How to load 4 car/Kaufman?

I don't know if any of you remember reading in my previous posts, that I was a new car sales manager, but I didn't mention it was for dodge. I have a 98 Intrepid that I bought while a manager at $1500 below dealer cost, of course with an employee discount, but with the kick backs the dealership got just for selling a car made that up, and all the cheap sales prices we did.
Anyway, Terry and Hulld are correct, and actually if you pressed hard enough and maybe have to spend $500 for a lawyer to do the pressing, you won't void all of your warranty, but it will be a pain to get something done. This warranty issue will only be for the powertrain, even though there are probably other deletes that have to be done with the ecm, so it communicates correctly. I don't completely know the deletes, I just know that all the computers communicate and take data from each other.
The 3500's are always tuned up for awards over the competitors, but the frame is the same for the 4500/5500. They de-tune the 6.7L for the 4500/5500 for longevity of the powertrain, as well as the construction people that buy these and practically use them as dump trucks, bulldozers, and tractors, however many construction companies don't do OTR driving, which takes it's toll on the powertrain doing short mileage stuff, and/or brute power stuff. This is what the 4.88's are for brute power stuff requiring high torgue conversion. The 4.10's are the best for towing, but many recently have had good luck with the 3.73's with better fuel mileage. If you talk to the sales manager they can order you whatever you want. When the dealership tells you to talk to the "Truck specialist" and he comes out in a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, walks and talks like a rancher, or maybe a trucker, make sure he's not the janitor!LOL.......Catch my drift. There usually are no experts, they just sell cars. You need to know the packages and the possibilities, which you can find all over the internet. Mainly talk to someone that will talk with you, and not push you. If they do, go somewhere else, or talk to the sales manager, they typically know what to do to get the deal done.
The 4500/5500 simply have more sturdy specs/suspension/brakes/tires/etc. It is absolute nonsense when the GWVR for the 3500 is only 14k, and the 5500 is 19500K to say the 3500 has a larger towing capacity. Nonsense! The powertrain/rear end 4.88's will cost you more fuel, but it will bulldoze better than the 3500. If you don't believe me do a tug of war between the 5500/3500, like we did between the Ford/Ram. However the 5500 won't go uphill as fast towing as the 3500 because of less horsepower. Part of those towing ratings are based on towing at 60mph, and that's why the 3500 does better than the 5500. The 5500 rides like a bulldozer also, which makes the 4500 the truck to get until the 5500 rides like the Ford's do.
Also, don't want any warranty issues. Use Amsoil for every fluid that you can use it for and I believe you can run to at least 500k without any major power train repairs. Amsoil is so smooth, it takes stress off the engine, therefore making the sensors collect data in a tight range, like when it's new, so the sensors won't have any wide ranges, therefore setting them off, except the ones that are more timers than sensors, to get you back to the dealership. You can do warranty repair with a highly credible mechanic like Christian Brothers, but they will rip you off of major repairs too. That 98 Intrepid has 340K original miles on it with no major repair, using Amsoil in everything.

 

In the past yes they just removed stuff, and not a lot of computer modifications were needed, but I've read that since 2012, these engines are able to simply be tuned back to the 3500's, which isn't a true delete, just an engine re-tune is this true? I do know that it's the same engine, and engine parts, but the engine on the 4500/5500 is de-tuned for reliability, and fed regulations is different(more critical) on the bigger class trucks, even though it's the same truck, just beefier. So is the delete process different now? I would think it should be, because it has basically become the computer that runs everything. I actually build computers as well, and did a re-solder on my 98 Intrepid ECM, and used a computer to flash it a long time ago.

 

So Terry, I didn't know that about the intake, I haven't read that much, just touched it. Is it correct what I read though, that the sensors and such are the same, that a delete is to re-tune the computer? I think it sucks what the feds are doing to the big rigs for emissions, and now the bigger trucks as well. I think the feds really don't want any OTR's, except in China, where they are ok with emissions........real and obvious emissions, so much so that China just built a Wall around one of it's cities that is actually a particulate filter. So at least our feds aren't that bad!