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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 07:47 PM
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I am looking to add some HP to my truck. I have a kool-vue intake with a cherry bomb extreme (that I might switch to a race bullet), so my question is with $200 what would you do to add/pull some more HP. I will get a tuner soon and have decided to go with the SC, so that is not included with this question. I wanna make my ram scream down the road and loud as hell!
 
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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Sorry, but $200 won't add any ponies. Even a tuner is $300+ and has dubious returns, IMO. More real horsepower is more likely a kilobuck or so.
 
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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Stickers add 5hp each
 
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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You can always add a Power Wire and a Sonnax and drop the rest in fuel
 
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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Well that sucks. I guess I'll have to stock up on the stickers LOL!! I have read about the power wire but I am not good with the electical side of the house.

How about a race bullet with no cats and a magnaflow y pipe. Speaking of cats I know the legality side of this but without them are there any gains that I could see?

weed- I clicked on your link in an earlier post about the race bullet but did not see the video you posted( I went through all the videos) pretty good stuff you got and a nice setup for a shop too! I would love to black out my bezel and all the wood grain looking pieces in my truck.
 
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 10:50 PM
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Save up another 100 and get an Efan
 
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 08HEMI1500
Save up another 100 and get an Efan
This was going to be my exact reply.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 02:50 AM
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I know where you guys are headed with that but do you really need $300 for an efan setup?

My Taurus fan was $25, my controller was $40, I added a Stinger 80A relay for added protection for the controller for $20 and added OEM circuit breakers for another $20.

But overall the fan and controller were $65 +/-

I know guys who do like there Viper fans and another that I cant remember but lets not forget sometimes the lesser and cheaper setup works just as good too.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 03:18 AM
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Yes but some of us are not wire savvy and prefer to pay the extra to have everything already wired up for us so we don't electrocute ourselves
 
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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 03:55 AM
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And some of us do not have easy access to those sorts of DIY pieces and parts, unfortunately, so a ready-made kit that is widely available on the internet is about the only option.

I do appreciate the "make-it-instead-of-buy-it" attitude and skill-set, though. Wish I had both!
 
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