I Spent The Same On Engine Upgrades As I Did On The Truck! Here is How A Project Ram Got Expensive! 

That plastic piece on the tailgate is actually to protect the tailgate from rocks that might be on the bumper so you don’t damage the paint.

Manuals actually made more power, the autos had smaller p-pumps from the factory to try and save the trans

They were referred to "Dodge" all the way into 09/10. It'll always be Dodge to me

As a second gen Ram owner myself, I totally get why you are loving it. These trucks, besides the god awful dash, are flippin awesome. Can't wait to see it once you've "finished".

I'd leave this truck as it is and build the army truck on the donor truck's chassis.

That truck in the brochure is totally the truck from Walker Texas Ranger, a true classic.

I’d like to see it on the gauntlet

Love the story on this old truck. Kase has done an Awesome job on fixing the old girl up to where it is looking like new again. Really a sharp period correct styled truck. There is some guys like loud and proud that have to put the dumbest looking 22 and larger rims on everything, with rubber band tires and stupid with reticules looking offsets, they just ruin these old trucks. Kase has rebuilt this beautiful truck, and it just looks so right?

That's a badass truck. I'd love to see it do an Ike Gauntlet run.

What a beautiful truck, a lot of love went into it and it shows.. for someone as young as you to appreciate the truck and modify it in such a period correct manner is awesome! Can't wait to see the next one;-)

I love the life your putting back into that classic Ram! Looks amazing!

"the new dodge. The rules have changed. And the world of trucks will never be the same again" -dodge 94'

Time to start TFLClassicHeavyDutyTrucks!

Very nice truck Kase, you have done a great job with it. Often the hardest thing about a project is the financial bucket never lasts as long as you need it to. Nice video you 3 guys do well together.

My 97 has 310k on my 2500 Cummins . It’s super clean with a built auto and I’d never sell it . Every year I touch up paint the frame and them fluid film the underneath

Yesss! bring this truck to a dyno please!

Im in my 30's now and remember a lot of these 90's vehicles new as a kid. I am so happy to see more and more people start working on and restoring these vehicles.

Dodge and Cummins, those two words got me into diesels. 😀

Looks good bud! My favorite year of Ram trucks.

idc if you're a Toyota, RAM, Chevy, Ford, JDM, Classic Car, Lowrider, Exotic or Hot Rod guy you gotta admit, this is a good looking truck. Great job Kase!

love the ram, hate that army truck idea...

I basically have this same truck but with the V10. I have a 1995 Ram 2500 Single Cab, Long Bed, 4x4. It's in pretty amazing shape except the paint on the cab, given it's an issue on almost all cars in those years. It's even a Colorado Truck. It's a family truck, Grandpa picked it over the Cummins back then cause he didn't like how loud it they were and it had more HP and 50 more ft lbs of Torque. 300 HP, 450 ft*lbs.

Impressed with the upgrades and refresh! Manuals forever awesome truck sir!

Dude I just bought a 94 Laramie slt single cab long bed with 144,000 on it, so mint! Has all the service receipts and only thing wrong is the cracked dash (typical) and a starter. $1,000 cash... Can you believe that?! It still starts and runsbut it’ll click every once in a while. Cheap fix! So stoked on it!

I just love how Kase is passionate about whatever project he's involved in! I'm not a truck guy by any means, but damn, that thing has grown on me. That's the definition of paying tribute to a great vehicle. Looking forward to seeing more where that came from! :) Cheers from Québec City, Canada.

I fell in love with dodge’s second gen trucks when I got a second gen Dakota. Since then, after working on my Dakota, and doing research on the other trucks and their platforms, I couldn’t imagine buying any other generation dodge pickup. ❤️

It’s a cool build. Well done!

Love the truck brother. awesome job on the restore of an awesome truck. Keep up the great work and looking forward to more updates.

Another great feature on this truck. You've done a ton to it and have made it one of the cleanest 2nd gens around! You're knowledgeable about it and the engine as well. You reconditioned that truck inside and out. I like the addition of the yellow fog lights in the front. I think 2nd gens are one of the best looking trucks out there, it was a revolutionary design when they first came out and were styled after a big rig. Most of these trucks today aren't fixed up like yours. You didn't mention injectors, so I assume stock for now, but a little bigger size and some delivery valves and you'll be close or over the number you're going for easily. A future compound setup will be a delight and you're well on your way with the S300 which will be a great high pressure top turbo.

