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I have a 318 and 360 magnum. The 318 is fine just needs headgaskets and such and the 360 is newely built with no miles on it yet. I was going to go ahead and put the 360 into the truck but im thinking imma go for more power. My only concern with power with these trucks is them being tuned. Whats the easiest route for tuning, should i swap to obd2, go to carb, or get a standalone ecu
I'd suggest going with the 5.9/360. More power, especially if you add high flow heads and a good flowing exhaust. To deal with tuning, I'd go with a wiring harness and computer out of a '96+ OBD2 5.9 truck.
Yeah, can't tune the OBDI stuff. The Dogs suggestion of converting to OBDII, with the PCM/Harness/and trans..... from a 96 or 97 truck would make your life easier. Anything newer, and too much is different.
Yeah, can't tune the OBDI stuff. The Dogs suggestion of converting to OBDII, with the PCM/Harness/and trans..... from a 96 or 97 truck would make your life easier. Anything newer, and too much is different.
Just curious, will he also need to change the transmission from a 46RH to a 46RE along with the later harness or can the newer 1996/1997 PCM & harness work with the 46RH without issue?
Well im putting a nv4500 5 speed behind it. i have the wiring from a 99 dodge that the 360 and nv4500 came out of but the ecu in the truck is for a 318. The guy had a 318 computer on a 360 idk how it runs with the computer being for the wrong computer but thats how he had it. So i already have the wiring. but with me changing the wiring will it hook up in with my dash harness?