Good day from AU

[Oz_Ram]

Hello everyone from a first-time Dodge/Cummins owner in Australia. Finally fulfilled my dream from when Dodge first brought out the Ram with the CTD .

 

[Regcabguy]

Good day mate! Welcome.
I was in NSW in 1979 when the king of the road was the F-100. We were stylin' it in a Chevy Ute hauling a caravan. 307 V8 w/Powerglide rebuilt courtesy of Bob McTavish's dad in Sydney. I also remember Ford Ranchero 4wd's Inline six with hubs,manual transfercases and transmission. Pretty country.
Enjoy your truck.

 

[Oz_Ram]

Good day mate! Welcome.
I was in NSW in 1979 when the king of the road was the F-100.
Enjoy your truck.

Thank you. Yes, now the king of the road for AU is probably still an F-truck but the F250 instead, there are quite a few over here. Not many Rams here though, otherwise IMO they are KOTR

 

[BigPapa]

Well, hello there!

Welcome to TDR.

 

[TomBrady]

Hello, and welcome!

 

[Oz_Ram]

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Thanks guys!

 

[promisedland]

Your Ram is set-up much like mine, Welcome and enjoy!
Which part of Aussie-land do you live in?

 

[Oz_Ram]

Your Ram is set-up much like mine, Welcome and enjoy!
Which part of Aussie-land do you live in?

No, mine is stock standard other than replacing the factory jukebox (and the RHD conversion:-laf). The Ram spends almost all its time in the red dirt of rural Western Australia!

 

[promisedland]

Ahh, I guess I have made a few changes...


Wayyyyyy out back!

 

[Regcabguy]

How's the BB.5's working for you?

 

[promisedland]

Good! Smooth & quiet.
Im hoping they will last till I don't need the Ram anymore

 

[Regcabguy]

Thank you. Yes, now the king of the road for AU is probably still an F-truck but the F250 instead, there are quite a few over here. Not many Rams here though, otherwise IMO they xould are KOTR

I believe Australia got the last of the 7.3 Powerstrokes when they couldn't meet US standards.
This ushered in the infamous 6.0's and 6.4's.

 

[Oz_Ram]

Ahh, I guess I have made a few changes...

How do you find the UDC pro? Have you done any tuning yourself with it?
I am wondering about either the MM3/UDC pro or the Edge CTS2 Pro/HP VCM suite myself.

 

[promisedland]

I have ah64id (a member here) tune for me.
I bought the Touch & when udc became available I gave it a whirl! It can be a time pig but it is great for bigger then stock injectors and turbo

 

[Oz_Ram]

but it is great for bigger then stock injectors and turbo

Out of interest, how much power could you get out of stock turbo and injectors with UDC Pro? I'm guessing enough to cause issues with a stock trans?

 

[promisedland]

Out of interest, how much power could you get out of stock turbo and injectors with UDC Pro? I'm guessing enough to cause issues with a stock trans?

Oh definitely, even with standard Smarty tuning. The custom tuning (UdcPro) dosnt ness give more power, it allows you to customize for each truck/each mod.
A stock truck can prob be taken to 500~hp,but the fueling duration (injection) would be long meaning more egts and the stock turbo creates a lot of back pressure even @ stock power.
Really depends how much you want to spend
Pick your "realistic" goals and build for it.
I really believe I have arrived at mine!

 

[Wayne M.]

Hello everyone from a first-time Dodge/Cummins owner in Australia. Finally fulfilled my dream from when Dodge first brought out the Ram with the CTD .

Welcome to the TDR!
If you could in leisure, can you possibly post some pictures detailing the RHD conversion? That's probably something I'd never see. TIA!

 

[Oz_Ram]

Welcome to the TDR!
If you could in leisure, can you possibly post some pictures detailing the RHD conversion? That's probably something I'd never see. TIA!

Thanks, I will see what I can do re the photos

 

[Oz_Ram]

Oh definitely, even with standard Smarty tuning. The custom tuning (UdcPro) dosnt ness give more power, it allows you to customize for each truck/each mod.
A stock truck can prob be taken to 500~hp,but the fueling duration (injection) would be long meaning more egts and the stock turbo creates a lot of back pressure even @ stock power.
Really depends how much you want to spend
Pick your "realistic" goals and build for it.
I really believe I have arrived at mine!

Yep, probably just want a reliable tow tune and a few parameters changed/features enabled like high idle on the CC and change the automatic door lock speed.
What I would really like is to get tow-haul mode as the startup default

 

[Oz_Ram]

If you could in leisure, can you possibly post some pictures detailing the RHD conversion?

Pics of RHD conversion

Dash
Engine bay
Cross-shaft to original steering box

(yes I know it's dirty, the red dust of rural WA gets everywhere )