damn it well i was gonna put in a 2500 stall converter as well but from the sounds of it that wont help wich sucks cause the guy i bought it off of said it would be perfect for what i need and i believed him cause he builds race motors as well as street rod daily drivers i mean his daily driver runs ten sec quarter miles doin wheel stands from take off so i guess my idea an his of a daily is a lil different but i thank you for the info and if you have any suggestions to improve low end as well end power inexpensively while the motor is nothing but a block crank pistons an heads before i put it back together please let me know

 

Go with a computer friendly RV cam.

Harland Sharp 1.7 roller rockers. (watch your lift numbers though, the stock heads won't go real far. best to do some research, and find the exact number where you start running into trouble, or, simply replace the springs/locks/keepers.... not a bad upgrade either.)

If your truck is 96 or later, go with a HemiFever tuner. MUCH better than stock tunes......

Poor man's throttle body mod. (DIY in the faq section)

Better heads? The factory heads are prone to cracking..... there are some low-buck alternatives out there in the world, that are better. (and come fully assembled, with better valve springs at that.....)

You wanna keep converter stall speed under 2100 RPM..... since you use it for towing.

Have you fixed the plenum yet?? I think you are in a perfect spot to do so, being as how the engine is disassembled??

Better flowing exhaust. Either long tube headers, or, shorties with a better y-pipe. The factory unit is restrictive as hell.

What size tires are you running, and what gears do you have?

 

do you know what the factory gears are in that year of 4x4 ram 1500 in the rear end its a 94

 

Oh. Ok. so, no tuner for you........

Probably 3.55's....... fine with 245 tires, ok with 265's, getting a bit tight with 285's, anything beyond that, and you lose a lotta bottom end......

 

3:55 unless the original owner put in optional gears.


LOL

 

the tires are 31s and the gears are all factory but the heads have had work done seeing as there is machine shop paint marker writing on them one say 2-4 the other say 2-6 and i am not sure what you mean by fix the plenum or what it is you call the plenum maybe i call it somethin else but you lost me lol an it has true dual exhaust no cats no mufflers but stock manifolds

 

i really thank you for the help i know how to do the work just not always the right parts to use if you get me an if i was to go to a set of 4:10 gears in the rearend one do i need to change the transfer case gears as well an two will it still be good on highway

 

an does anyone know where to get a reasonably priced rv cam for my 318 that is computer compatable i looked at summit an they want a thousand for a cam an lifter set wich is what i need but i dont want to spend that kind of money

 

Can't help with the cam price, but as far as the plenum goes it is a common failure, read the sticky on top of the threads https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...um-thread.html and if you change gears you do not have to do anything to the transfer case.

You should also get a build sheet for your truck. http://www.dodge.com/wccsapp/univers...ull&category=U

 

If your stock lifters are still in good shape, re-use 'em.