Helping Tranny Hands
Are you a diesel-dragger? If you are, then we bet you've blown through more than one transmission. If you're swapping trannies more often than the average Joe, you should take a look at the Trans Jak adapter that greatly simplifies tranny R&R. It'll work with almost any 2-ton floor jack and is easy to use, inexpensive, and can be carried along in your bag of goodies to any diesel event. Information: Rtech, 865.977.8656
Raise Your Duramax
Looking to get your IFS Duramax truck up in the air? Check out BDS' 6-inch suspension kit to let you throw 35s on your Chevy/GMC. The kit works with two one-piece crossmembers and replacement steering knuckles that allow you to keep the upper A-arms in the factory location and maintain proper ball-joint and steering angles. It's recommended to take your truck to a local 4x4 shop to install the kit, but if you insist on doing it yourself, you're looking at around 10 hours of installation time. Information: BDS Suspension, 517.279.2135, www.bds-suspension.com
Dryflow for Dodges
AEM has gone back to the engineering room and brought out a new Workhorse HD intake system for your hardworking Cummins truck. It comes with the new Dryflow oilless element that ensures that you won't be getting any sensor codes from a bunch of filter oil dripping all over the place. The element is a ginormous 28 inches round and stands over 9 inches tall to give up to 1,950 cfm if your engine ever needed that. Information: AEM, 310.484.2322, www.aempower.com
Fantastic Ford Kits
Do you want to get your '05-'07 Super Duty up in the air while smoothing out the ride? Check out CAGE's Deuce Bar system, one of the most thought-out suspensions designed for guys who drive and use their trucks every day. The kit replaces the factory radius arms with 12-inch-longer, 2-inch by 5/16-wall tubing connected to new 3/8-inch laser-cut brackets. With adjustable caster built into the arms, you can go from just a few inches to 9 inches of lift. The Deuce Bars can be ordered as a complete suspension system or by themselves as an upgrade to match your other suspension components. Information: CAGE Off Road, 866.587.2243, www.cageoffroad.com
Ram Air
It's not just a truck model, it's what you want to do with the incoming air for your engine. The more air you ram into your Cummins diesel, the happier it will be and the better your Dodge will run. Banks' new Ram-Air Intake is said to improve airflow by 62 percent, leading to cooler, denser air being shoved into your engine. This is also said to lead to lower exhaust gas temperatures while producing less smoke out the tailpipe, at the same time improving fuel economy. Information: Gale Banks Engineering, 866.825.6710, www.bankspower.com
ZZ's Manifolds
Are you interested in just about the trickest Cummins 24-valve manifold you'll ever find? Check out ZZ Custom Fabrication's custom-built manifolds, which bolt onto your 24-valve head after the factory cast area is machined off. They allow and complement some major head porting for substantial horsepower gains. The ZZ manifold can even be fitted with "direct port" nitrous or water methanol spray bars to give a more precise and equalized squirt to each cylinder. And by the time you read this, ZZ will have 12-valve manifolds for the older Cummins as well. Information: ZZ Custom Fabrication, 940.337.4275, www.zzcustomfabrication.com