Will the new Ram 1500 diesel need an exhaust brake?
I have zero towing or hauling experience with a diesel engine and just wondered how important that kind of feature might be with this new 3 liter wonder.
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broark01 wrote:
Yes, get an exhaust brake, a tuner, EGR/DPF delete kits and maybe a water/methanol injector too. Replace the stock air intake with an aftermarket, also the exhaust tubing diamater will need to be increased. Eventually you will want to replace the injectors with high flow versions, lift pumps with higher volume version and the turbo with more turbo... Welcome to the world of diesels, are the 1500 3.0 diesels available now?
...and void your factory warranty, be a guinea pig for brand new aftermarket products that were rushed to market, run illegally & perhaps not pass emissions, and have major problems at resale time.
Now, buying a 10yr old, 150,000mi diesel for $9000 and then doing the aforementioned mods to build a toy is different, but I wouldn't think of "going there" with a new rig.
