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I finally went and got a 'big' truck for a daily driver.


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Just figured I would post up a few pictures of my new daily driver...







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It's a 2001 dodge 3500 5.9 CTD, 5 speed.

S300 turbo upgrade, K&N CAI, injectors, Edge chipped, FASS fuel lift pump, lifted & 35's

And all because my front coil spring bucket rusted out on the ranger...

Just thought people might like to see it.
 


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You bought a DODGE? JK. Looks nice. That Cummins probably sounds badass.
 

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Still not sure about the stacks, but I love the sound of them. You can definitly hear it coming from a pretty long way away.
 

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When I was in highschool that would have sounded like a Ford Maverick with a blown-out muffler. Now it sounds cool. To me it still sounds like a Maverick with a blown-out muffler--it's 9-liters short of sounding like a semi. I like a thicker V8 sound. I love that motor, but with a muffler.
 

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nice truck love the stacks
 

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If you wanted a Freightliner, Peterbuilt, Kenworth, Volvo, or International you should have bought one.

Other thank that it looks good.
 

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Clean truck I like the color, and that its a 5 speed...but those stacks gotta go
 

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sweet truck bro the stacks are badass
 

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personally i like the way some trucks look with stacks, this is one of them. nice truck!
 

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Did think that dodge made a single rear wheel 3500 in that body style I knew that they had heavy 2500 that ran a dana 80 in the rear of the truck which is the same axle as the 3500

I still don't understand why people put dual stacks on an inline motor
 

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Did think that dodge made a single rear wheel 3500 in that body style I knew that they had heavy 2500 that ran a dana 80 in the rear of the truck which is the same axle as the 3500
Sure did. The only thing Dodge didn't do in a 3500 was an extended cab short bed.
 

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Just curious, but why would you use something like that as a daily driver? Seems to me like a tool to have on hand when the job called for it.
 

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hell yeah i like it. u did it the right way and got the turbo deisel. they sound sweet hearin the turbo winding and the blow off valve while it shifts! nice truck
 

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Just curious, but why would you use something like that as a daily driver? Seems to me like a tool to have on hand when the job called for it.

I can't speak for the owner of this truck but my daily driver is a 2008 3500 cummins 6spd manual 4door long bed 4x4 drw. I drive it cause I can and like have a big truck to drive I get 16 to 20 mpg depending on how I drive it
 

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