Hey guys, still looking for help. I have a 2003 dakota R/T 5.9. aem cold air, gibson headers and catback, chipped and thats about it i think. Anyway my nieghborhood is full of ricers, including my boys honda SI. I can beat it now, but he is on a mission. I am puttting my baby on a diet this weekend, but i need more help. Remember i am a novice so explain s-l-o-w. Were taking them up to the dragway on the 15th so i will let you know what happens.

 

awesome take him down...i hate rice!

 

I am going to try. Any advice will help. I'm going to get the best gas i can, but does any of the booster crap really work?

 

dont really know if they work for real but i used this stuff in a sky blue bottle in my jeep once and swore it gave me a little stronger throttle not really sure though. my suggestions are to just dump everything you dont need spare tire ect. dont have a lot of gas in it less then half a tank id say.

 

Things that can be done by then with ease.....and money.....nothing too huge, but would put an extra edge out there

1. 1.7 roller rockers
2. Hi-flow cat/no cat
3. 180 thermo
4. new ignition....msd....accel
5. a wider tire to hook up better
6. larger TB

only things I can think of to do in 12 days

 

loose some weight in the tires and wheels, unsprung weight kills ETs and if I remember the factory wheels are like lead balloons

 

+1 on losing as much weight as you can!

 

Thanks for the advice guys. I removed the spare, jack, backseat(ext cab), electric seat moters, and as long as its nice out i am going to dump my windshield fluid. I am only going to fill up half way, and going to try some octane booster (i guess it cant hurt). I called the speed shop (tillmans speed shop is great if you want to give them a try), and priced NOZ. Actually ZEX, $685 for the kit and $350 for instalation. I think your right about the wheels though. I got the stock 17s with some low profile street tires right now. Wahtsa good tire for a truck with no wieght in the ***?

 

And thanks for the list twiztid

 

dont screw around with nitrous, cam the 5.9 and be done with it. With an aggressive cam you'll blow away pretty much any ricer out there.