Vararam, Bullydog GT or Moe's 87mm TB. Which First?

12TrueSport · May 13, 2013

I actually put a lot of thought into this. The tuner will be your best "seat of the pants" mod meaning you will feel that one most. The TB and the intake will modify sound a little and not be quite as noticable after the tune. My goal is to wacth my MPG with each mod, exhaust, intake, TB, then add the tune to see what the sum of the parts are.

My truck is also pretty new, only 4500 miles.

That's my .02.

ram-head · May 13, 2013

I bought a Trinity as my first performance mod. It certainly made a very noticeable difference in the way the truck drives, at least in respect to the shifting, (i.e. "butt-ometer"). I haven't found a good stretch of level road to get some stock vs tuned times yet. My reason for buying it first was so I could get times after each mod and compare.

KGBIGCOUNTRY · May 13, 2013

Your list is good and yes go with the 87mm so you will be set for the headers down the road.

Kevn · May 13, 2013

12TrueSport said:
My truck is also pretty new, only 4500 miles.

That's my .02.

Ya, my truck is new as well, only 4000kms. Looks like most people think tuner will do the most, soon as I get some pricing I'll be ordering some parts!

09SMOKINHEMI · May 13, 2013

yeah the tuner, tb and vararam combined will definitely be noticeable. you'll definitely like it

Kevn · May 13, 2013

Does the Bully dog change shift points as well?

12TrueSport · May 13, 2013

Kevn said:
Does the Bully dog change shift points as well?

I'm curious about this too. Is the Bully a canned tune like superchips etc "Install performance tune? yes/no?" or are you custom tuning everything?

Time to do a search I guess..lol

craigsez · May 13, 2013

Tuner first..you will feel some gains now and morw again each time you add more goodys...If you don't feel it, keep paper notes and it will show up in #'s.

Gunz86 · May 13, 2013

Kevn said:
Ya, was not that impressed with how it handled the hills, although they were some pretty good climbs. GT plus? Haven't really looked into the tuners yet but there is just one bullydog for the 2012's, correct?
Gonna order up a tuner, vararam and 87mm throttle body unless anyone can suggest something better.
Thanks for all the help everyone!

Here is the one I was talking about and you are correct about BD just having one for your year.

Bullydog GT Hemi Plus Tuner for 2011-2012 Ram 5.7

I was just wondering if you were doing the Trinity or the BD.

audio1der · May 14, 2013

Even though the BD uses only canned tunes, would it not be beneficial to do the other mods first, then the tuner last to take full advantage f the other mods??

junior81 · May 14, 2013

Bully dog first. I did exhaust then BD then TB and y pipe. Saving up VR

Kevn · May 14, 2013

Should I consider doing a full exhaust? I have the y-pipe and 18" magnaflow, just haven't had installed yet

Etroze86 · May 14, 2013

If you are doing all those mods why not get a diablo? Then you can have a custom tune for engine and trans built for towing.

Kevn · May 14, 2013

Considering trading on a diesel now

Gunz86 · May 14, 2013

Kevn said:
Considering trading on a diesel now

Wow, didn't you already purchase your mods? If so let me know I might be interested in your Y pipe lol!

fastNugly · May 15, 2013

Kevn said:
Plan on doing all three but only have funds to do one now. Which is best to start with?

Everyone's opinion is valid.
Tuner for instant noticeability and the other later

Either way you will be pleased with all once you have them

We are offer a KILLER Promotion on the tuner right now as well....you may just want to grab another mod when I share this with you offline

Kevn · May 15, 2013

it doesn't look like the wife's gonna go for the extra payment for a diesel so I need more towing power now! Vararam, 87mm TB, bully dog GT and thinking some headers. Anything else?

Kevn · May 15, 2013

fastNugly said:
We are offer a KILLER Promotion on the tuner right now as well....you may just want to grab another mod when I share this with you offline

I already have a decent quote but your welcome to shoot me a pm with a price as well

Taylo1 · May 15, 2013

Kevn said:
it doesn't look like the wife's gonna go for the extra payment for a diesel so I need more towing power now! Vararam, 87mm TB, bully dog GT and thinking some headers. Anything else?

Edge Torque Converter.

fastNugly · May 15, 2013

Kevn said:
it doesn't look like the wife's gonna go for the extra payment for a diesel so I need more towing power now! Vararam, 87mm TB, bully dog GT and thinking some headers. Anything else?

Taylo1 said:
Edge Torque Converter.

RIPP supercharger

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