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Cam built me a set of compounds for it
using Garrett turbos: 3788R on top—They
call it a stage 2 housing to help it light a
little quicker—and then we did a GT 42
with a 45 wheel with extended tips and
mirrored housing. So that’s, again, a very
reliable towing set of compounds.”
Then it was motor work, again center-
ing on what they needed to do to make
sure that the motor lived.
In building the motor, they opted to
put in 2003-2004 pistons. They went back
to the old 2003-2004 injectors because
they were known to be more durable than
the pistons from its own model years.
Again, the decision was about durability.
Then they added a Hamilton cam shaft
and Hamilton springs and put in ARP head
studs before they had the motor balanced
and blueprinted, just to make sure that
everything was as it needed to be. After
having the heads polished, they got a PPE
manifold on it with ATS twin CP3s.
Lee is quite pleased with the 5-inch
Magna Flow exhaust system, which transi-
tions from a single 5-inch pipe to dual fours
out the back. “I just really liked the sound
of anything that Magna Flow’s ever made,”2008 or 2009 have now been going strong
for nearly ten years and have never had a
problem. That feat is all the more ludicrous-
ly impressive when you bear in mind that
this is a working man’s truck starting every
day in Southeast Idaho, where the winter
temperatures can regularly drop well
below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Now those are
cold cranking amps!
With his Edge CTS and other
cab-mounted gauges to monitor trans-
mission temperature, fuel pressure, and
other diagnostic measures, Lee can say
with confidence that the long-term robust
truck is going strong. “I can’t say thank you
enough to Cam and the crew at Adrenaline
Performance for all the work that they put
into making it what it is today.”THE FINAL TOUCH
Josh at Line-X of Idaho Falls went to
great lengths to break the truck down,
put it back together and spray it when the
Line-X Ultra became available. Favoring a
clean look, Lee had fender flares molded
into the truck and sprayed the material
with a plain white mixture to get rid of any
of those body lines and to complementhe says, “and I was happy that we spent
a little extra money to do that because it
doesn’t sound like any other Dodge you’ve
ever heard, I promise you. It just has a really
nice tone, and it’s not overbearing.”
With several of the parts, such as the
difficult-to-get OP shafts, Lee had to
exercise patience getting the hoped-for
upgrades, but he says it was all worth it for
the higher quality. “I always believe there is
no second best. You go with the best you
can possibly afford, and it will reward itself.
Do your research! It’ll tell you what’s good
and bad. Consumers will tell you what’s
good and bad. So if you’re willing to wait, I
think you’ll make the right decision.”THE IMMORTAL
Now nearly ten years since purchasing
the truck, and six months after the final
coat of Line-X Ultra sealed the deal, Lee is
more than pleased with the results. “I’ve
never come close to breaking anything in
this truck,” he says. Even things which are
supposed to wear out and be replaced
like the batteries have benefited from
Lee’s commitment to robust quality. The
Odyssey batteries he installed back in