrysler can reflash the pcm & give similar gains (or more) but you have to send the pcm to them.

 

You are the guy to go to thanks. Yeah I think a buddy bought me a venom programmer for xmas, So ill get the B&G after a trans rebuild. 1.7 RR can be put in without a rebuild on the engine correct? And yeah. here in Alaska. 50% of the roads are dirt however I did find a twice as big k&n airfilter at the o'reilly's here. Ill check the plenum. However the motor was rebuilt about 20,000 miles ago so the trans will need attention. 145,000 on the odometer. and plans to drop 3.92's after all of the above. Thanks Indy. ill just take it a step at a time. Can you drop a link to k&n's bigger filters. Couldnt find it. Thanks for the help guys.

RAM TOUGH

 

One step at a time is good, lets you see what is helping & what isnt.

HS non adjustable 1.7rr can be installed without changing anything else & will not cause clearnace issues with stock valve covers IIRC.

Air filter
Measure the tubes dia & how much room you have from where the back (tb side) of the current filter is to the front of the engine compartment.
Before you order or buy from O'Reillys remove the current filter, note how far forward you have to go before it comes off the tube. Subtract that plus another 1" from the max distance you have so you can get the new filter on/off for cleaning. Otherwise may have to cut the tube back to get the filter on

If all else fails, Summit is the best place to find parts
Can cross reference what they list to what O'Reilly's has on the shelf
http://www.summitracing.com/search/b...?Ns=Rank%7cAsc

Happy modding!

 

even if the motor was rebuilt, the plenum is probably still shot...its a factory defect and can only be fixed by a new Hughes FI Intake, M1Intake, or if you buy a plenum kit from Hughes or APS precision.

 

from all the mods i have in my sig highflwo cat and sct all the way !

 

May want to look a bit closer at his sig

Disabled cat, so either gutted or deleted I would assume
Also its a 95, not 96 or newer so he is OBDI, not OBDII, SCT wont work for him.
B&G or MP PCM only options