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Old 02-21-2010, 11:24 PM
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I have an 01 ram 1500 quad cab bone stock. It has a 5.2.L V8. But it hav 181k miles. I was wondering if anyone could suggest some mods worth my time and money. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
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Old 02-21-2010, 11:30 PM
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what kind of mods were u wanting for the engine or the body?
 
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Old 02-21-2010, 11:32 PM
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First a tune up, check the plenum(if you dont know what it is search it and you will find all you need), then intake either a 14x3 or CAI, exhaust, headers

That should get you started and is it 4x4.

It would help if you wrote some stuff about your truck and put it in your sig.

Then when you post you dont have to write what your truck is and when we go to answer a thread, we dont have to scroll to the top
 

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its a 2wd. I was thinking intake exhaust and headers but i wasnt sure if it would be worth my money to do all that to a truck that has almost 200k miles. Ill add info to my sig i am knew to the site sorry for any inconvenience guys. oh and engine or body anything i just was wondering what you guys thought
 
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How long have you owned it? If it's an auto i dumped your money into a built tranny ,IMO, But you could do some searching and find some product reviews about ,cold air intakes,14x3 air cleaner, headers, exhaust,intake manifolds,fastman throttle bodies, 1.7 hs rockers,tuners, reflash pcm,gearing,or cam it, pro charger it, better heads,under drive pulleys, electric fans,408 stroker kit, NOS, but defiently get a TB spacer first, j/k paper weights, autolites 3923's? ,colder 180 t stat, high flow cats, etc etc......But i kinda stopped looking at mods and thinking of the big $$ signs when its tranny time.....
 
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How long have you owned it? If it's an auto i dumped your money into a built tranny ,IMO, But you could do some searching and find some product reviews about ,cold air intakes,14x3 air cleaner, headers, exhaust,intake manifolds,fastman throttle bodies, 1.7 hs rockers,tuners, reflash pcm,gearing,or cam it, pro charger it, better heads,under drive pulleys, electric fans,408 stroker kit, NOS, but defiently get a TB spacer first, j/k paper weights, autolites 3923's? ,colder 180 t stat, high flow cats, etc etc......But i kinda stopped looking at mods and thinking of the big $$ signs when its tranny time.....
haha you just throught wayyyy too much at me.
 
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Just trying to help you out so you can get the most answers to your question, do you have a certain amount of money your looking to put into it
 
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LOL, just the common things i notice that everyone has, not sure if anyone is running NOS tho ?
 
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Well what i have been looking at mostly have been intakes headers and exhaust engine wise. Cosmetically either just bigger tires or a level kit n even bigger tires how big can i go with stock rims at stock height? I am pretty sure they are 16in rims.
 
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If it runs well and is reliable, don't do anything. $500-$1000 worth of bolt ons won't do much anyway.Maybe 2-3 mpg's less, if you lucky.
 



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