5.9 Magnum Dyno - Cam and Intake

I had the factory kegger manifold on my 95 5.2 Dakota. I did a little port matching work, installed VRPs (volume reduction plates I got from a place that, pretty much, all they do is Magnum engines. It's called Utawsome Performance, in Utah of course. The guy who develops this stuff for Magnum engines, Marty, is a very knowledgeable & good guy. Check them out.) a lifter valley plate, that keeps the hot oil from splashing on the bottom of the intake, installed the Hughes plenum plate, & the mildest cam I could run without messing with the OBD1 system this truck had, & man this thing woke up. OBD2 systems are far more forgiving/adjustable with a tune. Some say the kegger manifold is no good, maybe for high RPMs, (over 6000) but what a torque monster it can be with a little modification. Check Utawsome out when you get a chance. I was very happy with them

Thanks for the heads up. UTAwesome does some cool stuff and nice kegger mods...but personally, I don't care for the kegger. I much prefer the air gap dual plane or even a victor Jr single plane. Don't get me wrong, the off idle torque of the kegger is impressive, but north of say 4k it really struggles, even trimmed and ported runners (from the testing I've seen).

I also like an engine that rust up to 6k+ and don't mind a decent stall and low gears...