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[Frank Lucero]

Would anyone know about a performance torque converter for my 2014 ram 1500 5.7 hemi sport 4x4 I'm running an 8hp70 tranny and have 3.21 gears in the back. I've heard running a performance torque converter will help with the stall in power from pressing the pedal and actually moving. I've already started on the 90mm throttle body and longtube headers but I want to squeeze every ounce of power my hemi has to offer. Can anyone tell me which converter or even it will help?

 

[RoadRamblerNJ]

3.92 gears would wake her up.

 

[Nick_rp]

That throttle lag can be fixed with a pedal commander. Its plug and play

 

[WilliamS]

Save your money on the converter, get 3.92's You do not need a high stall to get more action, you need more gear. As the only place a high stall would help is from a stand still.

 

[Hookedup87]

Went on Moes Website and found OEM gears. I had 3.55’s on my last truck and lived them. They only list them for the rear. If you change the back gear, on a 4WD, don’t you also have to change the front to the same ratio?

 

[Wild one]

Went on Moes Website and found OEM gears. I had 3.55’s on my last truck and lived them. They only list them for the rear. If you change the back gear, on a 4WD, don’t you also have to change the front to the same ratio?

Yup,and you need to buy the whole front diff assembly as you can't change gears in the ZF front diffs. I'd go with a Paramount convertor somewhere in the range of 3200,maybe 3600 depending on how big a cam you stuff in it. It's not cheap to swap gears or convertors on a Ram,so expect your wallet to get a whole lot lighter,lol. You have 3 choices in gearing for the front diff,3.21 / 3.55 and 3.92 .3.55's are a good combo,thats what i'm running in my 12 sec 4X4 ,but personally the convertor will give you more then the gears will,and the beauty of the high stall 8 speed convertors is they still lock up,so you don't really have much in the way of downsides as far as convertor heat or gas milege goes

 

[Cwils80]

Do you have a custom tune? If not I would say do that before anything else. Since you already have long tubes a tune would wake em up a bit better.

Tip: if you don't have a tune, go with HP tuners since you have a 2014. A TCM tune alone will make a difference in the truck! Diablo sport is known to have issues with tcm tuning in 2014s and I haven't seen anything that says it's fully 100% fixed.

 

[16RamHemi]

Would anyone know about a performance torque converter for my 2014 ram 1500 5.7 hemi sport 4x4 I'm running an 8hp70 tranny and have 3.21 gears in the back. I've heard running a performance torque converter will help with the stall in power from pressing the pedal and actually moving. I've already started on the 90mm throttle body and longtube headers but I want to squeeze every ounce of power my hemi has to offer. Can anyone tell me which converter or even it will help?

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are those 12" wide wheels?

 

[Frank Lucero]

Yes

are those 12" wide wheels?

 

[Frank Lucero]

Yup,and you need to buy the whole front diff assembly as you can't change gears in the ZF front diffs. I'd go with a Paramount convertor somewhere in the range of 3200,maybe 3600 depending on how big a cam you stuff in it. It's not cheap to swap gears or convertors on a Ram,so expect your wallet to get a whole lot lighter,lol. You have 3 choices in gearing for the front diff,3.21 / 3.55 and 3.92 .3.55's are a good combo,thats what i'm running in my 12 sec 4X4 ,but personally the convertor will give you more then the gears will,and the beauty of the high stall 8 speed convertors is they still lock up,so you don't really have much in the way of downsides as far as convertor heat or gas milege goes

What injectors would you recommend running if I do these upgrades?

 

[Wild one]

What injectors would you recommend running if I do these upgrades?

The stock injectors are perfectly fine unless you upgrade to a blower and run boost. If you're wanting the most out of it,dump the 5.7 and stick a big cubed 6.4 BGE engine in it.A 422 or 426 cubed 6.4 will wake it right up. The 5.7 is still only 345 cubes,and if you're going for big numbers it gets a bit light about the 600 hp level,the crank and pistons hit their limits about there