Hey everyone, i want more horses outta my 318. can anybody give me some tips? i have a airaid throttle body spacer, Flowmaster, and a K&N cold air intake. i was thinking about a cam and ignition next, but not sure what kind of either.

 

Welcome to DF wes! Ill move your thread over to the 2nd Gen Ram Section for better input! Hope you enjoy the site!

 

get rid of the spacer,,paper weights are what those are good for...before you get into the cam..being a 96..how many miles are on the motor?trans etc?..few things right off the bat,,is these things love to breath,,so i suggest a better throttlebody,,f&b makes an awesum product..fastman does too..either 1.6 or 1.7 roller rockers,,but when doing this you need to think thoroughly what your build is going to consist of down the road...if your going to rebuild etc,,and install a high lift cam,,1.7's will make the lift of the cam higher than 1.6...pick you up a good used m1 intake.nice set of hedders,,not those garbage ones you find on ebay for cheap..and so on..

 

Find a good used programmer. Being a 97 I would bet money that you have the death flash.
Getting a programmer will eliminate that flash on your PCM.

 

ive heard the death flash thrown around, what exactly is it?

 

sweet man good info, its got about 236000 km so i know juiceing it up might cause some problems but if she blows, well she blows. id like to stay away from rebuilding the engine for now, its got good sompression dosent burn oil and runs great. the trannys gettin torn into this week my buddys and expert on em so if its bad it wont be for long. m1 intake? never heard of them. what are they off of? i got a line on a great set of barely used headers. what dia exhaust you runnin?

 

thanks dude awesome truck

 

death flash is the newer dodges I thought??? isnt it supposed to be the 2000s and 2001s mostly???

 

The Death Flash was Dodge's way of fixing a bad pinging problem that a lot of Rams were experiencing. Rather than find the real problem, they just programmed the PCM to pull the timing way back. You won't see the words "Death Flash" stamped anywhere ... I forget what Dodge's official name for it was ... someone here will chime in, I'm sure.

 

"authorized PCM reprogram" is on a sticker on my g/f's gpas