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Old 07-18-2013, 02:17 AM
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I have a 02 ram 1500 4.7 and I wanna make it faster. How can I do that with not spending too much money?
 
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Old 07-18-2013, 10:03 AM
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There is no real cheap performance parts for these engines, parts are expensive. But with that said if not planning ongoing all out modding it the best bang for the buck are switching gears to 4.10s or 4.56s with posi looking at around a grand depending on where you live
Take a look at my SIG. for the common mods

Good place to find parts is airram.com
 

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Old 07-19-2013, 01:53 AM
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Welcome to DF. A tuner/programmer is also a very good bang for your buck.

I will move your thread to the correct section. For future reference:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/dodge-r...ead-first.html
 
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Originally Posted by icywhite
There is no real cheap performance parts for these engines, parts are expensive. But with that said if not planning ongoing all out modding it the best bang for the buck are switching gears to 4.10s or 4.56s with posi looking at around a grand depending on where you live
Take a look at my SIG. for the common mods

Good place to find parts is airram.com

Your list of mods has a short throw shifter, I have a 5-speed too and could never find one. Where did you get you H.O. cam from?
 
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Old 07-29-2013, 11:29 PM
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I believe the HO cam he has is from the Grand Cherokee HO 4.7 V8.
 
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Old 07-30-2013, 10:00 AM
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I bought my ho cams years ago from dodge when you could still get them from dodge. The shifter I got off eBay from a company in sugar land Tx which is close to me I think the name was core shifter
 
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Without spending too much a tuner would definitely be a good bang for your buck. I hear it does wonders on the 4.7. But gear would also be good although pricey. Exhaust is always a pretty cheap one and maybe headers if you can find them
 
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sell it and buy a hemi.
 
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Oh, there you go again.



Get an SCT. And before you start messing with that crap, do tune up work before hand.
 
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Originally Posted by dodge dude94
HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT



Get a hemi. And before you start messing with that 4.7, do a hemi swap before hand.
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