Ok i have a 1997 5.9liter ram and was wondering the best performance parts? What are the best headers and exhaust?? also should i get a chip? but mainly was wondering what will be the best exhaust and headers to get? also what are the biggest tires i can fit under it without a lift i'm thinking 31's but if a get a 3 or 4 inch lift what could fit? sorry about all the questions but if you can help me guys thanks.


also if any of you guys have a driftwood gray dodge with black rims please post a pic was wondering if i should go with polish or black rims. thanks

 

Amanda has edelbrock headers, and they seem to be holding up pretty nicely...as for the exhaust, we run a stock y pipe with a super high flow cat, through a dynomax muffler into a turndown. nice deep sound, not deafening...

as for the "chip", i think that superchips makes a hand tuner...but amanda's is OBDI, so we had to get a performance computer replacement.

 

I've got JBA's with single 3" with a flowmaster 40 and love it.

 

shorties or long tube? and are you using the original head pipe?

 

Alas they are shortys.lol. And no not the original headpipe, nothing special either, just larger diameter (2.5" into single 3"), than factory which is like 1 3/4"?? Tiny.

 

catted or no?

i think that the stock y pipe on amandas truck is at least 2 inches...mayeb 2.5.

 

Rims would be the Procomp 8089's. You can see them at www.4wheelparts.com. I'm running a set of 17X9's on my Ram and I get alot of compliments. Headers are going to be the JBA shorties and Flowmaster Super 40's mufflers. I'm still trying to find a dual exhaust system but it looks as though I will have to go to a muffler shop and get them fabbed.

 

i have a 2001 ram 5.9L....as of right now i have a magnaflow muffler on it... I love maglnaflows deep sound.... I am planning on redoing my exhaust within the next month though... This wont be cheap but heres the plan...

Replace the manifolds with Gibson headers
Run the headers to an X pipe....
Then to two short magnaflow mufflers...

(NO CAT)

I'm not sure if I wanna dump it or have it come out the back... I want to hear myself in the cab, but I also love a great sounding truck....