busted

well just got a 98 3500 5 speed with 258.000 miles. would like to get more power any suggestions on a good programmer? how much can i go safely with the miles on the truck? i am getting a 5 inch exhaust. and new manifold 3 piece. thanks for the help.

sonnys

I have the super chips and have it on the first setting which i believe is 75 horse poer, My shop toldme not to go any higher with stock tranny....with it on the first level it is way good for me...super chips was 385.00 and that inc. it instaalled ..but after watching a 5 year old can install and reprogarm and remove it.

good luck

emoryemt-i

i have the power puck and love it. I think it gives 60 hp and 160tq. it has increased my mileage by 2mpg and i can be stacked with other boxes. its not very aggresive so you wont have to worry about the tranny.. I think you can get one for around 200-250 if you look hard. Also if you havent got a fuel pressure gauge on your truck you need to get one of them first.

mx684

yea first thing you need to get guages...make sure you have good fuel pressure before you start throwin on a box and whatnot....you can find all kinds of deals on used edge ez's (towing chip, 65hp and 200ftlbs) and edge comps, ( 5 adjustable levels, up to 120 hp i believe) and those can be stacked with a few others down the road also...both are great products...

Dieseldude4x4

I second and third the gauge suggestion as the first investment. Had I, er ah, a real close friend I know done that, it may have saved me, er ah, him $10858.00. This is what happened with just an EZ and DDII's with no gauges.

busted

ok on getting gauges. were do i install fuel pressure gauge line?.well now i have an antefreze leak at the back of the head. how hard is this fix? looking at puting the edge juice/attitude on is the stock clutch good for 120 hp more?

6WHEELER

Mine is tapped into the factory filter housing, which is empty, fass does the filtering. There are a couple of different ways to mount it, inline fittings, pre tapped banjo bolts. Don't know about head, hoping to pull mine for oring's this spring. I would think that the clutch would hold for a little, very little while on level 5. I install a new trans and bigger clutch before I turned my truck up. Just some info for you. Weak low pressure pumps don't last long with performance boxs. The injector pump might be fine and might die like mine did with my drag comp on level 3 in 300ft after install "it was a quick 300ft". Some 5speeds have issues with losing 5th gear, thats part of why I replace my trans and clutch. Just some quirks with these truck to get worked out before the high power fun begins. Gauges of some sort..