Gotta love these threads... But I looked and didn't see anything.

Anyway, what is it going to take? For starter I'm going to do all the deletes and get a smarty. I'm going to do head studs for a peace of mind... Can a one ton mega cab run 13's with tuning alone?

Sorry I haven't gotten around to updating the sig...I'm picking the truck up on Saturday. 2007.5 4x4 mega cab 3500 Laramie automatic

 

Well, I think with the right tuning you may get into the high 13's. But I doubt the 68RE will hold.

If you need some help deleting, give me a shout. Im working in Carthage and staying right up the road in Marshall.

 

I got the truck. Noticed the dpf is cracked and the egr valve seems like it may be hanging up. Well I say that... It acted up 30 min into the trip home but after the 4 hour drive it cleared up. It doesn't matter all that stuff is coming off.

If I need any help I'll let you know Blake... Thanks for the offer. I used to spend a lot time in Carthage myself when I was a field mechanic for Halliburton. What dealer do you use? I may see about getting that dpf warrantied so I'll have a good one if ever need be. PM me if needed.

 

Man I had good luck with Patterson in Marshall changing my water pump with all of my mods. Good folks, they did me a good turn.

Go talk to Ms Patty (asst service manager) and mention that you read my article on DTR and she will be tickled pink.

 

Just ordered a smarty, 5" tbe, egr cooler delete, intake horn, and grid heater delete. My first impression of the truck is I love it except for it drink fuel like crazy. We will see what this stuff does for it.

 

Good deal!

 

Installed 5" tbe today and loaded smarty on #2... It sounds like a cummins with a vgt on it...a giant ****** off hair dryer. Not my favorite sound but it really isn't that loud. My 5.9 still had the cat on it without a muffler and it had 10x more drone.

I left a red light with a little boost and it lit up all four tires
like I was on ice through 3rd gear. Very happy with this truck! 6.7 > 5.9

 

Thats sweet, glad you like it.. Yeah i wish these trucks had a better sound to them with these stock turbos but i love the factory eb to get rid of it.

 

[QUOTE=SpeedyWS6;2833811]Installed 5" tbe today and loaded smarty on #2... It sounds like a cummins with a vgt on it...a giant ****** off hair dryer. Not my favorite sound but it really isn't that loud. My 5.9 still had the cat on it without a muffler and it had 10x more drone.

I left a red light with a little boost and it lit up all four tires
like I was on ice through 3rd gear. Very happy with this truck! 6.7 > 5.9[/QUOTE

Did you do all of what you wanted or are you still relatively stock , you have to realize you have a 8200 + pound truck and you want into the 13's . that will easily need at least 500 + horsepower if not more , I am pretty sure I am in the high 14's to low 15's and am at about 450hp

 

My 2wd quad cab went 13.9 fuel only and it was a hand full out of the hole with a stick shift. It had no traction at all! I have an air dog and a snow meth kit off that truck that I will be installing on this one. Along with the grid heater delete and intake horn that is on the way. I'll figure something out for the intake... I think I will leave the nitrous off of this truck. LOL

I really don't think making the power to run 13's will be a problem. Like Blake said the transmission may be a different story. If it goes I guess I'll be teaching myself how to rebuild a 68rfe.

 

good luck with this keep us posted , I have a MHP ll tranny tune with my 68RFE but am still reluctant to run it hard on level 8 on the smarty . level 8 gives me a 6.5 second 0 - 60 mph . that tune would get me into the mid 14's