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2007 DODGE RAM 3500 QUAD CAB

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OWNER: Keith Burwinkel HOMETOWN: Hamilton, Ohio ODOMETER: 63,000 miles ENGINE: 5.9L Cummins with Industrial Injection 110-lb valve springs, Hamilton Cams extreme duty pushrods and 181/210 cam, ARP head studs, Stainless Diesel water bypass kit, Fluidampr

FUEL: Industrial Injection 70-lpm injectors, ATS twin CP3 system with 85-percent over Industrial Injection pump and stock 6.7L Cummins pump, modified FCA’S, FASS Titanium series 260-gph low-pressure system AIR: Engineered Diesel S475 with billet compressor wheel, 87mm turbine wheel, .90 A/R exhaust housing, AFE Bladerunne­r manifold, Winspeed Diesel grid heater delete, Spearco intercoole­r EXHAUST: BD T4 second-gen manifold, HX40 downpipe, 5-inch aluminized system with 6-inch tip ELECTRONIC­S: Edge CTS2 monitor, Starlite Diesel EFI Live tuning with Starlogs Bluetooth hardware and smartphone app TRANSMISSI­ON: Factory G56 six-speed with South Bend cintered-iron 3850 dual disc clutch, Lazarsmith Tork-shield case girdle HORSEPOWER: 1,058 hp (dyno) TORQUE: 1,489 lb-ft (dyno) TIRES: 305/45R22 General Grabber UHP WHEELS: 22x12 Hostile H108 Sprocket SUSPENSION: Top Gun Customz 3.5-inch lift, Bilstein 7000 series shocks AXLES: Factory AAM 925 (front) and AAM 1150 (rear) with 3.73 gears

“KEITH HAS TRANSFORME­D A HARDLYUSED ’07 QUAD CAB INTO AN OUTRIGHT DYNOMELTER FOR LESS THAN $10,000.”

?? ?? One look at the odometer confirms how well preserved the truck is. With 28,411 miles on the clock when he bought his Dodge 10 years ago (and 63,000 on it now), Keith has done his best to keep miles off of it. In addition to being exclusivel­y driven in fairer weather, Keith stores his pride and joy in a climate-controlled barn each winter. Every year at the Scheid Diesel Extravagan­za, Edge Products awards an Insight monitor to the owner of the highest horsepower truck to grace the dyno. Guess where this CTS2 came from… In fact, over the years Keith’s trips over to Terre Haute have earned him three of these monitors. He’s given the other two to family members. Two Auto Meter analog gauges on the steering column allow Keith to keep tabs on boost and EGT. At full tilt, Keith told us he sees as much as 60 psi of boost. As for the pyrometer, he tries his best to keep EGT at or below 1,100 degrees at all times. A Spearco intercoole­r helps in the EGT effort. When you realize you own one of the most sought after diesel pickups ever assembled, you hold onto the original monroney sticker it came with. Even though Keith wasn’t his ’07 5.9L’s first-owner, he might just be its last. He’s certainly not letting go of this keepsake anytime soon. Who else wishes a brand-new, four-door, 4x4, Cumminspow­ered Ram still carried a price tag lower than $43,000?
One look at the odometer confirms how well preserved the truck is. With 28,411 miles on the clock when he bought his Dodge 10 years ago (and 63,000 on it now), Keith has done his best to keep miles off of it. In addition to being exclusivel­y driven in fairer weather, Keith stores his pride and joy in a climate-controlled barn each winter. Every year at the Scheid Diesel Extravagan­za, Edge Products awards an Insight monitor to the owner of the highest horsepower truck to grace the dyno. Guess where this CTS2 came from… In fact, over the years Keith’s trips over to Terre Haute have earned him three of these monitors. He’s given the other two to family members. Two Auto Meter analog gauges on the steering column allow Keith to keep tabs on boost and EGT. At full tilt, Keith told us he sees as much as 60 psi of boost. As for the pyrometer, he tries his best to keep EGT at or below 1,100 degrees at all times. A Spearco intercoole­r helps in the EGT effort. When you realize you own one of the most sought after diesel pickups ever assembled, you hold onto the original monroney sticker it came with. Even though Keith wasn’t his ’07 5.9L’s first-owner, he might just be its last. He’s certainly not letting go of this keepsake anytime soon. Who else wishes a brand-new, four-door, 4x4, Cumminspow­ered Ram still carried a price tag lower than $43,000?
?? ?? Mounted near the back of the cab on the driver side frame rail, you’ll find a Titanium series FASS fuel system. The 260-gph low-pressure system pulls diesel through a draw straw in the factory tank and sends it toward the CP3’S via 5/8-inch diameter fuel hose. Keith keeps supply pressure cranked up to 17-18 psi. Despite the truck’s 1,000-plus hp and 1,500 lb-ft of torque, Keith has yet to destroy the factory G56 manual transmissi­on. He credits the Tork-shield from Lazarsmith—designed to keep the aluminum case from flexing—as having kept the six-speed from self-destructin­g. Engine-to-transmissi­on power transfer takes place through a cintered-iron, dual disc clutch from South Bend with a 3,850-pound plate load.
Mounted near the back of the cab on the driver side frame rail, you’ll find a Titanium series FASS fuel system. The 260-gph low-pressure system pulls diesel through a draw straw in the factory tank and sends it toward the CP3’S via 5/8-inch diameter fuel hose. Keith keeps supply pressure cranked up to 17-18 psi. Despite the truck’s 1,000-plus hp and 1,500 lb-ft of torque, Keith has yet to destroy the factory G56 manual transmissi­on. He credits the Tork-shield from Lazarsmith—designed to keep the aluminum case from flexing—as having kept the six-speed from self-destructin­g. Engine-to-transmissi­on power transfer takes place through a cintered-iron, dual disc clutch from South Bend with a 3,850-pound plate load.

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