7 Supporting Mods Your Ram TRX Needs Before You Tune
The Ram 1500 TRX is one of the most capable factory trucks ever built. Ram stuffed a 6.2L supercharged HEMI V8 — the same engine family that powers the Hellcat and Trackhawk — into a full-size off-road truck and called it a day. Factory rated at 702 crank horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, it makes everything else feel slow.
But here’s the problem: the TRX wasn’t designed to be a tuning platform. It was designed to be an off-road beast with sports-car power. Those are two different things. The factory calibration leaves significant power on the table, and the aftermarket knows it — tune companies have been offering TRX tunes since before the ink dried on the window sticker.
If you’re ready to tune, good. More power is always on the menu. But if you push a TRX harder without addressing its known weak points first, you’re trading a warranty void for a very expensive parts list.
Here are the 7 supporting mods you need to handle before you throw a tune at your TRX.
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