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    E85 Finally Cost Effective?

    Just filled my ram 1500 with 16 gallons of e85. The other half is e88. Over 100 miles my mpg dropped from 22 hwy to 17. 87 was 4.59 e85 was 3.09. I am saving about 3 cents per mile running e85. I find the truck seems to have more power as it does not shift as much as it did running 87 in the...
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    Real world difference between 3.21 & 3.55?

    I would concur with this logic for the most part. I am surprised the 5.7 would 7/8 swap with extra torque it has. Mine jumps on slight grade but the jump is only 400 times and u can hardly notice it.
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    Real world difference between 3.21 & 3.55?

    It is a 4x4 Flame Red. This link has a thread with a few pictures of it. https://www.ramforum.com/threads/realistic-towing-within-the-guidelines.188698/post-2657504
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    Real world difference between 3.21 & 3.55?

    I just bought a 16/V6/CC/3.55/17" outdoorsman 5 days ago. I am still learning the truck from all aspects... A few things I have noticed: -Saturday night I drove into a 30mph wind. Truck held 8th gear on flat and would shift to 7th on inclines at 60-63 mph. I was surprised I expected 7th gear...
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    3:55 gear owners, what rpm are you...

    What is the sweet spot for rpm vs fuel economy vs acceleration? Guessing 2000 to 2500 rpm?
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    What sold me was a guy who lives in my subdivision had a 13 ram qc 3.6l 3.21 gears and pulled a 19 travel trailer 3-4 hours one way to Duluth on i-35. He said truck did 65-70 mph towing it. Weight is unknown but wind was a factor for sure. He recommended that I buy it.
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    A few shots from the dealer. My 6' tall son loves the legroom in the backseat. Put on about 175 miles today with it. 55 miles on intetstate at 75mph rest 60-65 mph. Some driving in town and through dairy queen idling I am averaging 19.3 mog. I love it!!
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Thanks atver2018!! Do far I love it...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Well I am sure I will get ribbed for this but I pulled the trigger on the Ram 1500 3.6l outdoorsman this afternoon. I absolutely love it so far and am very happy with my purchase. It has all the bells and whistles that I wanted and them some. It will fit all my needs perfectly. I will live...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    So I am considering two trucks that fit into my budget. First truck is a 2016 outdoorsman 3.6l/CC/3.55/17". It is optioned up nicely with heated seats, large touchscreen dash with the electronic gauges, running boards, 10-way power seat, tonneau cover, 4wd auto, and mud flaps. The oil filter...
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    Anyone replace Oil Filter housing ?

    I replaced the oil filter housing in my 2012 grand caravan last Thursday. I was quoted 3.5 hours and $1100 at a local shop. I have $150 in the housing and it took me 1.5 hours. I will be doing it on my 2015 T&C in the next year or so. I did not drain my coolant and wished I would have but the...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Well I went and looked at the ram 1500 with the exhaust manifold repair. The dealer did not perform the repair correctly. They replaced the 4 broken studs and replaced the gasket (they did not replace the manifold or bring the warped manifold to true flat). It still ticked upon start up. I...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    A couple of updates... I spent yesterday 4/23 looking at trucks. I drove 90 miles to the twin cities to look at a truck, was already to purchase however the dealer would not budge off of KBB value for my trade. This was half of what I was offered two days prior. Told me they would wholesale...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Dealer called me back this am. The 2015 Ram 1500 needs new manifolds. Quoted work is $800.
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    So I changed my search to either a 5.7l Ram 1500 or an aluminum body f150 with either 3.5l or 5.0l. There is a 2015 ram 1500 5.7l with 61k at a dealer about an hour away that caught my eye. Dealer sent a video today of cold startup (35 degrees) and it was ticking pretty bad. my guess is that...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    So my chevrolet dealer has 2 ecodeisels in stock, used of course. I have just heard such horror stories about the engine that I pretty much wrote them off as never buy sort of deal. 1 is a 2015 with 92K miles the other a 2015 with 12x,*** miles. Having been around the 7.3L powerstroke, I...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    So I am considering a trip to look at the 2016. It is an outdoorsman with 65K miles with factory 17" tire setup. Per a gear ratio calculation the 17" tires with the 3.55 gear set would give the greatest mechanical advantage. At 75 MPH, rpms would be 1900 in 8th 2400 in 7th which from my...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    I understand, the engine did not sound right when they start it up cold. The valve train was clanking something fierce. I was skeptical about the engine before I even sat in the drivers seat.
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Well I am still undecided as to what the right thing to do is for the following reasons: 1) overall capacity - I currently do everything with my 2012 grand caravan - I will actually will miss that when it goes as I have hauled 12' trim pieces inside of it and just about everything else in...
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    I noticed in your signature that you have a 2014 3.6l. What kind of MPG do you see out of the truck with 60 city 40 highway usage?
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Thanks to both of you for weighing in on this for me. I very much appreciate the input!
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    realistic towing within the guidelines

    Hello All... Hopefully this is the right section... I am looking to purchase my first pickup however I have a few questions about realistic towing within the publish towing guidelines. My truck of interest is a 2016 outdoorsman CC/3.6l/3.55 gears/17" tires. I have used towcalculator.com to...

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