Dr. P's Dmax upgrade - $$$$$!

[Steve St.Laurent]

While researching some stuff for another thread I saw that Dr. P has an upgrade for the Duramax already. For a measly $3995 you can get a whopping 60+ HP and 140 ft/lbs of torque over stock or you could go the wizbang route and for $5395 you can get 100-120+hp and 220 ft/lbs!! On the other hand you could spend $1995 and get 70 hp and 150 ft/lbs, $2495 and get 100hp and 200 ft/lbs, or $3995 for 150 hp and 350 ft/lbs on a Dodge! Looks like the Dmax is going to be more expensive to BOMB big time - like DOUBLE!!



P. S. I'm not endorsing Dr. P's products here - have no experience with them. Just an interesting comparison in upgrade costs from one vendor!

 

[Barry]

Don'tcha just love it when the boss blasts away!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Steve... ... ... ..... by the way, hows the new travel trailer???

 

[JConley]

If there are people out there that will spend 40K for a pickup, anything is possible.



What is worse... spending 40K for a pickup, and then getting blown away by a Cummins Ram with $1000. 00 in mods, or spending another $5000. 00 to keep up??

 

[NVR FNSH]

Originally posted by JConley

If there are people out there that will spend 40K for a pickup, anything is possible.

And how many of them are Cummins owners? I'm sure we have more than a few guys that paid that much for the truck and then dumped even more $$$$ into it.....



Brian

 

[John Berger]

That's me

except I didn't pay 40K for my truck, I paid 32K and I have about 3K worth of goodies invested in it. I plan on keeping it a long time. I take care of it and it will take care of me. And I'm just about done BOMBing, regardless of what my wife and neighbors say.

 

[Big White Beast]

Serenity has no cost!

Because mine came from the dealer with a utility bed it was just under $40k. Imagine my surprise when the much touted Cummins only gave me 10. 5 MPG and seemingly lousy power



Then I found the TDR. Now I know I can unlock the potential of this motor. $3,500 in mods carried over the life of the truck and my peace and happiness while driving seem a small price to pay. Besides getting to the job site quicker actually makes me money Bombs away!!!

 

[Koa Man]

Let's see... a TST #5 plate gave me a 90hp and 255 lbs torque increase for $300. Isuzu - CTD, Isuzu - CTD, nay, I'll keep my old CTD, thank you.

 

[lgibson]

I paid 45k for mine and now have over 53k invested now. And none is in performance mods. I still have stock exhaust, filters, and auto trans is stock. Sure a lot of people can outrun and outpull me. But my truck is built to what I need, just like you build yours for what you need or want. Stock is fine for how I drive, no pulling large loads or raceing.

Back in 86 I bought a Honda CRX that had $12,000 in mods done to it. A performance turbo 2. 0 motor, custom built trans. and suspension, and a ground effect kit. 0-60 in under 4 sec. Redline at 9500, 1st gear redline at 50 mph. It does not matter the cost, if it is what that person wants. Image everyone driving in a truck just like HVAC, his truck would not be special then.

It is nice to know that our trucks are less expensive to bomb. That would make it nice if I ever gotten bit by the bombing bug. I hear it is worse than being bitten by the gold bug. Heck if I ever rode in a bombed Cummins I would be bombing mine too.

What I would like to do is go to one of the Bomb sections that the NW bombers put on and see a bombed truck and just see what all this talk is about.

 

[Mill Rat]

While We're at it...

Got a flyer from a vendor a while back, couldn't help but notice how much less We have to pay for injectors than brand "F", they don't BOMB cheap either.

Boy, I sure do like My Cummins!

 

[work2muchplay2little]

Re: While We're at it...

Originally posted by Mill Rat

Got a flyer from a vendor a while back, couldn't help but notice how much less We have to pay for injectors than brand "F", they don't BOMB cheap either.

Boy, I sure do like My Cummins!

Probably won't be long for us to pay $$$$ for injectors... soon as that common rail fuel system comes out. Think I'm gonna keep my '99 for quite some time.

 

[Brian Cobb]

lgibson, e-mail me if you are in the Eugene area. I'll show ya what some bombing can do !



Brian Cobb

 

[Sky]

Im going through all the time to Portland, maby we can have a little race

 

[Brian Cobb]

Sky,let me know when your coming through town.

I hope you don't mind a little smoke





Brian Cobb

 

[Sky]

hehe, I dont mind, because It will be in the rear view mirror. JK... ... ... ... Looks like I may need to add a few more goodies to keep up with you.