New Truck! Cummins!
 

Wife got me an 05 5.9 Cummins w/a six speed today! Wow!! What a woman!!!!


I know some of you have these engines. Im thinking about a programmer.......who's got the best?

Edge with Juice, its the best since it has a display for exhaust temps and such

Interesting you mention that......took a ride earlier and the exhaust broke right before the muffler.......muffler back is sitting in the bed....it sounds freaking awesome now!! But, will it effect performance?

there are a lot of guys that run a strait 4" pipe on these trucks and it sounds good and they will run better with more flow but you need cold air intake and programmer to get full effect. The exhaust temp is somthing to monitor if you push the truck hard because you can burn the turbo up.

Ooops!! Took about 1k miles off the tires in 3rd earlier......thanks for the direction!!

those trucks are a beast, I drove a mega cab 4x4 with 35" tires that had cold air, exhaust, and programmer that would roast all 4 tires when I was looking at putting a programmer on my 06 I had

Deffinatly!! This truck is the shizz !!

did you get 4x4?

I run an 05 2500 4x4 5.9! its got the 4 speed custom rebuilt at 100,000 flat out hard miles. 4 in. strait exhuast (just remove the muffler, and gut the cat)! superchips flashpaque tuner wich stays in performance mode, cold air intake, and the thing is an animal! Ive run 35in. MickeyThompsons for the last 120,000 miles, and I have a total of one million miles! NAH Im not gonna kid ya like W its got 150,000 miles and feels as good or better than the day I drove it home. Be reasonable with the tuners though its fun to play, but theirs not a stock tranny that can hold up to a chipped 5.9 turbo. they r like the littlt engine that could. That strait 6 is a freekin beast! gotta go to the deer stand now, check back later to see how many more miles u melted off! LOL

When ya get ready to do this stuff, get with me. My BIL has a cummins that is unreal fast! I can get you with him and he can help ya a bunch with it. As said previously though, get ready for tran mods!

Pics or it didnt happen

I have a flashpaq supertuner for 04 to 07 5.9 cummins for sale. Used it for 2 months and got rid of the truck. It works fine message me if your interested.

Ill get with ya on the tuner! Thanks!

I read that the 6 speed manual couldn't be killed???? Don't really want to open up the tranny

i've got a 05' with 203,000 on it and it's stronger than ever. i've got a hot shot business and this truck don't get babied a bit. still bone stock!

I have the 06, Magna Flow 5" exhaust from turbo back no cat, cold air induction & edge juice with attitude programmer. With programmer turned all the way up it's pushing almost 500hp & over 700 ft lbs of torque ;)

I had an 06, mine was junk but I just had a lemon. My father in law and a few buddies have them and they are rough with vehicles and haven't done anything but scheduled maint. I just had a Diablo Power Puck in mine and it was the biggest bang for the buck I could find. It had stock, 60 ,and 90 hp settings that could be changed with a toggle switch on the fly. Awesome trucks, tire smoking machine!!!

Im really enjoying it so far.....runs and drives great!! Kinda an eyesore though compared to my other truck.....thinking of rhinolining the whole truck.......


Side note. Anyone sell tires? These are going quick!!

Also.....its got airbags on the back and is stock up front.......how do I raise the front besides tires??

cheapest is leveling kit but you can change springs on front

You can run up to a 35" tire if its 4x4, that's what I ran on stock height truck

Its not 4x4......ill look into springs! Thanks!

What is the best mileage you fellas can get out of a 5.9? I have been thinking of going diesel, just not sure if I should.

I did a little test......both in my gas and diesel truck have them onboard computer........where my gas was getting 22, diesel gets 40mpg and on highway, at 70, gas 17 diesel 23

when mine had stock tires I would get 17ish in and around town and 19-21 on interstate and that was figured with pen and paper. I loved my truck but got tired of the note and extra fuel cost so now I drive a paid for truck and just pay out the butt to keep gas in it:D

Fyi.....my other truck is for sale......kills me cause she's beautiful!!! And runs perfect!!!

Dink, your diesel is getting 40 mpg?

At 40mph. 23 at 70mph

No way Ur Gettin 40 mpg @ 40 mph........ Something ain't adding up!!

I'll believe 23 mpg @ 70 mph.

40 @ 40 mph you got you a smartcummins. Geaux Green?

I had the old 165 HP Cummins diesel. I got 21 in town and 25 on the highway with a 253 rear end. It was just so dang loud and had a lot of vibration.

Don't believe the onboard mpg. Mine with 5" exhaust, cold air & programmer gets 19 around town & 24 on good interstate.

wtretrievers,

That is still some pretty dang good mpg considering the horsepower and pulling ability.

B.S. Chel told me she bought the truck for her. She just lets Tim drive it.
Nice toy,Brudda.

Ford Focus gets 40 mpg Highway... Tim you sure you aint in a focus?

Reset the clicker this morning when I started it.....drove 45 miles all stop and go in town traffic......

What's the outside look like

Few rubs and dents, gotta look close......it was a farm truck, so it wasn't meant to win a beauty pagent

no pics? dents and scratches make it a truck

05 Ram 2500 Longbed Cummins..............

nice ride