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update?? :popcorn:

i'm not in a rush - my project hasn't started yet. i'd much rather wait and let you invent the wheel first. your pain equals my spoils..... but i'll give you as much encouragement as you need!! :grin: take lots of pics - your truck is looking great!!!

awesome, Russ'!! gonna need lots of info on your motor and transmission mounts. heck, want to make a second set?? i'd be willing to pay you for your time... :-D

maybe you can answer my original question: why is this claimed as necessary when no one else (at TheDieselGarage) doing a CR cummins swap has to do anything associated w/ the dealer?

most all exhaust stack kits incorporate a piece of flex right before the elbow going up through the bed. usually only about a foot, but you're on the right track, nonetheless. and yes, the stacks are secured to the bed in some fashion - usually a bracket to the sides or front edge of the bed.

yeah, the painless system is just a wiring harness to support the engine and related electronics and sensors/sendors - not the rest of the vehicle. 12volt conversion would be pretty basic: charging system - easy alternator swap batteries - easy rewire from series to parrallel starting...

got some links for that? i'd be interested in checking it out. also, this sounds like something for second gen cummins, not 3rd. russ' has an '03 as a donor and the stock turbo (IIRC) is an HE351, or similar. i don't believe that they used hx35's after 2nd gens. also, from what i've read...

ok, but ask yourself - why would an ecu need to talk to a guage? that's the part that doesn't make sense... guages do not output.

i am still not understanding this - people are swapping common rail cummins into things everyday and not using the dodge cluster. spend some time on the diesel garage, specifically the conversion forums and the 3rd gen forums - these guys can answer any questions about swaps, because there are...

russ - forgot to ask: you planning on doing a 12volt converstion at the time of the swap. i'm thinking that is the opportune time... :jumpin:

yeah, that's one of the options. just would have to figure out a mounting arrangemet. sometimes, that sounds easier than it actually is. but definitely an option. i agree, just that the 56' is out of production. it was available that year and is a plenty strong tranny. if i didn't already...

they'll "flash" the computer so it is no longer looking for input from the transmission or attempting to control it any more. flash = reprogram. there are other places that can reprogram your ecu besides painless. like i said, i don't think you'll need a painless harness, but you will need...

i'm don't know why you'd need the painless wiring harness - you have the donor truck with ecm and stock harness. people are doing common rail swaps left and right without getting a swap-harness. either stock mechanical or aftermarket mechanical or electrical gauges can be used. also, you...

well, i just realized that you said you have an '03 cummins, which is a 3rd generation 5.9 with commonrail (CR) fuel system. the CR is the easiest to get big power out of, so 500hp may be doable w/ injectors and a programmer, though it may be a little on the hot side. honestly, i've only had...

please please please document well - i will be doing the exact same thing as soon as i get ahold of my [bobbed] deuce!!! in fact, the donor dodge is in the shop getting a 0.040" overhaul with some go-fast goodies as we speak!! :grin: i've even already picked out the PTO i need for the winch...

actually, schedule is a standard denotation of steel pipe - not owned by PVC. :roll: standard iron pipe, sch 40 steel, and 40S stainless have a wall thickness of 0.280". iron XS, sch 80, 80S are 0.432" sch 120 steel is 0.562" sch 160 steel is 0.718" stainless can be had as thin as 5S = 0.109"...