Im looking to upgrade my 05 1500 5.7. I already have K&N CAI, Superchips 93 tune, and the previous own had installed a dual cat-back exhaust, but Im hoping I could put a fairly agressive cam into it and plans are already in place to install TTI headers and 3" dual exhaust with an x-pipe for balancing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Just trying to get as much info as possible.

 

Do you have a std cab, quadcab, 2wd or 4wd? 4.56 gears will geive you a good boost in performance without costing much mpg.

 

quad cab 4x4

 

for a really aggressive cam you'll need a chip like the Diablo. If you don't go too crazy I think you can get by with a regular chip? (correct me if I'm wrong)
Gears, line pressure booster, efan are all common mods.

 

im not looking for something really crazy. just a solid mid-range and bit choppier idle

 

If you want a good cam with a really nice lope and low end power you will need to get custom tuned. Where are you located?

Cam - 400-450
Tuner - 250-350
Tuning - 250-400
(16) 6.1 exhaust springs - 65
6.1 push rods - 11
cam bolt - 3
crank bolt - 1
wide band - 150
head gaskets and bolts - 100
7 qrts oil plus filter
1 qrt of ATF4

then you either need to pay someone to do it or do it yourself. Special tools you need are a damper puller and a valve spring tool.

Ive got some youtube vids of my truck and cam at www.youtube.com/weedahoe

 

im attending school in Chatt. TN but i live in northern TN. could i do custom tuning myself?

 

not with diablo, you have to have a cmr tuner make you tunes... or spend $2500 and get the cmr software and blow your truck up yourself... ive seen someone do that with sct and the pro racer software...

 

then where would i go to have get the pcm tuned?

 

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