Hello, I own a 16 ram 1500 so I would do the pcm swap package with hemifever. Truck is all stock besides a 6inch lift and tires. I dont have a warrenty anymore and was wondering if I should do some bolt ons before the custom tune? I just want to do aftermarket muffler, vararam intake, pedal commander and maybe a few other things like TB and what not. I know that retuning is typically free after purchase or a small fee which is why im not sure which to do first. Thanks!
None of the above. If you want to drive it every day that is. You will be logging and sending that log to Hemifeaver every few days for over a month to get the tune right for your vehicle. There is no such thing as a caned tune for any particular mod. You do it over and over until you find something that works. EVERY time you change anything.
As well, most of these tunes that get you a little more power just mess with the air/fuel ratio and the timing. You end up using premium fuel because of the more aggressive timing and it will run a little rich, gas smell, at driving conditions. Where as a stock tune will adjust itself to whatever fuel you put in it.
You will get worse gas millage. The stock tune gives you the best balance between power/fuel ecomony/fuel type already. NO ONE does it better. Only different sacrifices for minor gains.
Put lower gears in it. You will instantly get more torque throughout rpm range without affecting anything else other than adjustting speedometer. Leave the rest alone if you want to drive it every day.
I am still oddly courious why someone would want to make a 6000lb truck fast. A car with 150 less hp that weighs 2000 lbs less will still blow it away. In the end, you spend ton of money to make something do what it was not designed to do for a purpose it was not created for. In addition to spending more time working on it than driving it.
Buy dance lessons. Significatly cheaper in time and money and will produce much better results than trying to impress some guy you do not know, because the girl sitting next to him could care less about your loud truck. If she ever sees it. Maybe she will spot you leaning over the hood in the driveway working on it as she is going to a club with the guy who took dance lessons.
If you want something fast, buy something fast from the factory and drive it every day. No one does it better than the factory. Buy a used Hellcat instead of dumping money and time into a truck that costs just as much and will NEVER be able to touch it.
