97 Dodge Ram 2500, AKA Shitty Dodge

[TrailTamer]

clean out your cowl under the wipers.
I forget where the HVAC drain is, but that should drain out through the firewall, forward & down.

I'm starting to think it's rain water. the cowl under wipers are clean. Not sure where to start looking. I have leaky windshield but the amount that get poured out of floor vents seem to be too much for how little get leaked through the windshield seal.

[TrailTamer]

after almost a year later, I finally have a full exhaust! procrastinating at the best. Dynomax 4" tail pipe, Dynomax 5" chrome tip from Rockauto. I relocated hangers to move entire exhaust up to put the exhaust tip high and out of harm way. PITA, but success!

I mounted one new tire, 315/70R17 Hankook Dynapro ATM. Deleted the front mud flaps and look like it'll clear just fine. 
Bald tires suck.

[TrailTamer]

Next, is to install the tuner. To detune and tune out the smoke. After that, I think it'll be ready to be dropped off at "The Diesel Shop" in Rush for it's cold start's long cranking and heavy blow-by diagnostics.

[Harrison]

You getting one of those in-cab fuel plate and AFC adjusters?

[TrailTamer]

You getting one of those in-cab fuel plate and AFC adjusters?

Yes. I already have it. Power Driven Diesel's AFC LIVE tuner. I can't wait to find out how much improvement it will make on driveability

[M4wdFab]

neat, i was wondering how the word tuner and 12V worked

[mr.mindless]

I think Nick's silver truck had one of those.

I just set AFC to barely smoke, ground my plate hard, and controlled EGTs and smoke w my foot

[TrailTamer]

I think a better turbo will help a lot on EGT when towing through hills.

[TrailTamer]

And paint the tailgate lol

[mr.mindless]

pretty good distribution.

if you're happy with power but EGTs are high you might want to look to a hybrid to stay away from lag? not something I know a lot about, honestly, but I'd hate to give up quick spool searching for horsepower in mid-high range for my use at least.

[Wingman]

water injection? totally talking out of my a$$...  :-

[M4wdFab]

somethings wrong if you cant out pull me though steam valley at 10-12K lighter    

our trucks are pretty close for the two times we were nose to nose, id say i was 2% more truck both times with our loads ignored. but that was hawging at 2800rpm 5th gear at 55mph for me 

[TrailTamer]

somethings wrong if you cant out pull me though steam valley at 10-12K lighter    

our trucks are pretty close for the two times we were nose to nose, id say i was 2% more truck both times with our loads ignored. but that was hawging at 2800rpm 5th gear at 55mph for me

I'm thinking possible boost leaks, bad tuning, bad injection pump or something. I will investigate. I'm geared tall though.

[Harrison]

My truck hawgs around the same weight though some gnarly hills on 84 and 81 with max EGT around 1200. There are two hills I grab 5th and run 60mph/2500rpm because they're steep and looooonngg.

Whatever turbo my truck has works really well above 1700-1800rpm. I cruise at 2130rpm at 70mph and it's perfect.

You are running 3.55s and 33s? You grabbing gears on hills?

Mike M has a lot of experience running a p-pump truck at that weight and more...

[TrailTamer]

My truck hawgs around the same weight though some gnarly hills on 84 and 81 with max EGT around 1200. There are two hills I grab 5th and run 60mph/2500rpm because they're steep and looooonngg.

Whatever turbo my truck has works really well above 1700-1800rpm. I cruise at 2130rpm at 70mph and it's perfect.

You are running 3.55s and 33s? You grabbing gears on hills?

Mike M has a lot of experience running a p-pump truck at that weight and more...

3.55 with new 315/70R17 tires. I drop to 4th on bigger hills.