ok.. im new to rams in general. Just bought a 98 ram sport ex cab and im wondering what the differences are in this truck and a regular ram? by reading the posts here and looking at parts, i see that some things are not the same such as the grille etc.. anyone wanna take a few mins and educate a newbie?
thanks
ken

 

well the sport is just a appearance package. It comes with a painted grill and bumpers. There is no separate air dam on the front it is one solid piece. If you are planning on getting a grill guard or adding tow hooks to the front this can be a problem. Other than looks there isn't much of a difference. I have a 2001 and that is all that is different. If there is anything else someone please chim in.

 

My '99 sport came with 3.92 differential ratios but this may have been an option available to any ram. I would like to say, adding front tow hooks to a sport only requires notching the fiberglass bumper. It's more difficult than a std ram but not by much.

Edit: you can check your diff ratio from the sticker that is attached to the underside of the hood (pop the hood and look up).

 

i don't think sport provided a gear change. 3.92 was just an option, most likely combined with tow package (gear, trans cooler, etc)
i think sport also has dual headlights. non-sport has singles.

 

also, the sport package had colord match tail lights and obviously the sport stickers. Also the sport 5.9 motor is rated 5 more horses the a regular ram 5.9 in 2000 atleast...there really isn't much more of a difference....same height and stuff

 

must be the stickers that give it the extra hp. lol.
i took the dodge sticker off my tailgate. i hope i didn't lose 3 hp. lol more.

 

My 01 has the tow package but still has the 3.55 gears, those will be changed out once I conquer the world and have more money. I forgot to mention the headlights thanks dhvaughan. I never heard about the extra hp before for the 5.9s.

 

hmm ive never herd that one before and i dont see how the sport can have 5 more horse, they are the same moter arnt they? lol...maby somone can inlighten me on how they did it? cuz id like to do that mod lol

 

i appreciate the answers guys.. i was looking at the lmc truck catalog for rams and they have different part # for alot of sport parts and i just wanted to know some differences. i think my 98 has single headlights though (have to look again). i need to order some parts and get the mods going!
thanks
Ken

 

I believe that the headlights in a sport are quad beams and have four light bulbs whereas the normal rams only have two light bulbs.