My friends dad just bought an 05 Ram with the 5.7 Hemi and I was wondering what perfomace mods were avalible. He wants to get dual exhaust for sure and maybe a power programmer. What would be a good place to start as far as the mods go?
-Dave

 

The exhaust and air intake are always good places to start as you know.

I know some of the site sponsors have offered specials on headers for the Hemi, as well as offering programmers from Hypertech and/or superchips. Of course you can go real crazy with an STS turbo system. I think i remember something being offered on Dodge Forum as well from our vendors. Might want to do some searches in that section for what they have.

 

MoparMan try going here http://www.rpmoutlet.com/ramhemi.htm under the section Dynotuned Options. They have the best prices I've seen. Good Luck!

 

I heard that the programmers can't improve too much on the 04 and up 5.7's. I'd focus more on headers, exhaust and intake.

 

Thnks for all the info. Ill check some of these sites out and see what I can come up with.

 

Check out www.krcperformance.com too. They also have another section on their site that is http://krcperformance.com/newcontent/moparmuscle.html

 

Why can't the reprogrammers make that much of a difference in the 04's and up? Why is it just the 04 and up, what makes them different?

 

There were some differences in the 03 and 04+. I'm not up on the specifics, but maybe that had something to do with it.

 

buy the sts turbo! Great top end performer. A lot of thought went into this system!............... WORTH THE MONEY!

I have an 04' QC 4x4 AWD hemi with stock 3.92 gears. In stock form, I ran it down the 1/4 mile at 16.64 seconds.

I just finished installing The sts turbo with boost controller, and their air to water intercooler. I haven't finished tuning the system yet, but let me tell you, from zero to 60, it feels like a 15 second truck, and from 60 and on it feels like a high 12 second truck.

I suspect 1/4 mile times to be mid 13's, and top speed easily 150mph+ (past the speed limiter) when all said and done. Pretty damn good for a 3 ton tank!

I have an APS 2500 stall converter on the way, and thoughts of a dual set of 4.56 gears in the future as well.

 

How much does the whole system run for the sts turbo