I am a new diesel owner and new to this forum.My name is Travis I live in Jacksonville N.C. The truck is a 1996 Ram 3500 club cab dually with 12 v and automatic trans.I was wondering if there was anyone in the Jacksonville area that worked on these trucks as far as doing performance work. Thank you ,Travis

Uh oh, your in trouble. [nonono]

There might be "one or two people" in your area who are in to diesel performance. I'll let them chime in and let you know where to go. But your life as you know it is about to change. [laugh]


Congrats on the new truck and be sure to meet as many of these people that you can. There is a great group of guys in the NC VA area and you'll not regret meeting them, well, maybe your pocket will regret it. [coffee]

You learn quickly there is no such thing as "To Much Fun". Congrats on your purchase and welcome to DTR. First thing you want to do to your truck is tranny. Phil McMaster is a Goerend Tranny guy near Raleigh, he can fix you up. He goes by McMopar on this forum.

If you value the current amount in your savings account, run away!![laugh]

A great guy to get up with in your area is John_P. He knows the dark art of 12v voodoo.[laugh]

I don't know of any shops in jacksonville that do any performance work on these trucks. I work part time at Napa in town if you have any question i can tell you some of the things that i have learned. Like everyone has said there are some good guys from this area. i followed some of them to Rockingham last year and had a blast.

I am in Jville. I am sure you can guess my occupation but I can help turn a wrench pretty descent

Thanks guys

You should come out to the drag strip on sunday.

I'm glad I found this thread. I just got here last week and don't really know anybody around here.

NC is a big place... Where in NC are you located?

Come ou to coastal plains today you will meet some guys from the site

I'm out in Jacksonville.

Hey I am in Jacksonville I can turn a wrench with the best of em most of the time. I am sure with our minds combined we can do anything.

Me too, kinda[dummy][guitar]

Hey Travis,
Was that you that was at the track white Dodge with the cab on the back???

Anyone from around the E-city area? That is where I am located.

Ive never even heard of E-City:confused:

No , I was not able to make it out to CPR Sunday. What kind of turnout did they have?

It was good. See the coastal thread here in the chapter site.
there was someone there with a Dodge Diesel, but left. Thought it might of been you.

It was ok we had 5 dodges and one PSD. E-city would be elizabeth city up towards VA on the coast.

Sorry, that was short for Elizabeth City, NC

tjt75

I can help you with your 12v when I get back to town.( I'm stuck in San Diego right now[verymad]) I've got all the tools to do your pump timing, valve springs, Gov-springs, delivery-valves and injectors. I can also help you with powder coating your engine parts. Let me know if you need a intake,gauges or other parts for your 12v because I have all kinds of parts in my shop. Make sure you ask John P or myself before you spend any money.

JOHN P and Pete can tell you the kind of work I do.(most of the time John P helps as well as guides me)

CRIS

Between JohnP and Cris there is ALOT of experience in this area. Plus they are both great guys.

Pete

Are you going to be able to stay out in town when you come out to CA or do you have to stay on the base?

CRIS

I'm not sure yet I'll probly just stay in the baracks on the base.

I am a new diesel owner and new to this forum.My name is Travis I live in Jacksonville N.C. The truck is a 1996 Ram 3500 club cab dually with 12 v and automatic trans.I was wondering if there was anyone in the Jacksonville area that worked on these trucks as far as doing performance work. Thank you ,Travis
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Travis:

I am little late getting in here but "Welcome to the Website!";) As Cris, Pete and Shayne have already said, we have a great group of guys in our area and Chapter and like them I would be glad to help you out with anything you need! Maybe when Cris gets back we can all get together in J'Ville one night for dinner or something. Cris is THE MAN around here for any of your parts needs and he does a GREAT job of powdercoating too!

Anyway, welcome aboard, glad to have you with us!

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John_P

Thanks for all the offers for the help.Will most likely take y'all up on some of those offers in the future.Also would like to meet all of you.John I had met you a couple years ago when I worked at the Honda shop and you and Danny would come in and get parts.Thanks again guys looking foward to meeting you all .

tjt75, We will probly be doing a set of twins on my truck this weekend if you wanna stop buy and meet some guys.

TJT75
You are a lucky man, you are in the mix with some very good folks. I've known some of them for better than 10 years.

Be warned tho. This could be hard on your wallet.
The hardest thing is for you to decide if you want to build the truck for towing heavy stuff and for playing ie racing, sled pulling or being a dyno king.[nonono]:o:o

I lived in Hubert N C for almost 15 years, I retired after 21 years in the corps and then moved down here to Fl.

Welcome to the CTD family.
If no one has told you one of the best places to get your filters and stuff is Geno'sGarage.com
I have been buying stuff from there for many years now.

Take care
See Ya
Chris