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[quote=”Cole Lewis” post=168470]I have this truck and it is my first truck and i want to slowly upgrade the performance and i want to do it right. Where should i start ?[/quote] Personally I would start with maintenance first. Then I would do basic bolt-ons like exhaust. This link http://www.hughesengines.com/TechArticles/4buildingupmagnumtruckengines19932003.php is a pretty good schedule in my opinion.
I should add, even though the link says to switch to synthetics, if I were you I would do some reading on the topic before making the switch. Synthetics are better then regular oil in every way but some people have reported leaks after switching. The oil doesn’t cause the leaks but it can make them more evident in an engine that hasn’t been kept up and/or with a lot of miles. Just read and come to your own educated decision. I’d also be weary of changing tranny fluid in an automobile unless I knew for sure that the tranny fluid had been changed on schedule. Manuals not included, every automatic I’ve seen changed with some miles on them (that hadn’t been changed on schedule if at all) have caused the tranny to fail. Some people will disagree and agree with me, that’s fine. That’s just been my experience and opinions. Good luck.
The only part where I will disagree with rood is generally on the transmission fluid change. I have indeed heard mechanics say that changing tranny fluid on a vehicle that hasn’t had it changed will make it fail, but that has not been my experience with the vehicles that I have had. I changed my El Camino’s fluids at 215k and I have no idea if they were done before, my thought is no, and it’s still cruising fine. My Toyota matrix hadn’t had the tranny fluid changed till about 125K and it cruised to 195k till my wife totaled it.
That being said, I know that Ram’s tend to have weak auto transmissions, so look out for that.
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