About to purchase a 2004 5.9L 2500 good deal overall, and the truck is in pretty damn good shape.
I'm pretty sure a Bilt trans is going to shift pretty firmly.
I am looking at a used 2004 with a supposedly Firepunk 48RE stage 2.
The seller claims the trans can hold 800hp, even though the stage 2 from FP is rated for 1000HP.
The seller has the truck tuned with a smarty JR that I am pretty sure is turned to the highest level.
During my looking over the truck, my dumb butt forgot to put the tuner on it and check the setup, not that I am that educated on the smarty platform.
The seller claims it was a 10k job that the previous owner did but does not have the paperwork and that a local shop did it about five years ago.
Contacted FP gave the prior customer's name, and they can not locate the customer in their database, so they can not confirm what was put into the build.
I guess since I am new to the 48RE game and custom trans, why would you spend so much cash for a trans like that and not tune it properly?
Stock injectors, CAI, etc.
Does it make sense, or am I overthinking things?
I have an agreement to buy the truck and pick it up next weekend; nothing I can not walk away from, though.
A truck drives well, shifts are firm and only violent when the torque converter locks up, etc.
The only real issue I am noticing is the ball and spring on the honeycomb in the valve body sense the shift linkage is pretty damn loose.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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