03 worth building

[jake74]

Thinking of building a mostly dedicated drag truck. Picked this 03 up for $2800. It had a little fender bender but runs and drives great. Has 250,000 miles on it. Is a 03 model worth doing a build on or should I look for 05+?

 

[sootie]

thats a nice truck! nothing wrong with that year, just they dont ride quite as nice or turn as tight as 05+. What kind of a build were you thinking?

 

[jake74]

thats a nice truck! nothing wrong with that year, just they dont ride quite as nice or turn as tight as 05+. What kind of a build were you thinking?

Not really all that sure. I'm new to performance side of diesel. I've built a few turbo LS powered fox body's that I raced but never a diesel. Extent of my diesel performance is lifting the cab on my 06 studding,updating and ******** it running slr+ tune. Don't want to mess with my nice truck so thinking about modding this 03 king ranch.
Thinking about upgraded hpop
Injectors (not sure size)
Studs
Lifters
Pushrods
Valve springs
Single turbo (not sure on size or brand)
Trans upgrade

Would like to deal with one company on as much of it as I can just not sure who?

 

[AirFishAutomotive]

Where are you located ?

 

[jake74]

Northern Alabama

 

[dcswetman]

Wish I could find deals like that lol. If you decide on a 05 and want to let this one go for what you have in it let me know haha.

 

[jake74]

It was cheap. Surprisingly the king ranch interior is in pretty nice shape and the inside of the bed doesn't look like it ever hauled much of anything.

 

[dcswetman]

Been trying to find one on a deal like that for awhile. my first truck was a 04 KR and I'd like to get one and "restore" it per say just to have. Nice find man

 

[powerstrokelyfe]

Nice find. Good looking KR.

 

[dboat]

Wish I could have found this


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