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Old 03-22-2011, 08:57 PM
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I just bought a 98 1500 thats lifted a little bit with 33" tires. It has a 5.9 in her. It has some power now but i want more power. Anyone have any ideas on cheap quick ways to get more power?
 
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Harland Sharp 1.7 ratio roller rockers
Fix Your Plenum
Tune Up
14x3 air filter
SCT Tuner
Headers
Muffler of your choice
 
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sct tuner best bang for the buck
 
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Harland Sharp 1.7 Roller Rockers best bang for the buck
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Originally Posted by 98violet
I just bought a 98 1500 thats lifted a little bit with 33" tires. It has a 5.9 in her. It has some power now but i want more power. Anyone have any ideas on cheap quick ways to get more power?
this won't be cheap but... install a set of 4.10 gears and have fun.
 
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I'd go 4.56 gears with 33's but then again I have a 30" tire on 4.10's. I like the off-the-line power and can live with the mileage.

3.92 should have been the standard on the factory 225/75/16 tire. These things are hard enough to get moving on a woefully underpowered engine.
 
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Originally Posted by PurplDodge
Fixed.
For the money, I think getting rid of the factory programming would be a better investment of the two. (tuner, or rockers.) But, get the best of both worlds..... Do both.
 
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Originally Posted by lastrights
sct tuner best bang for the buck
agreed!
 
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I'd do rockers and exhaust before tuner.
 
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From personal experiance, a tune made the single biggest difference, easily. Can't go wrong with the rockers either.
 


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