Jlpowell84's Ram

[jlpowell84]

Shot of the 18" Vtec rims and 35x12.5 Antarres Deep Diggers.

 

[Hemi450hp]

Truck looks great. I like that color with the black wheels.

 

[joepizuro]

Building a beast.

 

[jlpowell84]

Truck looks great. I like that color with the black wheels.

Yea I'm generally not a red guy but the "deep cherry pearl" as they call it is nice IMO. I have always been a black rim fan and IMO the little pin striping on the rims ties in nicely with the chrome on the grill/bumpers and door handles. Paint looks a good bit different in bright sunlight, still nice.

I have decided I am going to shave all the emblems and paint or plasti dip the grill and tailgate ram logo. Also going to paint the MBRP tips black. So if anyone has a good link for de badging lemme know.

 

[jlpowell84]

I plan to, if i ever find the time, to cover all the silver accenting on the interior with carbon fiber vinyl wrap. Console cover was an easy solution for my forearm after a days work with machined parts, it was very light tan... :/

 

[jlpowell84]

Anyone know what to do to fix this? It came on DIRECTLY after I picked it up from muffler shop installing ARH kit...

I assume it has something to do with the oil dipstick being removed?

 

[Hemi450hp]

Check your oil temp sensor to make sure they didnt just unplug it. It should be down by the oil filter if I remember correctly.

 

[jlpowell84]

Check your oil temp sensor to make sure they didnt just unplug it. It should be down by the oil filter if I remember correctly.

Sue enough you were right Sensor was plugged in but one wire pulled out of the plug...

I am curious...With the check engine light on and the computer not able to monitor oil temp would that inhibit performance? As in some kind of modern engine technology where it goes into conservative mode since it can't get the info or all sensors are not fully operational?

 

[jlpowell84]

Got the stock exhaust cut out last night....The bolt heads on the clamps had a good bit of road grime that had become part of them. Didn't want to wait for PB blaster to go to work so I said screw it...

MBRP cat back is "out for delivery" with UPS and will be at my work around 10AM and I am leaving for the day at 1PM and heading straight to install it!

I fired it up for the hell of it running just the ARH headers/cats/Ypipe and yea thats just annoying lol.

 

[Hemi450hp]

Imagine open headers with no cats now...haha.

 

[jlpowell84]

I discovered custom emblems this last week and have been thinking...I will be painting my MBRP tips black out of my chrome bumpers, shaving all emblems off truck.

Here are a few examples. I like a lot of the ones we generally see but not on my truck if that makes sense. I am one of those extremely picky people when it comes to cosmetic appearance. IMO if it does not look 200% right and its just meh, yea it looks good. Then it makes it look worse IMO. I was thinking about a subtle carbon fiber wrap on my mirrors as well as interior so I like the Mopar one but change that blue M to black. Also I have read all emblems off truck make it look to bare so I like the 345 Hemi side logo. Or something...Would be really cool to have a "HEMIFEVER" logo for the side IMO.

 

[jlpowell84]

Hey what do ya'll think of the black tips with chrome bumper, black emblem and shaved other logos' (SLT & 4x4).

I can go either way...

Black tips that would like IDENTICAL to this or leave chrome tips? 4" MBRP tips that come wit the kit...

 

[jlpowell84]

Hey what do ya'll think of the black tips with chrome bumper, black emblem and shaved other logos' (SLT & 4x4).

I can go either way...

Black tips that would like IDENTICAL to this or leave chrome tips? 4" MBRP tips that come wit the kit...

?

Easily removable, I installed them normal for now...

 

[jlpowell84]

Okay so the plastic wiring plug with two wires into it that plugs into oil temp sensor had one wire pulled out from my muffler shop doing the header install. I cut it off 3" up put butt connectors on it and was able to shove the wire back into the plug and taped the hell out of it. Stripped, connected and electric taped and plugged back in and no codes!

If that hadn't happened I would not have got a single code from long tube headers/full cat back!

 

[jlpowell84]

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I am pretty happy with it, sounds amazing and super mean! It has the raspy sound over the burble like flow master. Idle it just sounds like a beast!

I have not seen a Hemi with ARH headers and MBRP cats back so it kinda has a slight distinct sound I have not heard yet. Sounds like badass! Add in a Diablo Sport with Hemifever tune and yep...

Sorry neighbors I was going for meek exhaust tone until stepped on but oh well...I do plan on driving the truck only a couple days a week to not rack up tons of miles so they will like that

Does anyone know if Hemifever has vinyl decals? I am tossing around some ideas in my head for some classy subtle custom decals on my truck. I will prob find some black 1" lettering and make one...

 

[jlpowell84]

Well here is the first one...MBRP cat back with American Racing long tubes

https://youtu.be/LM8egjlcE3w

 

[jlpowell84]

Oh and that patch piece is temporary...the Y-pipe ended up at a slight angle so the muffler shop did that to connect to the long piece running back to muffler. I have a piece I cut last night that I just need to get a slightest of bend done to it...

 

[Hemi450hp]

Truck sounds mean. I think I would leave the tips polished unless you decide to paint the bumper though.

 

[jlpowell84]

Truck sounds mean. I think I would leave the tips polished unless you decide to paint the bumper though.

I live 12miles outside of Eugene OR. I just drove 20 miles to meet mom and we went to local korean BBQ

I like it but if I could choose I would have mild acceleration not so loud. It really is right on the line of almost obnoxious lol. Full throttle is damn! I need to get a radar detector now lol.

 

[jlpowell84]

https://youtu.be/VG16qmwW9j4

Here is inside vid of the straight through muffler from MBRP