It Has Begun - 2018 RAM 2500 "Low Carb" Lifestyle

**ricky_bobby** · 10-20-2021

2018 with 22k miles - running great but making my final payment next month, so that title will be in hand.

Ordered FLO~PRO SS1874 exhaust (with muffler) and a GDP EGR removal kit to start.

I will order my MM3 from Ray once I'm ready to tackle the mechanicals (and to maximize his support should I need any for the first 60 or 90 days that it may be)

Remaining items to acquire:

-30" FTE Resonator and muffler delete pipe (for the $40 the muffler delete pipe costs, I do want to listen to the FTE by itself vs. combined with the muffler in the FLO~PRO kit)
-GDP Air Boss Grid Heater Delete
-GDP Mega Flo TVM (grid heater relocate to throttle valve)
-Shibby Plug kit (from DRD)
-MBRP T5053BLK 5" exhaust tip
-MM3 Tuner with 30hp tune (I'm just going one power level to set it and forget it)

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**watersupply189** · 10-20-2021

Congrats on your final payment.

I paid mine off last year, and talking about a relief! LOL

Please keep us updated on how it goes with all your mods.

2016 Ram Laramie 3500, G56, 6.7, CC, 4x4

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**Power247** · 10-21-2021

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**ricky_bobby** · 10-21-2021

They always say the best truck is the one that's paid for!

I'll let y'all know when the title comes in, LOL.

I ordered my FTE Diesel goodies yesterday, and they are already inbound - talk about fast shipping - yes, I could have always ordered the muffler delete pipe later.

Still, I wanted to run just the 30" FTE first and by itself and have the option to pop the muffler from the FLO~PRO kit in if I needed a few more DB reductions.

Our house layout is a bonus room above the garage, and then my son's room is on the opposite side of the bonus room with the upstairs hallway there, so I may need to cut down as much of the bark as possible.

FLO~PRO's muffler in their kit is no 51" Donaldson, but if I need some more DB reduction than just the 30" FTE provides, it should be a nice compromise to keep a sound level that is more than stock and combined with the 30" FTE be nice and quiet on the hallway for the trips to the beach when he's napping.

And yes, I went 409 stainless with everything, even though I live in the South -

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**ricky_bobby** · 10-26-2021

GDP EGR kit and FLO~PRO SS1874 exhaust shipped arriving Thursday or Friday.

I'll post some pics of the EGR kit, especially when I get it.

The FTE resonator and muffler delete pipe are high-quality stainless and very impressed with the resonator quality.

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**ricky_bobby** · 05-19-2022

Well, I figured I'd probably continue the same thread.

I ordered the MM3 Express option (30hp only) from DRD today and a Shibby plug kit; my FTE resonator is welded on the front-most pipe for my Flo Pro exhaust, as I know I'm going to use it.

After I get the tune installed (I don't plan on leaving MM3 plugged in; I want to flash it and call it good, especially since I only have one tune), I'll get my exhaust on, and then my shop down the road is nice enough to do the physical EGR delete for me, along with my GDP grid heater delete and their Mega Flo TVM (heater to throttle valve relocate).

I'll only start with the FTE resonator, but if the sound is too much, I can add the muffler that I purchased as I purchased the SS1874 kit with the muffler.

Trans relearn - take it easy and don't use Tow/Haul or EB during it, right?

Any other tips would be great as I don't commute, and I'm unloaded all the time, so no worries about towing.

Just going to be nice to take trips to the beach this summer with our family, living a 'low carb' lifestyle in the Cummins.

Btw, currently just over 24k miles, so not too much driving since I last checked in on this thread LOL.

I'm also 99% on regearing this thing to 3.73's, which is an investment, but I'm not exactly offloading anything with what's coming, just going to weather the storm.

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**Zinopower** · 05-06-2023

IMHO, I would never consider going to 3.73.

It's a Diesel, makes massive torque, loves to eat down low, and you havesix6 gears to work with!

Heck, I would love to be able to have 3.23s if I could!

And I tow.

I made it a specific point to buy a truck with 3.55's after my prior experience with Cummins and Powerstroke trucks.

Remember, this is not a gasser; it's a diesel; let her eat!

Just an opinion from a new member, so I understand that it may not carry much weight, but I had a gazillion towing and empty miles on my old trusty P-pumped 2001 5.9L Cummins 24V with 3.55 gears and loved every minute of it.

If you tow heavy, drop a gear.

The low RPM cruise at 75 MPH is sweet if you are empty!

Kp

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**IndyRamMega** · 05-10-2023

Originally Posted by Zinopower

IMHO, I would never consider going to 3.73.

It's a Diesel, makes massive torque, loves to eat down low, and you havesix6 gears to work with!

Heck, I would love to be able to have 3.23s if I could!

And I tow.

I made it a specific point to buy a truck with 3.55's after my prior experience with Cummins and Powerstroke trucks.

Remember, this is not a gasser; it's a diesel; let her eat!

Just an opinion from a new member, so I understand that it may not carry much weight, but I had a gazillion towing and empty miles on my old trusty P-pumped 2001 5.9L Cummins 24V with 3.55 gears and loved every minute of it.

If you tow heavy, drop a gear.

The low RPM cruise at 75 MPH is sweet if you are empty!

Kp

You might be the first guy to say you want to go down in gearing, and you tow.

The 5th Gens comes with 3.73, and I'm glad they do.

My buddy 2015, with 3.42s on 35's towing, felt anemic.

So much so I couldn't understand the Cummins hype.

Previously was a Ford guy, but then I started doing the math with small gears, big tires, and 10k hooked to the truck.

No wonder it feels like a turd, and don't even mention pulling a decent incline

The mechanical advantage is where it's at, IMO.

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**Zinopower** · 05-13-2023

I understand in the case of you guys with huge tires.

Yes, do the math on your tire size and effective gear ratio.

I was referring to stock-size tires, in my case.

Kp

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**TWN495** · 05-12-2023

Originally Posted by Zinopower

IMHO, I would never consider going to 3.73.

It's a Diesel, makes massive torque, loves to eat down low, and you havesix6 gears to work with!

Heck, I would love to be able to have 3.23s if I could!

And I tow.

I made it a specific point to buy a truck with 3.55's after my prior experience with Cummins and Powerstroke trucks.

Remember, this is not a gasser; it's a diesel; let her eat!

Just an opinion from a new member, so I understand that it may not carry much weight, but I had a gazillion towing and empty miles on my old trusty P-pumped 2001 5.9L Cummins 24V with 3.55 gears and loved every minute of it.

If you tow heavy, drop a gear.

The low RPM cruise at 75 MPH is sweet if you are empty!

Kp

I'm no expert, but the concern is not that the engine needs help with power.

Regearing is for the benefit of the driveline and, more specifically, the trans.

All that torque is coming into the tranny, and if it's undergeared with a load behind it, something is bound to break eventually.

I'm on 37s, and I regeared to 4.10.

The effective gear ratio winds up being 3.67, which gives me some help while towing, but I don't suffer too much the rest of the time. (4.56 would have ended up giving me 4.09 in the end).

I tow a 5er that's around 15K lbs when all the toys are packed inside, and I'm very happy I paid for new gear.

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