I went to the Dodge dealer today to ascertain what the cost of a new intercooler was (mine was ruined in a wreck Sat if you haven't read that thread) to see if it would be much less than a good aftermarket one. In which case I would have them put a good one in instead of another stocker if the price was similar.

Anyways they said there was a superceded number that replaced the intercooler part # that is in my truck, and it was $717. I am afraid this might be the crappy plastic end cap models found on trucks newer than mine. But I also don't want to spend another $4-600 bucks to get an aftermarket one after her insurance pays for my factory one.

If it is the plastic one and I continue to run my Smarty Jr when I get it all fixed up, what risk do I run?

 

The superceded part is the ALL METAL intercooler and will say 03-04 on the parts description.

They stopped making the plastic end-caped intercoolers a while ago.

 

Awesome, thanks, that makes me feel a lot better. I didn't want to have to shell out for an aftermarket one that bad when my EGTs are fine, and didn't want to worry about those plastic caps....

 

It is only $480 on makeitmopar.com, I do not think that you can even get a plastic one anymore. Note this one is for a 05-07.

 

Haha my dealership is going to rip off her insurance co then.

 

That plastic POS was an “experiment” they tried on the early '05s. Hopefully they fired that engineer.