Dodge Tuning Tips and Modifications
Maximise your Dodges driving pleasure
Dodge car tuning tips and advice. The Viper has to rate as one of the ultimate sportscars around, but there are a wide range of Dodge models and most can be tuned up and turned into great track day cars.
The Ram shows what can be done to a heavy and large truck chassis and the V10 SRT engine is a delight to work on. We have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Dodge from small engined family cars to large engine hot hatches and executive cars. Following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common mistakes and actually achieve the car setup you desire. Please join the forum for model specific questions and answers and to meet other owners and see what modifications they have done.
TorqueCars started providing Dodge styling tips, car tuning and car tweak suggestions and pointers and advice back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fast growing membership of all types of cars including many, Dodge owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly one of the friendliest. In 2007 we also organised our first full car show.
Our Dodge comprehensive modification articles on tuning and styling are kept upto date so for the very latest Dodge styling,tuning and tweak suggestions and advice, tips and pointers please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Dodge forums and swap styling ideas with like minded Dodge owners in the
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We would like to hear about your interesting Dodge projects, so drop into the forum, post up a new thread and pass on your tips, we love to see members car pictures and have an ever growing gallery. Scroll down the page to see our latest tuning articles for your Dodge.
From a diesel perspective, anything that isn’t turbocharged is a waste of time from a tuning point of view. Similarly, anything that isn’t using electronically managed direct injection is a pointless tuning proposal so we are somewhat limited to modern Turbo Diesels.
Get rid of those two ointment bound flies and things get more interesting Read More...
Diesel Tuning for maximum power and torque Read More...
Blow off valves and dump valves.
When the throttle is closed (when you lift off the accelerator) in a turbo driven engine there is a build up of pressure as forced air is still coming from the turbo. Lifting off the throttle is a lot like putting a plug in the sink – the flow through is stopped and water would just build up and overflow the sink. Read More...
General engine tuning tips
"Tuning Modz"
Engine Tuning an overview.
Engine tuning depends largely on the base engine size and to a large degree depends on the amount of tuning done at the factory. The larger the engine the larger the gains will be.
Each type of engine have different characteristics for example the Honda VTEC is very high revving.
However a large v8 lump provides power in a very lazy manner at low revs.
Adding turbos or superchargers further alter the characteristics of the engine and some modifications will actually cause a loss of power if applied to the wrong engine type.… Read More...
Engine tuning mods for various engine types Read More...
Cold air intakes and induction kits and the effect on performance.
"Suck it and see – induction kits."
Improving the Suck – if you put a piece of cloth over your mouth and suck in air you will not have too much of a problem but if the cloth were wet or a double thickness things start to get harder. Your engine, just like you, needs to breathe air.
Best cold air intake induction kits and performance impact Read More...Car Tuning
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