Much respect. Glad to see someone in this group doing this kind of stuff.

Great video guys! Excited to see where Kase takes his truck.

I swear this dude has a wardrobe full of badass jackets!

Always love watching these videos with Kase! Keep it up dude! You're KILLING IT! Also, i LOVE this ram. The 12V is such a stout engine! I've worked on TONS of generators with this engine. Never ever ran into one with issues.

One of my friends had a Dodge pickup similar to that except that it had a automatic trans. He used it as a daily driver as well as towing a 5th wheel. The one big complaint he had was that the auto trans couldn't last. After the second trans repair, he sold it and bought a brand new Chevy 4 door pickup with a turbo diesel and a 6 speed auto. That thing got better highway mileage than my 4 banger Tacoma!

I've got a 96 with the manual, but has that midwest rust unfortunately. Single cab, two tone long bed, leather. Is stock with exception of air suspension kit. Truly a unicorn

Love it dude!! Keep up the good work guys!

The 12v manuals made more power

You should have done a cold start !want to hear that turbo

i have a 1994 project now with factory fog lights...yours looks good..im taking notes

This has been a really good series. I have enjoyed it. Nice truck!

Awesome job Case - the truck looks so good and factory complimentary! Don't throw that beauty away!

Great looking truck glad you saved it! I'm a ford fan but all in all I'm a truck fan and especially love it when a older truck is saved and not just rotting in a field some were! Good job bro

Nice work on the Ram👍🔥 I installed Banks exhaust on my '05 F350 6.0 diesel and was very happy with the quality!

I would add that I even watch the bike channel for the occasional glimpse of this old truck, like the other day when Alex called it Kase's Tractor. That was the best part of that whole video for me. Not really a street bike guy, grew up riding dirt bikes, then quads, and don't really ride much more then my diesel gator around the farm now days. These guys make great videos and they really seem to have a lot fun, which makes them fun to watch rather I care about the bikes in them or not.

the plastic on the tailgate protects it from gravel you left on top the bumper

That truck looks great. I love that you are keeping it close to factory on the body. When I was a kid and those first came out I remember thinking man that looks like a big rig the way the hood is on them. So cool always been my favorite body style. I own a 5th gen 1500 now and I love it. Way to go Case. Very cool truck.

I dig the oem replica equipment, especially the radio

Sweet truck! I really like that everything looks pretty original on it.

Wrong, the manuals made more power I have an 02 same body style. H.O. was 6 speed only

sweet ride! Just be careful and don't kill the reliability of that 5.9 by getting too crazy with the power mods.

Nice ride!! You will really like those amber fog lights in whiteout conditions you may see this winter. I live next door to you in Utah. I think if you’re losing traction in third, your power estimates seem accurate but I think you’re building torque on the upper end of your estimate. Very nice build, love the single cab. Have a wonderful day everyone

It looks great now let's see it offroading on some great trails to see what it can really do. Please?

The cheese grater on the tailgate is to minimize paint rubbing & scratches when the tailgate is down & touching the top of the bumper

I have a 1999, looks about the same as your's, with some major upgrades done, almost all for better fuel mileage. If I just bought your truck, I'd get rid of the larger wheels and tires and go closer to stock. AND I'd upgrade the headlights to the double bulb sport headlights, then add a BriteBox so when you switched to high beams, the low beams stay on too. BIG improvement at night.

I saw you driving on ken pratt in longmont the other day wish i could of said hi but i was going the other way , truck looks great its what caught my eye super clean cummins

What a great truck! Always fun to do the work yourself.

Great job Case, looks like a great job.

I have the 1995 Canadian sales brochure, tabarnak ! 👍

Truck looks GREAT! You have done a marvelous job!! Cheers! Jon

I dropped a 3k built motor in my 3k 1994 4runner lol. Love to see the old trucks getting taken care of

I have a 5.9L 360 V8 and it does not feel like I have 230 horsepower until I got rid of the stock metal clutch fan and switched to E-fans and I gained back a out 10-15 horsepower. It even helped gained a little bit of mpg but not like crazy mpg just enough to make me not have to go to a gas station so often now lol.

