Hey guys, so a few weeks back I lost oil pressure on my 02 5.9 cummins and blew the turbo and spun at least one rod bearing (I think) so the truck is sitting right now till I get the money saved up to get the engine rebuilt this winter. The engine was rebuilt last summer and only had about 10-15k miles on the rebuild but I know the guy who owned the truck b4 me and I know he probably didn't spend any more money than needed (for instance, the bores we're about at the limit as far as out of round but he didn't get it bored) so Idk if the factory oil pump started acting up or what the deal was.
Anyway, the truck had pretty good low end grunt but the one time I was putting a skidloader up a hill and got over 2000-2200rpm it started running out of power. The truck has 316k miles on it and the trans was rebuilt at 200k and has an aftermarket converter with a manual lock up switch and Idk what all else was done to the trans. The engine has a cold air intake, 75hp injectors and a bullydog box that is suppose to add 50hp I think. Anyway, if I'm getting this engine rebuilt I wanna do it right the first time and be done with it. I'm gonna get a smarty touch system with the LCD so I can monitor everything on the engine and trans so if something goes out I know instantly and hopefully catch it b4 blowing it up.
Now for my goal, I don't want anything crazy from the engine, no 600hp or anything like that, what I'd really like to have is 300-400 RWHP which from what I've read would probably give me about 600-700 lb-ft of torque. This truck was/will be my daily driver and I still wanna get good mpg but have more pulling power when I need it. So, will the smarty, 75hp injectors, cai, and 4" exhaust get me to 300+ rwhp? Suggestions welcome!
I might post this over on for trucks only as well
Thanks
Anyway, the truck had pretty good low end grunt but the one time I was putting a skidloader up a hill and got over 2000-2200rpm it started running out of power. The truck has 316k miles on it and the trans was rebuilt at 200k and has an aftermarket converter with a manual lock up switch and Idk what all else was done to the trans. The engine has a cold air intake, 75hp injectors and a bullydog box that is suppose to add 50hp I think. Anyway, if I'm getting this engine rebuilt I wanna do it right the first time and be done with it. I'm gonna get a smarty touch system with the LCD so I can monitor everything on the engine and trans so if something goes out I know instantly and hopefully catch it b4 blowing it up.
Now for my goal, I don't want anything crazy from the engine, no 600hp or anything like that, what I'd really like to have is 300-400 RWHP which from what I've read would probably give me about 600-700 lb-ft of torque. This truck was/will be my daily driver and I still wanna get good mpg but have more pulling power when I need it. So, will the smarty, 75hp injectors, cai, and 4" exhaust get me to 300+ rwhp? Suggestions welcome!
I might post this over on for trucks only as well
Thanks