With a FASS system helping us maintain fuel pressure to a set of its Lightning (1) injectors, we made 309 hp and 885 lb-ft (with the stock VP-44). And after today’s addition of a Hot Rod injection pump and Lightning turbo, we laid down more than 400 hp and over 1,100 lb-ft.
After we installed the Hot Rod injection pump, the truck saw a gain of 75 hp and 255 lb-ft, with our EGTs creeping over the 1,500-degree mark. But, after the addition of Scheids’ Lightning turbo, EGTs cooled down 150-degrees—and 24 more horses were unleashed.
We’ll bring you a step-after-step install article in the October issue on our ’02 Dodge build. And, since we dyno’d the truck in between each modification, we’ll give you an in-depth look at building a streetable, economical, and fun 24-valve—and how our test mule reacted to each individual power adder.