Worth every penny and every second bringing that thing back and the amount of pride being behind the wheel very nice

I remember how revolutionary this truck and body style was when it first came out when I was a kid. Thanks for the video!

Beautiful! He could get mid 20’s for that thing now in the condition it’s in. Great job case!

Would have loved to hear it fire up. Sure I can fine a plethora of other videos of the same truck running, but I'm invested in this one! Hell of a build, good work

Awesome truck. I own a 97 Dodge 2500 4x4 12V with alot of the same mods. Love these trucks.

So rad!! Love this truck

My current truck is a 2000 Chevy Silverado that I bought for $2,600 with 363k miles. That was just shy of 6 years ago. The biggest expenses I've had was a reserviced transfer case for $900 when I bought it. Fuel pump died on the road and cost $600 to replace. Then a used engine this past summer for $1,100 plus $600 freight. Just about every single normal wear and tear item replaced as well. I fortunately have done all the work except the fuel pump. So I've spent a lot of time and relatively low money but it's has been completely worth not having a loan payment. The truck now has over 437k miles and going strong.

Love everything about it

Nice work Kase & Connor...good looking truck !

Job well done, love Dodge myself have 2005 5.9 Cumming done a few items on it.

Love the truck! Crazy how the Colorado diesel makes similar numbers to this truck when new. This was way more potential, obviously.

Very Cool! I wish I had the know haw and money to do something like that. Keep us updated. love the classics channel

That radio looks like the exact same radio unit that was in the Plymouth Breeze I learned to drive in.

I wouldn't be opposed to a whole parking lot of 90's heavy duty pickups. 16:56

Great job, guys. A cool truck with a cool owner. Go Kase !

He didn't waste his money. 12 valve cummins trucks are on a steep rise in value and nice examples fetch alot. Manual trucks even more so

In those days, the manual did NOT have less power. Ever since 1994, the manual always had more hp AND more torque. We can thank the weak 47RE auto for that. It wasn't until 2003 when the 48RE "HO" Cummins finally matched the NV5600 numbers. And wasn't until the 4th gen when the auto finally surpassed the manual torque.

this is the best build on all the tfl fleet

94-95 automatics with the 47rh ran 160 from the factor and manuals ran 175 and then they ramped that up 96-98 automatics had a 180 pump and manuals had a 215 pump 👌🏻

Cool man, cool...pretty handy when your room mate is a diesel mech, lucky!

Honestly well done job ! I love these trucks 2nd gen rams are where its at ! And white awesome truck !

Man my dream truck. I’d trade my 2014 Cummins in a heartbeat for this truck.

I've got a 97 cummins 5 speed named Loretta, such an awesome truck and she can tow anything you put behind her! Dash is cracked to crap though haha

I have a 2500 1996 with manual transmission 4x4 and it is a beast!!!

Love the video! Kase, I would love to see you tow Ike with it. Curious how it does now with all the work you've done to it.

You know these guys aren't really diesel enthusiasts when you don't hear the thing start up.

Always love that second gen rams!

I also got a Reman radio for my TJ a few years ago. It only had a headphone jack and no bluetooth. Now I wish it had it!

That is a really nice truck, you did a great job restoring it. This request might be unusual, but i would really like to see that truck on a cross country road trip, or the ultimate road trip, to Alaska via the Al - Can highway. Maybe take a travel trailer.

Looks and sounds great Case.

Hope to see more of Kase he seems to know his stuff

Glad this truck was saved. Just imagine I f more folks did this instead of buying modern trucks(unless out of necessity).

Love this truck, more than all of the others in the fleet.

That truck is probably a rare find to come across one with those options I think they are kinda rare to find a single cab 4x4 diesel with a manual trans

I think TFL should do a "Classics" Ike gauntlet head to head with all 3 HD trucks, mid 90's or early 00's

Cool truck. And a real cool power train.

the manuals made more power stock then the automatics did. had a bigger p pump. the automatics are the ones known to blow up but can be built to a stronger degree then the manuals (96 12 valve guy whos built his whole truck himself)

What’s funny is that I could spend like 1/2 the money & have a ford idi or 7.3 that’s like 500hp. You can get a 7.3 Powerstroke around here for 2-3k & have it with stage 1 injectors, straight pipe, & stacks.

Good job Casey, you got a bad ass truck👍🏼