list somethings i can do to get the most out of my 4.2! give me some combinations and thoughts! thanks in advance!

 

exhaust, underdrive puley, col air intake, chip, e-fan kit, and in the most extreme, new headers and other things like that.

 

what does an underdrive pulley do exactly! this is the only place ive ever hear about them!

 

it replaces your crankshaft pulley and possibly harmonic balancer(99 and newer) with a pulley of a different size. this makes your accesories(powersteering,ac,etc) run slower and therefore have less of a load on your engine, thus more power. raptors got a good start for you. specifics-magnaflow or flowtech warlock muffler(flowmaster looses torque), mac cai, vmp tuning(progamer,not a chip) e-fans are good. headers dont go alot on our engines unless youve done all the other bolt on stuff. one of the biggest differences will be new lower gears. however this can hurt your mpg's if you do alot of highway driving. alot of guys on other sites will put a 75hp shot of juice on too for quick semi cheap power. itll never be a v8(power and sound
) unless you turbo it(for power) but you can make them faster

 

ok well ive got the magna flow on its way and a edge programmer not too far behind! then ill be putting on a k&n cold air intake! 4.56 gears will be working their way in as well! and madmax thanks for the pics of the toolbox i just did mine and it came out great! ill be putting pics up soon!

 

no problem, glad i could help, definately put up some pics when you can. 4.56 seems a little steep for anything under like 35s or 500+hp drag trucks. it also seems like youve done your hw and have some good stuff coming.id definately look into the udp's and efans as the next step. k+n's are great but you can get basicaly the same thing for around $160 in the mac intake

 

do you have a video of your exhaust, if not cood u make one, thanks!

 

well im only gonna be paying about 150 for the magna flow includng install and the k&n ill be getting for around half off so im probably gonna stick with it! and 35's will be on my truck by summer so figured id just gear for them now! ive heard good and bad things about efans? and dont get mad i stole your idea of putting a logo in the middle of the toolbox too haha! infringement sorry

 

ill find away of making a video it will be a few weeks till its on so ill let you know!

 

you are gonna have some hard driving with 4.56 gears on stock tires. they will be spinning everytime you take off. 4.10s would be more realistic

 

Yeah I'd wait til you get the tires. I was going to do 4.56 with my 33s and changed my mind. Probably going to do 4.30s this summer.

 

so just get the gears and put them on the same time as the tires?

 

I recommend 4.10 if you want an "all around" gear.

I was reading around, and by having your engine run in the 2k range all the time is actually good.

Heck my V8 Dakota runs 2200 rpms on the highway at 65.
My F150 runs around 2100 rpms on the highway at 65.

 

4.2-let us know how those mods turn out for you. what logo did you put on your toolbox? school spirit like i did?

 

nope im not in school i put a RACKAHOLIC decal but im about to post some pics!