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    Took a look inside my hemi

    I would bet good money the truck overheated, big time, at some point before you owned it. That said, i would hve done it the easy way and it would probably have cost less. I would have bought a longblock and swapped it out. But i am lazy like that.
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    Demon swap into 1500 Ram "Li'l Rex"

    I guess if you have nothing better to do and a lot of money? It will probably outrun a scat pack if you add about 500lbs in the bed to get it to hook up.
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    New motor recommendation

    Who told you the cam lobe was worn? Just courious. If true, installing a new cam and lifters is not going to last very long unless you find out WHY the lobe wore down. Ooiling issue on....one.....cam lobe? Not probable. If oil pressure was the issue, all of them would be worn down, along with...
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    MPG effect of Leveling Kit

    All a leveling kit is going to do is raise the center of gravity and make the truck a little unstable if you tow anything heavy. It will not affect millage. The oversized tires you put on it will though.....
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    Would like a higher PSI for my engine oil, options?

    Leave it alone. Much smarter people than those you have "heard" put a lot of time and research into developing the HEMI. I have had a few. The last one i traded in, a 2011, had 170k miles on it and the only engine work i ever did to it was replace the exhaust manifold on the drivers side. When i...
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    Need some exhaust help... please be patient

    What you are looking for is something like the factory system on scat packs, with a baffle that automatically opens at start and when you floor it but closes a little while driving. There is no aftermarket system that does that outside of a manually operated cutout. catback will give you more...
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    The future looks pretty sad.

    You sound like a right wing radio hoste or one of the "true believers". EV is the future. And it is a boon for 95 percent of the people who own trucks. They deliver more power and more towing capacity that gas or deisel. The only donw side is distance, which is only a very small percentage of...
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    Very bizarre feeling when surpassing 5k rpm

    Unless you put some ladder bars on the diff, it is the springs twisting and the tires walking forward. It could also be bad ujoints. Unless you put a double u-joint cv joint on the driveshaft, it is going to eat u-joints, especially when applying pressure to the system. It could also be the...
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    Oil Catch Can ?

    The 6.4 in the cars already have one built in. It drains back into the engine................That said, it is not necessary unless you have a high milage engine that may have a significant amount of blow back. And even then, run the engine and spray injector cleaner through the air filter. It...
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    Cybertruck vs RAM 2500

    Electric is a much better option for towing, maintenence, and performance by any benchmark. However, if you need to tow something long distance, it is the suck. Electric motors have all of there torque from 1 to 1000 rpms. There is no reason, other than suspension, it will also be vastly...
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    My letter to Mopar regarding discontinued ABS module

    A lot of people are under the assumption that auto manufactureres are required to stock parts for 10 years on their products. That law is gone. It is no longer required. Getting rid of that law has saved auto manufacturers tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars every year. So...
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    Terrible 5.7L 2500 MPG

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    Advice: Selling a Lifted Truck

    Your market will consist of teens and twenty somethings who do not have a lot of money. That is why no one wants to give you a number. It would be insultingly low because they think there is better than a 50/50 chance they will have to send it to the auctions where it will not even get averge...
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    2025 Ram 1500 TRX Drops 6.2L Hellcat V8, New 3.0L Hurricane I6 Packs Over 500 HP

    First, the idea of a high performance engine in a 6000lb platform is about as dumb as it gets and the number 1 reason none of the previous attempts by any of the big 3 made it past a few years of production. Anyone remember the "Viper" truck? Fords V10 triton? The 454 and 502 in the GM trucks...
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    Will mod upgrades void warranties

    The mods you are considering will void the warantee. The headers will require you to adjust the tune on the vehicle wich will automatically void the warantee. Not to mention if you plan on deleting the cats, which is illegal, which will void the warantee on the motor and exhaust...
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    Does A 4WD Truck Need Limited Slip

    Not necessary. In fact, if you buy a base 4wd from Dodge, Ford, or Chevy, it does not come with a limited slip diff. It has to be ordered with a package or by itself. And honestly, you only need it for spacific situations most people do not encounter. In most cases, having a front tire pulling...
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    How do I change suspension for softer ride?

    Really? You bought a tow beast and your butt hurts? Two ways to get a softer ride. Tow something heavy. It will actually make the ride smoother....like designed. The other way is trade down to a 1500 that was designed to give a decent ride without 10k on the trailer hitch...................The...
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    What can I do with this mess… BOTCHED cam and lifter job

    It is less time consuming, read cheaper, to buy a rebuilt long block and just swap the engine. Which is what you should do now. I am assuming the engine has over 200k miles, if the cam and lifters need replacing. So the bearings, rings, etc are also well worn and you will be spending as much...
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    6.4 Truck engine

    The 6.4 they put into trucks, and they do, is not the same as the 6.4 they put into scat packs. The scat pack engines have more hp, but the torque is close to the same. A 6.4 in a 6000lb truck is going to get maybe 8 to 9 mpg in the city, my scat pack gets about 11 to 12 in the city. you do not...
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    Safer. Stage 1 full cam kit install or whipple supercharger.

    Both are going to do harm to your transmission depending on how you drive it. Same with u-joints. For a HEMI though, go with the cam, not the supercharger. The top ring on a HEMI is very cose to the top of the piston and does not hold up well to boost. The 6.2 in the Hellcat is built for forced...
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    4 hours and $900 CAD to change spark plugs?

    Rofl, there are no mechanics anymore. Just code reading part swappers. Why something happened? Not a damn one of them can tell you. Many do not even understand what the parts they are swapping actually do, much less how they work. Then you have "the book". It may only take about an hour to...
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    New to the Ram-ily- I need help (6.4 Hemi - 2022 Power Wagon)

    perfectly normal. I have a 2016 scat pack. Does the same thing. Some of it you can quiet down by changing the oil. Dodge likes Mobile 1, which is 0w30w or 0w20w. i started putting 5w30w in mine and it quieted down some on start up. They tell you it is injector noise, and that is partly true. But...
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    I regret buying a RAM

    It is not just dodge. My wifes new 2022 GMC was shipped, after a 6 month wait on order, without several electronic features because they just could not get the parts. SLOWLY they have been coming in and getting installed. The 80k price tag, in addition to the missing parts was a hard pill to...
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    New 2023 5.7l hemi, 87 or 89 on first fill up?

    i have owned 2003, 2011, 2017 rams over the years. One had over 160k miles before i sold it, all had the 5.7. I ran regular unleaded in all of them. The computer will adjust the timing to make it work well. 87 oct. .................Now if you want that last little shred of power, in a 6000lb...
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    Pricing is out of control

    Welcome to the new reality. And it is not just trucks or Dodge. Until the market hits saturation and demand drops off dramatically, it is only going to get worse. My motto used to be to buy something 4 years old, at which time it depreciated 50 percent, and find a clean vehicle under 100k miles...

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