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Alright I bought the Hamilton 178/208 cam kit with valve springs and rods and when I do the cam I’m going to pull the head and do 100% over injectors, studs , #103 springs. Should I also replace all the valves ? And what machine work should I have done to it ? At the moment the head is 100%...

Hello all, new to the forum as well as to the Dodge family. I bought an 03 Dodge Ram 2500 4wd automatic with 260k miles with a 5.9L quad cab Completely stock. Truck had engine knocking as well as excessive white smoke coming out the exhaust when I bought it so I towed it home and had a diesel...

New to my truck, bought it month ago. Injection pump the bed. Replaced pump and injectors(used but working) everything is to torque. Have fuel at the injector line. Truck will not fire . Gave it a Sniff of ether(grid heater disabled) just a quick 2 sec burst. Just to see if it would cug...

Good evening all.. I am changing out the OEM radio on my 2007 Dodge RAM 2500 quad cab (5.9, no navigation , 4 speaker setup) with an idatalink maestro enabled kenwood radio. The intent is to have a more up to date radio and monitor the EGT, Boost and Tranny fluid temp on the Radio screen. The...

Hi all, just reaching out to a forum to see if anybody’s got a smarter brain or has seen an issue that’s been plaguing my truck the last few months. Developed a knock that seems to run bad between 1400-1800 rpm regardless of gear, on an 04.5 with an nv5600 at 190000kms, automatically assumed...

So i recently picked up a g56 from an 08 ram 2500 with the 6.7. I got everything from the adapter plate on the back of the block to the transfer case, what I am looking to do is replace my nv4500 on my 5.9 12valve with the g56. Any help would be appreciated and I also have some questions. -...

So i recently picked up a g56 from an 08 ram 2500 with the 6.7. I got everything from the adapter plate on the back of the block to the transfer case, what I am looking to do is replace my nv4500 on my 5.9 12valve with the g56. Any help would be appreciated and I also have some questions. -...

Help!!!! Transmission went into neutral it seemed under a load and now I have nothing besides a park pin. Only code it threw was for the transfer case switch (P0839). Which after reading everything that switch does I replaced it. Still nothing. Fluid levels are good, not contaminated, and...

I just bought an '07 3500 w/5.9l Cummins and went to go change the fuel filter because I don't trust folks that say they've done any maintenance recently. I got a new fuel filter (Baldwin PF7977, before you ask, I don't want anyones opinion on the filter I choose to use, just let me do me. No...

Okay so ive had my truck for a year and its sitting roughly 6-650 hp and drives great....build list as follows intake 4in exhaust 363sxe full built trans with full billit throughout and 2200 stall built head (rods, springs, retainers) exergy 60over injectors fleece flo pro 750 pump fass 165...

Hey everybody I have an 03 5.9 With a 47RE transmission according to the vin number... My torque converter bolts backed out some and one backed all the way out and destroyed the threads on the flex plate and the torque converter. I torqued down 5 of the 6 bolts and used the red loctite. The...

Hey guys - 1999 5.9 cummins 2500, body and bed removed for a project. It will be getting a Jeep body on it. First post here hoping for some help! Since buying the truck in March I’ve recently replaced the cylinder head with a tested/inspected reman and threw in ARP headstuds and a new head...

So I picked up a 2007 5.9 back in November. The trick had roughly 252000 on it when I got it and I’ve put around 8ish thousand on it. At around 253000 I was driving at around 50mph and a squealing noise started coming from under the hood around the turbo area. It wasn’t too bad but a definite...

Hi all, I would really appreciate some help with this issue I'm having. I am working on a 2003 Dodge 2500 with a 5.9 Cummins. 229,000 miles. Initial complaint was a really rough idle and lots of white smoke. I did a cutout test. All 6 cylinders fluctuated at idle when I cut them out...

Got a smarty Touch and not overly happy with it. Exceptions might have been high. Anyways what’s your 0-60 times with smarty touch REVO settings and mods. sw9 with rp1, tm 3 and timing 3 4wd 15 psi launch got 10 second 0 to 60 “recording with video camera so give or take a second” sw7 rp 2...

I have a 2003 with a 4" exhaust, S&B CAI, Firepunk comp stage 1 48re trans (800hp rated). Just ordered a Smarty touch, what levels should I be running. Ive read some posts and people are between sw5 and sw9.