[QUOTE=Matt SD300;1367050]
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Originally Posted by aklim
Not for $300, it isn't. Not even if you granny it every day.
Get a education on a Cummins 5.9 12V with a p7100 IP ...  |
Fine, you explain it then. Is the truck built with that much margin that you can power it up to that level and not beef something else up? How much power stock? How much now? How much will the lower end of the engine take if you really use it or run it hard? How much will the trans take before it breaks? How much will the rear end hold up? Can you make it all work for $300? Aren't you doubling the output? If so, was the engine designed to do that? What about the trans and the rear end? What are your pistons made of? With that much boost and fuel, I would think that any sustained run might start to wear it thin. I know that I cannot keep the powerstroke EGT at say 1300 for too long. So, if your EGT is getting high, won't you melt the pistons? How will the IP help cool down the EGT?
Don't know if it is that dodge has way, way overbuilt the truck but I doubt it. I have broken enough parts to know that $300 won't get you that sort of power all the way to the ground without something giving. Like I said, it might if you were to granny it and not really push it hard.