I feel pretty certain that I don't like the Diablo Trinity T-1000. Would it be a mistake to return it for a refund and to buy the Bully Dog tuner instead?

 

My question is this: Which gives you the most torque management removal, the most options for customization.

I know with the SCT on the 2nd gen Rams, Hemifever will do custom tunes, dunno if he has any support with Diablosport.

 

I went on ahead and bought the JBA shorty headers - I like that they bolt right on and are 1/3 the price of the American Racing longtube headers. I also bought a magnaflow Y-Pipe so my exhaust guy can remove the factory Y while he's in there. Should be interesting to see if the throttle body/header/y-pipe upgrade will loosen up some extra h/p. Gets installed on 6/5..

 

Remember to take video and pictures.

 

I have a thread going on the Bully Dog 40430, check it out in the 3rd gen section. Ive had a good experience with it so far.

 

The guys at American Racing must hate me for cancelling my order with them twice but their price is just much too expensive. So I've switched it up to something I think is going to be more exciting anyways. I bought the Silver Ceramic JBA shorty headers; then I bought two DMH electric exhaust cutouts that will have an x-pipe installed before them; this will give the truck a true dual set-up when the cutouts are open and the sound will be smoother with the x-pipe. Then I bought a y-pipe that will go after the cutouts and then into my corsa exhaust. Should sound and perform great - I did this setup once on my 2010 Tundra and it sounded nuts, especially in sequential shift mode

 

I've done everything you listed (and more internally on a stock rotating assembly) with my Charger, I "strongly" suggest going with the Diablo tuner. SC has a strong market with regards to "quick tune modifications" with at home tuning. You'll benefit more with a Diablo with data logging, and CMR tuning especially since your continuing to upgrade aftermarket parts.

Pulling extra ponies with bolt-ons isn't always noticable, especially something around 6k lbs., however a 4.56 rearend will greatly help, and a CMR tune will greatly aid those modifications.