Your bottleneck would be your heads.
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
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Anthony_Gonatas@ars.aon.com
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 9:52 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Need Help!
Would the stock R/T exhaust system not handle the extra air? Will a 52mm TB
hurt
my Hp until I install some heads? I'm guessing here, but should I be looking
forward to 10 extra hp from the TB on a stock engine?
bernd@texas.net on 07/19/2001 05:54:20 AM
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Subject: Re: DML: Need Help!
Look at the long term modifications and the throttle body is your best bet.
Make sure you have a decent muffler or cat-back system to handle the extra
air
coming in though.
50mm works well but would recommend the 52mm if you're going to be
installing
the custom heads and larger valves.
- Bernd
> What should be my first real bolt-on? I own a 2001 R/T with 4900miles
>
> The 5.9 currently has a 180T-Stat with some 3923 Autolites! Dyno around
224hp
> 327.6tq @ the wheels with 4000k on the clock! Tested on a Dyno Jet.
>
>
> Ok I've been thinking if I should purchase a F&B TB? Should I get a 50mm
or
the
> 52mm? I would like to install a M1 and some 2.02 R/T heads down the
road.
> Would the 52mm be too big until I install the
> heads and the M1? Dyno testing only showed a 2hp increase with no intake
system
> on. So I still don't see a great restriction at the moment with the
stock
> air box.
>
> Would a set of $50 wires be worth it? IAT Adjuster? $200-300 Cold intake
> system? I heard an intake system acts like a ram air and it should
make
> more hp than nothing on the TB, is this true?
> $200 Jet Chip? Headers? Muffler? Is an R/T exhaust system restrictive? I
think
> it's not, I can hear hints of popping while decelerating on the
highway
> just like any free flow system would do.
> Also at the Dyno I got a few comments on the loudness of the stock exhaust
and
> how did dodge get that passed noise emissions! LOL!
>
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Thanks, Anthony
>
>
>
>
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